Distant

Distant

16"x12"

Oil and Cold Wax on cradled Ampersand panel

$400

Distant is the view I have from my studio. Yes, I live on a hill and I used my artistic license to leave out everything in the foreground. It started out as an a totally non-representational abstract. It lingered in my studio for months. There were pieces of color and shapes that I had fallen in love with. They were causing me to be stuck. One day, I turned it 180 degrees. It was suddenly more landscape-like and just demanded big puffy clouds rising up in the air.  

Sometime, a painting just tells us what to do with it.

December 29, 2014

December 29, 2014

8"x8"

Oil on Terra Skin

NFS

Not often do I post a painting that is not for sale.  I consider this one too experimental to sell at this point.  It started out really crappy; so, I poured Gamsol on it and just worked it with every tool on my table.  When it dried, it had a lovely soft, satin, almost waxed looking surface.  Then I added marks using oil pastel.  

I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has used this process before.  What was your outcome?  Will it be archival if I seal it with archival varnish?  Will it be too fugitive? 

December 26, 2014

December 26, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75 matted

One more in the color pallet I have been using the last week.  I never would have thought I could use so much yellow.  As I always say, there is no such thing as a bad color.  I just have to find a way to use it.  It has to play nice with those around it.

This painting will be shipped matted in white, outside dimension 8"x8".  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.  Paypal link:

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/december-26-2014/309331

December 21, 2014

December 21, 2014

8"x8"

Oil on Terra Skin

Sold

This painting was ready yesterday.  Ever since then, I have turned it every direction possible.  I am still undecided.  I give up on making that decision right now.

This painting will be shipped matted in white, outside dimension 12"x12".  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/december-21-2014/298664

December 20, 2014

December 20, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$115 Matted and Framed

Please note: This painting is now available at The Gallery at Round Top.  Please contact the gallery at 979.249.4119 or ARTtgart@aol.com.

The same colors but with larger dark shapes sure does change the mood of a painting.  The glimpses of pure color sure are nice.

December 19, 2014

December 19, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75 matted

Have you noticed, that the last few days, I have modified the color palette I have been working with lately?  I added Indian Yellow and French Ultramarine and deleted Turquoise Light.  I am enjoying it a lot.  But who knows what tomorrow will bring.

This painting will be shipped matted in white, outside dimension 8x8.  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.  It is available for purchase using PayPal on dailypaintworks.com .

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/december-19-2014/298368

December 18, 2014

December 18, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$115 Matted and Framed

Please note: This painting is now available at The Gallery at Round Top.  Please contact the gallery at 979.249.4119 or ARTtgart@aol.com.

Even with the large dark shape, this is a bright fun painting.  I like the vertical format of the shapes.

December 17, 2014

December 17, 2014

6"x6"

Oil on Ampersand Panel

$75

This was my 4th demo at Dutch Art Gallery.  Someone ask me how I get the little marks in the lower right corner.  I have been ask that before and I am sure they always hate my answer.  "They just happen and they make me very happy."  At times, I purposefully try to make them and nothing happens.  The next time, they unexpectedly appear.  Once again, it is what artists call Happy Accidents.  I love Happy Accidents!

December 16, 2014

December 16, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75 matted

This was my third demo painting.  By then, I was really getting in the rhythm of being able to paint and talk at the same time.  I like it!

December 15, 2014

December 15, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75 matted

This is another of my demo paintings.  I think I am still recovering from the day at Dutch Art Gallery.   Basking in the fun I had there.  As an artist that works alone in my studio, it is a challenge for me paint and talk at the same time.  This painting evolved from applying several layers of paint and then cutting down into them to expose lower layers.  Then I did some stamping with a fine mesh.  That is something that I seldom do and need to remember it more.  I love the positive and negative look of the stampings.

This painting will be shipped matted in white, outside dimension 8x8.  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

December 14, 2014

December 14, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75 matted

For the next few days, I will be posting paintings that I did during my demo at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas.  I had a wonderful day there.  Lots of folks stopped by.  Some because they knew I was there and others came in when they saw the cute sign that the DAG ladies had put outside of the gallery.  One man came in when he saw the word "abstract."  

So, the next time you are out and about, go check out Dutch Art Gallery.  I have 12 paintings there now.

Thank you Pam, Gwen and Rachael!  I had a great day!

December 12, 2014

December 12, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

Sold

The soft smudginess of the colors just needs something.  Hmmm...How about a hard edged contrast of a totally different color?  I have really been working on not having so many hard edges in my paintings.  Well, not today!  That was my thought process this morning.  

This painting will be shipped matted in white, outside dimension 8"x8".  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

PayPal link via DailyPaintWorks.com:

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/december-12-2014/296868

She Wants to Dance

She Wants to Dance

12"x12"

Oil and Cold Wax on Ampersand Panel

Sold

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

Ok, I have been listening to Don Henley and wondering about a title for this painting.  I found myself dancing around in my studio.  It was a dance of joy because I really enjoyed painting today.  There are a lot of sweet little jewels in this painting that a photograph will never show.  You will just have to believe me.  So, I have decided to borrow from Don's song "All She Wants to Do is Dance." 

This painting is on a 3/4" cradled Ampersand panel.  It is ready for hanging just as it is or will be wonderful in a floater frame.  

Dutch Art Gallery Demo

My demo at Dutch Art Gallery is this coming Saturday.  I will be working in oil and cold wax on Ampersand panels and on Terra Skin.  I will have 20 small paintings available for sale, too.  They are matted and ready for framing.  So, come on out! Bring your friends, too!  

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

10233 East Northwest Highway Suite 420
Dallas, Texas 75238

(214) 348-7350

December 9, 2014

December 9, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

I was feeling really experimental today.  It started looking like I was laying on my stomach in the grasses.  Maybe it was my subconscious talking to me because I have been looking at the fountain grass in my yard now that it is winter.   Everybody says grasses are just as interesting in the winter as they are in the summer.  I agree.

This painting will be shipped with a white mat, outside dimension 8"x8".  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

PayPal link via dailypaintworks.com

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/december-9-2014/296252

December 8, 2014

December 8, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75 matted

I am really perplexed by this painting.  When I look at it I feel like it is almost devoid of color.  I know that cannot be the case.  I guess that happens because it is almost like a sepia photograph.  I definitely get a southwest vibe from the colors.  I feel like I am in an old western movie.

This painting will be shipped matted in white, outside dimensions 8x8.  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

eBay link via dailypaintworks.com 

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/december-8-2014/295998

December 6, 2014

December 6, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

Sold

Cruciform is not a design I purposefully use very often.  Today, it was a purposeful choice I made.  It may be subtle but I see it and like it.

This painting will be shipped matted in white, outside dimension 8x8.  It is sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

DailyPaintWorks and PayPal link:

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/december-6-2014/295504

December 5, 2014

December 5, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

I love it when I start seeing things in an abstract.  Today, I started seeing 2 things.  A stormy landscape on the the left and a sunny scene on the right.  As we say in Texas, wait a few minutes and the weather will change.  Maybe for an artist, it is wait a few strokes....

This painting will be shipped matted in white with outside dimensions 8x8.  It is sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

December 4, 2014

December 4, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

Sold

Sometime it is good to do a soothing painting.  For me, today was that day.

This painting will be shipped matted with a white mat, outside dimension 8x8.  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/december-4-2014/295128

December 3, 2014

December 3, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

Sold

I started this painting yesterday - on the too much coffee morning - and I continued this morning.  I love the energy of things going on in it.  

It will be shipped matted with a white mat, outside dimension 8"x8".  It is sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/doris-vasek/untitled/294780

December 2, 2014

December 2, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75 matted

Shapes within shapes.  Maybe I had too much coffee this morning.  It was a morning when I told myself to go for it and see what happened.  

This painting will be shipped matted with a white mat, outside dimensions 8"x8".  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.  Check out my dailypaintworks.com gallery page for paypal purchase information.

Pursuit of the Southwest Exhibit at Dutch Art Gallery

Please join me at the reception for the Pursuit of the Southwest Exhibition on Saturday, December 6!!  

Dutch Art Gallery

10233 East Northwest Highway Suite 420

December 1, 2014

December 1, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

Wow, I did an earth tone painting.  This is certainly not my usual but I like it.  There really is not a "bad" color.  I had no idea where this would go because I started out with a Chinese Orange underpainting that I allowed to dry.  Different colors and a different process.  Too bad you cannot hold it right in front of your nose to see the tiny little patterns and colors that I can see.  

This painting will be shipped with a white mat, outside dimensions 8"x8".  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

November 30, 2014

November 30, 2014

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75 matted

After a few days break, I started back.  It was certainly interesting to work with a new turquoise Sennelier Oil Bar.  And now that I am looking at this painting, I am asking myself where did it go?  It got lost.  I am going to have to work on that.

This painting will be shipped matted with a white mat, outside dimensions 8"x8".  It will be sealed with Golden Archival Satin Varnish.

Untitled November 21

Untitled November 21

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

$75

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

Colors morph and move around today.  And only bits of pure color remain.  Once again, I had to remind myself that neutrals are what make the pure colors shine and glow.

I am happy.....

Untitled November 20

Untitled November 20

aka Fiery Sunset

4"x4"

Oil on Terra Skin

SOLD

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

Often, I talk about my inspiration for a painting.  Yesterday, it was a sunset.  Today, it may look like another sunset really.  Well, not in the beginning for this one.  This painting was inspired by a rug but then, it morphed into a fiery sunset.  The drama of these colors against a white mat is just amazing.  This is a painting that may have to "grow up" into a larger one.

I am happy.....

Reflecting on the Day

Reflecting on the Day

6"x8"

Oil and Cold Wax on Gessoed Watercolor Paper

mounted on Ampersand panel

$95

Quite often, at the end of the day, when I am closing the blinds in my studio, I take one last look across the lake.  I love seeing "what is going on" at that time of the day on the lake.  I cannot tell you if I have ever seen this exact scene or if it has ever happened but when it appeared in this painting, I knew it was time to stop painting.  

On the technical side, this is the same color palette I have been working with lately.  It may not seem that way but those colors make a really lovely palette mud.  I just could not waste it.

I am happy…..

Insets #2

Insets #2

8"x8"

Oil and Cold Wax on Terra Skin

mounted on Ampersand panel

$95 unframed

$125 framed

I still see shapes that look inserted into the body of the painting.  Almost like a painting within a painting.

I am happy…..

Insets #1

Insets #1

8"x8"

Oil and Cold Wax on Terra Skin

mounted on Ampersand panel

$95 unframed

$125 framed

I see pieces in this painting.  Lots of pieces and shapes are overlapping.  And of course, I am still greatly entertained by the color palette I have been working with for weeks.  

I am so happy that I am now totally comfortable working on Terra Skin.  It was a learning process.  Some things I tried were absolute failures.  It just took some time but the last 6 weeks have been great.  I never thought I would like the smooth surface.  That idea is gone.  This surface lets the colors glow.

I am happy...

Holiday Show at The Gallery at Round Top

This is a group of paintings that are going to The Gallery at Round Top in Round Top Texas.  The show hangs now through December.  Round Top is famous for the antique fair in the spring and fall but it is an all year long art escape.  If you are ever in central Texas you should go there.  

In conjunction with the Christmas on the Square, the gallery has a Holiday Open House is on December 6.   Who knows…Santa may be strolling around there, too.   

11:00 am to 5:00pm

203 East Austin

979-249-4119

ARTtgart@aol.com

Untitled October 31st's Tryout

I may really like a painting when the tape is removed.  But adding a mat and frame is even more exciting.  The other day, I told someone that it is like a little black dress and pearls for a painting.  The painting is truly ready to be presented to the world.  

The image above is just an idea of what the Little Jewel Series paintings will look like framed.  I am using one of my beat-up studio frames with everything just laying in it and without glass.  It really sparkles with glass but the photo looked like one big reflection.  So, use your imagination to add the sparkle to October 31.

I am happy…. 

Matted Paintings

Examples of Matted 4"x4"'s

$50 each including mat and backer board

I finally got the white mats yesterday and thought you might like to see what the matted paintings look like.  I will ship them in an acetate sleeve for protection.  The sleeves are coming in today.  I will be all ready for shipping!

I am happy….. 

Untitled November 1 100th Blog Post!!!!!!!!!!

Untitled November 1

4"x4"

Oil

SOLD

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

Whoohoo!!!!  I sure never thought I could or would have 100 blog posts when I started this in January. Thank you, Kathy, for talking me into doing the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge that started it all.  There have been a few posts along the way that were about gallery or exhibition stuff but, by far, the most posts have been paintings I have done since the blog started in January.  What a year!  And I still have 2 months to go.  Oh, boy, more time to add to the 2014 painting counter.

And now, something about today's painting.  That is what this blog is supposed to be all about.  Yes, I did go back to my comfort zone…a horizontally formatted painting.  It started with a half Chinese Orange and half Indigo painting.  That was really an overload.  Mix in a little white to calm it down and  I like it.  

That makes 14 4'x4" paintings using the color palette I started using during the last week of the September 30 in 30.  Wow, I didn't think it would still be working for me.  

I am happy….. 

Untitled October 31

Untitled October 31

4"x4"

Oil

$75

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

I could lie to you and say the beautiful orange shape in the upper right quadrant is a purposeful  mark honoring Halloween.  No, it just appeared and I allowed it to stay because I really like it.  A lot of things just happened in this painting.  That made it a lot of fun to work on.

I am happy….. and Happy Halloween, too! 

Untitled October 30

Untitled October 30

4"x4"

Oil

SOLD

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

I am really liking this painting.  Lights, darks, hard straight lines.  It has lots of things going on in it.  Pretty soon, I am going to have to decide which of the ones in this series are going to grow up and become large pieces.  I have the cradled panels out.  They are just waiting for me to make a decision.  Hmmm.

A couple of days ago, I joined Daily Paintworks.  I think I have most of the features figured out.  I am thrilled that my things are showing up in their daily email and on the website.  And people are looking at them!!!!  So, if you see anything you like in my blog, then DPW is a place to go to buy it using PayPal.  I haven't posted any of the ones done since October 19 because they are drying.  Very soon, they will be posted on DPW.  Or let me know, and I can post something to DPW for you to buy immediately.  

So, please, go check out my gallery on Daily Paintworks.  I promise, the postings there will be growing.

I am happy…..

Untitled October 29

Untitled October 29

4"x4"

Oil

$75

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

Lots of marks appeared today.  Cutting back into the underpainting revealed new things.  One line revealing numerous colors.  The things under the surface can be so exciting.

I am happy…..

Untitled October 28

Untitled October 28

4"x4"

Oil

SOLD

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

Adding white is really changing things.  I have to be careful to not lose the pure colors that I love so much.

I am happy…..

Untitled October 27

Untitled October 27

4"x4"

Oil

Sold

This painting is currently available through Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Please contact them at 214/348-7350

Ok, I have made the decision to work more white into the color palette.  The first thing I noticed was just the different "feel" of the paint as I am applying it.  There is so much pigment in whites that there is a big change.  Different shapes and marks appear.  I say go with it for a while.  I wonder where this will take me.

I am happy…..

Untitled October 26

Untitled October 26

4"x4"

Oil

$50

I have been wondering how long I can use this palette of colors.  As of now, I have now answer.  Each day, I see new color combinations emerge.  Or even some simple shape that has not appeared before.  Same colors.  Same tools.  Different outcome.  I will continue.

I am happy…..

Untitled October 25

Untitled October 25

4"x4"

Oil

$50

Tiny little places in this painting really are a joy to me.  I am beginning to think that working with only oil paint is turning out to be a good thing in my development.

I am happy…..