Here's Lookin at You! by Judy Crowe

Here's lookin at you!

Jill's Mouse Friend

Hi Friends,  Well, I've been very busy.  Last week I put together about 45 paintings for an upcoming one day show, "Art Party" 2012.  This is the second time I've been involved in this fun event that is only one day.  At the art party there will be quite a few small 6x6 paintings along with about 25 framed pieces sizes 8x10 and up.  If you live in the area of Houston and vicinity, and would like to come, just contact me and I'll be happy to send you an email invite!

The little painting above is just a fun little 4x4 (approx) painting I did for my daughter a couple of years ago.  She's a research tech in a genetics lab and she works with mice.  :)  This guy is a bit cuter than most of her lab mice I think but I saw this pic and couldn't resist.  I think she still keeps this little painting on her desk at work.

I listened to a very good "Artist's Helping Artist's Blog Talk" radio program today.  If you are interested in hearing an interview with Peggy Kroll Roberts, (http://www.krollroberts.com) just click the link on the side bar of my blog here and you can hear the conversation with Ms. Roberts who started her career as an illustrator.  I enjoyed the program because she talked about the journey she and her husband Ray Roberts have taken while making a living as full time artists.  It's interesting to hear the struggles of artists who have 'made it'.  Gives me hope that there is still time for the rest of us!


Thank you as always for visiting my blog and stay tuned, in coming days I'll be posting another figurative work along with a large still life that I've completed.  At present, I am working on a pet portrait commission and having fun with that!  Blessings...


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Flow Blue and Pansies by Judy Crowe

Flow Blue and Pansies  o/l 10x10

I love to paint pansies.  Pansies and roses are probably my favorite flowers.  I like sunflowers too but pansies are so colorful.  Color is king I think.  :)  This is one of my few flow blue pieces.  Wish I had more but they are pretty expensive so I buy the Wabi Sabi ones.  I pick these up where I can.  Usually they are chipped or the lid is missing or something.  This sugar bowl has no lid but it makes a perfect flower pot.  I like Wabi Sabi things.  If you don't know what Wabi Sabi means, here it is in a nutshell:  Wabi-Sabi is a traditional Japanese idea based on the acceptance of transience. It also means seeing beauty in imperfection, impermanence, incompletion and decay. This sort of beauty can be found both in nature and in man-made things. 
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Last of my Project by Judy Crowe

Dear Friends,

These will be my last auction pieces.  I have a few paintings that I did for this project that have already sold and I'll probably post those at some point but these are the last paintings that will be up for auction through Daily Paintworks for the present.  I'll still be posting to my blog frequently so please stay tuned and thanks so much for visiting my blog!

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Sunsweets  8x8 o/l

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Warmed by the Sun 6x4

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Miss Kinslee  6x9

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Finished paintings by Texas Artist Judy Crowe

Winter's Blush  10x10  oil on linen

You Say Tomaato, I say Tomahto...      6x6 oil on panel

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Well, Ok, yesterday's post was a little bit of a downer.  Sorry about that....today's another day and I finished my rose painting this morning.  Then I did another auction piece and it's posted above.  Starting bid is $50.00! 

I received another question about color, "why do you like Rembrandt?" from my friend Gaye. 
I've tried a lot of different brands but Rembrandt is one of my favorites.  For one thing, I like to mix most of my colors and I just find that this brand works for me.  Also, Rembrandt is a well respected high quality paint for professionals that will stand the test of time.  I also like the consistency and because of it's pigment and it's creaminess, I find that much of the time I don't need a medium.  When I do use a medium, it's usually Liquin or Gamblin Galkyd slow dry, or Galkyd lite depending on the drying time I want.  Liquin and Galkyd lite tend to speed up drying time whereas Galkyd Slow dry and Gamblin Neomeglip tend to slow the drying time which gives you more working 'wet on wet' time. 
I also like Gamblin and Winsor Newton paints.  For me Holbein is too transparent.

As always, thanks for taking the time to read my blog!

Winter Pansies by Judy Crowe

'Winter Pansies'  7x5 oil on panel

Pansies are a favorite flower of mine because they are just so colorful.  As my mentor :) Richard Schmid says, "you can almost paint them with colors straight from the tube".  I am very very very very happy to be painting!  And I will paint tomorrow Lord Willing!!  You know, they say that what you do on the first day of the year determines what you will be doing the rest of the year as well...so if you are an artist...I do hope we all can get in our studios tomorrow!  If not, that's ok, this week then....Blessings to you and your family for the new year!  Thanks for stopping by.

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Morning Roses by Judy Crowe

Morning Roses 7x5

Wow is life busy.  I almost made the mistake of saying, particularly if you have a family, but I know that isn't necessarily the case.  If you live in today's world and are trying to make a living-whether you have a family or not, you are most probably as busy as I am.  I so would like to move from Houston and have a cottage in the country with a lovely studio!  I am praying for that for the future.  Right now, today, though...I painted.  Yeah.  Here is the painting I produced and I hope you like it.  It is up for bid and this is the first of just a few paintings that I have left to finish my 50/50 project.  I will be counting today to see what I need to do to finish but I think it's about 10...I'll be trying to get these online and up for sale between now and Christmas.  Take care out there!  And as always, thanks for letting me in on your cyber world.  

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Jubilent Cherries :) by Judy Crowe

Jubilent Cherries!!    :)      6x6      oil/panel


Thank you again Sarah, Charlotte, Judy, Sheriart, Tracy, Pam, Angela, Theresa, well, all you guys out there in internet land.  It's great when doing the thing that you love connects you with so many others who also love doing the things that we love to do!  Does that make sense?  Hope so.  Well, this is another little personality..this little German Sugar bowl.  They have become like little friends so I hope you get to meet them all in the coming weeks yet....I am enjoying doing these little studies.  This one, is up for bid also but not one of my 50/50 studies.  As always, thanks for stopping by!


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The Austrian Creamer by Judy Crowe

The Austrian Creamer 5x5 oil on gatorboard panel

The Austrian Creamer

I love to collect old dishes and I have several of these small china sugar bowls, creamers, and tea cups.  Some are so intricate and it is a real challenge to paint them and get the character of each one.  This one is so pretty and paper thin, I wish you could see it in person!  It's from Austria according to the lady I purchased it from.  Thanks for visiting my blog.  Please keep all the folks here in Texas in your prayers.  So many homes have been destroyed.  We need some rain so badly...

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Summer's Music 20x16 oil on linen by Judy Crowe

Summer's Music 20x26 oil on linen

If you would like to see some of the process on this painting, visit my blog.  Thank you all so much for the nice comments on this painting!  Yeah.  I had thought about using it for my painting for the AWA show in Atlanta in October but I have one more idea for a larger piece that I might try first....this is the finish.  I've been looking at it for a while on my easel to make sure it's ok.  It's so hard for me to even know if I think it is show worthy amidst so many other wonderful paintings.  And of course to sell it would be nice.  :)  At any rate, thank you for the comments.  I added a couple more flowers because I felt the painting needed them on the right side above the pitcher.  It felt too bare there, in fact my husband mentioned that too so we were both thinking it.  But now I am thinking I might remove the blue plumbago on the sheet music but haven't decided yet.  I took this photo outside, inside, and all around trying to get the best color naturally.  Just so happens that one of Robert Genn's latest letters was on taking photos.  Here is the link if you would like to read that "clickback" of his on how to do that.  Thanks again all...and as always for visiting my blog!  Happy Trails!

Oh, if anyone is interested in a Clyde Aspevig book...check out the Autry Museum.  www.theautry.org. I found one that I thought was out of print, Elemental Solitude.  If you don't know who Clyde Aspevig is, well he taught Scott Christensen and Matt Smith.  Google him..you'll be amazed!  Click those links to see.

Have a blessed day!

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PS  Back to painting a few small studies to finish my 50/50 project next week for a day or two.  :)

Roses and Daisies by Judy Crowe

Roses and Daisies 6x6 oil on panel

Today I did not paint.  I took chicken soup to my daughter who is 24 and lives about an hour away.  She's really really under the weather.  Get well Jill!

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Tangerines and Cream by Judy Crowe

Tangerines and Cream  6x6

I'm tired.  Long day and long few days and not enough time to paint!!!  Ugh.   Life is busy and it seems that too often it's painting that goes by the wayside unless I just absolutely let a lot of things go which I plan to do in the next few days.   It's also difficult with so many distractions to really produce work that you are proud of.  For those other artists out there I am sure you feel the same way sometimes.  But I have decided to just post what I am really very happy with.  That's why you haven't heard from me in a few days.   But I figure if it takes me a year to finish my project, I'll be practicing and that was the idea in the first place....on a brighter note, this is my 34th study.  Thanks for hangin' in there with me!!  :)

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Remember When or Call for Help!! by Judy Crowe

Call for Help 8x8 oil on linen panel

Poor Pooh....he's stuck in the honey pot again!  
This was my children's book.  And I remember
when my mom took photos with that brownie
starlet camera which by the way is not the easiest
 thing to paint!

Have a great day!
Thanks for letting me into your email each day!

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In the Pink by Judy Crowe

In The Pink 6x6 oil on panel

I love painting this sugar bowl.  There are so many colors in it.  It goes with just about anything or any flower that you can think of.  Perfect with pink carnations!  Have a great one!

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Ebony and Ivory by Judy Crowe

Ebony and Ivory 6x6 oil on panel

I kept thinking about the song by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney called Ebony and Ivory..which I always loved for the tune and the message.

Have a wonderful weekend!  Thanks for visiting my blog!

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Deep in the Heart of Texas by Judy Crowe

Deep in the Heart of Texas 7x5 oil/p

 These are my youngest son's cowboy boots when he was a little boy.  He used to wear them on the wrong feet!  Talk about cute.  We still laugh about that today.  But the really funny thing is that he also wore..with the boots of course...his batman cape.  Never went anywhere without the two!  I have pics of him on the couch sound asleep-batman cape and boots and all.  Those were the days..  I guess I should have named this painting 'those were the days?'  Anyway, I am glad I kept them because now I can paint them.  Maybe tomorrow I'll paint my daughter's ruby slippers.  :)  They are also quite worn.

On another note, I got a note from my son today (my #1 son)  He had a Theodore Roosevelt quote for us...

"Far Better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumph, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat."

Thank you Jason.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and take it easy out there.

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Making Lemonade by Judy Crowe

Making Lemonade 6x6 oil on panel

On Friday mornings I paint with a local 

artist's group and we hire a model.  

It's great practice in painting the head and 

figure but it's a struggle for me.  These ladies

(there were 2 today, together!!) were such

great models and you sooo want to capture 

the beauty in those faces....one of these

days I hope to be able to capture just a little 

of that beauty on canvas.  We keep plugging away.

Have a fun and safe weekend!

Quote for today:

"The Future belongs to those who believe

 in the beauty of their Dreams!"

Eleanor Roosevelt

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