Oil Painting 6″ x 6″ bevel-edge panel This is another in my Meditations series. With all the recent art openings and holiday energy in the air, I escaped to my studio and decided to paint these two stones. I’m never quite sure if I choose the subject or it chooses me, but these two had… Read more »
Posts By: Norine
2010 Works in Wood Opening
This was the scene at Saturday’s Artists’ Reception for the “2010 Works in Wood” exhibit at New Hope Arts! “Works in Wood” is a national juried show, held annually, that is one of the area’s most anticipated events – a favorite show for folks who love wood in all its forms. It runs until January… Read more »
“Bamboo”
Bamboo mosaic 14.25″ x 14.25″ mirror frame This piece was made specifically for the upcoming Crafthaus online juried exhibition “Earthly Pleasures.” The idea was to create something green, that is, reclaimed or recycled from local material. A construction crew doing bridge work in my neighborhood was thinning out a grove of bamboo and feeding it… Read more »
“Sphere and 3 Stones”
Oil Painting 6×6″ panel
“The Canal Path”
Oil Painting 6×8″ panel This is an impressionistic interpretation of an afternoon walk along the canal path in New Hope, PA. Please contact Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery for purchase of this framed painting. SOLD
“Convergence”
Silverpoint Drawing 6×6″ buff prepared paper Glad to be posting again after a series of major computer glitches… I found these exciting striped stones on Wells Beach during a recent trek to the southern Maine coast. After a few days of rest and relaxation I couldn’t wait to get back to my studio to work… Read more »
“The Small and Mighty”
Oil Painting 6×6″ beveled panel As mentioned in previous posts, I’m surrounded by a large collection of natural elements: beach stones, seashells, seedpods – whose beauty I never tire of. I’m particularly interested in the stone textures contrasted with a point of clarity, or transparency, found in the glass sphere. SOLD
“Banded Stones and Spheres”
Silverpoint Drawing 6.5×8.5″ blue-gray prepared paper After all these years it may seem hard to believe, but each time I begin a silverpoint drawing or a painting, it’s as if for the first time. I’m not fixed as to how to proceed with lines or colors though some lines and brushstrokes just feel natural. The… Read more »
“Veined Rock with Sphere”
Oil Painting 6×6″ bevel-edge panel Simply a beautiful rock…one of many from my Meditations series. Please Email to purchase this painting.
“Banded Stones and Sphere”
Silverpoint Drawing 5×7″ prepared paper This drawing is rendered with a silver stylus on buff prepared paper, with highlights in white pastel and white ink. A silverpoint drawing tarnishes over time to its characteristic metallic sepia tone. In my blog archives and on my website you’ll see many colors that I’ve experimented with on paper… Read more »