Silverpoint Drawing 6.5×8″ blue-gray prepared paper I’m always on the lookout for a good mustache! This portrait is based on a painting by Polish artist Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929); it’s a detail of a larger work. My version is done in silverpoint on a blue-gray prepared paper with highlights in white ink and chalk. Later, I’ll… Read more »
Posts By: Norine
“A New Day”
Oil Painting 5×7″ panel A magnificent opening to a new day – Sunrise over the Atlantic. SOLD. Please email me if you are interested in others like this.
“Onward and Upward”
Oil Painting 8×10″ panel There are infinite variations on this theme of Nature and ordinary objects – as you may have noticed on this blog! This composition hints at the next one and the next… There are so many beautiful natural objects around my studio and house that it’s sometimes tough to focus on a… Read more »
“The Visitor”
Silverpoint Drawing 4.5×7″ lavender-gray prepared paper A “ordinary” feather – one of Nature’s exquisite designs. Silverpoint Drawing is such a meditative medium. For me, a great way to quiet the mind is to sit with my silver stylus and a feather, seashell, flower, or a beach stone…and tune out our high-speed world for a while;… Read more »
“Field of Sunflowers”
Oil Painting 8×10″ panel Here’s something I keep returning to – a field of sunflowers. It’s a breathtaking site to happen upon, which I did near Stockton, NJ. This is the fourth variation that I’ve painted of this particular scene. I started this one last year but got sidetracked. I find that it really is… Read more »
“Life Lines”
Acrylic Painting, graphite 6×6″ panel Continuing the theme of meditations on Nature, I’ve been focusing on striped beach stones at the moment. They’re all over my small studio, inside and outside, along with seed pods, tree bark, shells, skulls, wood carvings… These treasures constantly stop me in my tracks. So, I give in and stop… Read more »
“Popcorn”
Silverpoint Drawing 3.5×5″ lavender prepared paper This was drawn with a silver stylus on specially coated paper. It’s a Renaissance-era drawing medium known as Silverpoint. With time the silver lines tarnish to metallic sepia tone. The highlights are drawn in white charcoal. Plenty more of these to see in The Art Fly archives, and on… Read more »
“Arrival”
Silverpoint Drawing 8×5″ blue-gray prepared paper Ordinary things, like a feather and a pebble, have a quiet beauty; a worthy subject for a silverpoint drawing. Silverpoint is a Renaissance-era drawing medium whereby the artist draws with a stylus of silver metal on a specially prepared surface. Please view The Art Fly archives and My Website… Read more »
“Bounty”
Oil Painting 5×7″ bevel-edge panel “Bounty” is my contribution to the Different Strokes From Different Folks (DSFDF) artist blog, where a photograph is posted bi-weekly and artists are encouraged to work creatively from that challenge. For this one, I decided to gesso the panel in black, which is not how I typically begin. From there,… Read more »
“The Rite of Spring”
Oil Painting 4×6″ panel Mother Nature nurtures. Here’s just a tiny parcel of what awaits us at Longwood Gardens. A riot of color and shapes that is ever-changing. A feast for the eyes and soul. SOLD