Silverpoint Drawing 5×6″ green-gray prepared paper The fleeting beauty of flowers inspired this dreamlike drawing. “Daffodil” was drawn with a silver stylus in a medium known as silverpoint, which was used extensively during the Renaissance era. Tones are built up with layers of lines and much patience. The silver metal lines will tarnish over time… Read more »
Posts By: Norine
“Floating”
Oil Painting 4×6″ panel Waterlilies bloom on these floating ovals! That’s fascinating to me, and no matter how many times I paint them, I’m seeing them for the first time. In their presence I’m like a child again! It’s easy to understand Monet’s obsession with waterlilies. The price includes shipping and tabletop easel. The edges… Read more »
“Three of a Kind”
Silverpoint Drawing 5.5×7″ lavender prepared paper I did this drawing with a silver stylus on paper that I prepared with a lavender tint, and then used white charcoal for the highlights. Over time the lines will tarnish to a metallic sepia tone. This is a drawing medium known as silverpoint, which was used extensively during… Read more »
“A Good Afternoon”
Oil Painting 5×7″ panel Please contact Chapman Gallery in Doylestown, PA if you are interested in buying this landscape. Do you have a photos of a favorite scene you’d like me to paint? Send me an email and we’ll discuss it. The painting I create from your photos would be an impression of the scene,… Read more »
“Lenten Rose”
Silverpoint Drawing 4×6″ lavender prepared paper “Lenten Rose” was drawn with a silver stylus in a medium known as silverpoint, which pre-dates the pencil, and was used extensively during the Renaissance era. I prepared the paper with a pale lavender tone, then used white charcoal for highlights. The lines are actually silver and will tarnish… Read more »
“Springtime”
Oil Painting 5×7″ panel Flowers, colors, fragrance….Spring time! Do you have photos of a favorite scene that you’d like me to paint? The painting I create from your reference photos would be an impression of the scene – similar to the other landscape paintings on my blog. Email me and we’ll talk! Please contact me… Read more »
“Max”
Silverpoint Drawing 10×8″ ocher prepared paper The Bucks County newspapers have recently published an interview I gave about silverpoint, a drawing medium which pre-dates the graphite pencil. It appeared in these locals: New Hope Life, Yardley Voice, Doylestown Observer, and a few others. Please see Times Publishing Newspapers, Inc. for the full article. This portrait… Read more »
“Gazebo Along the Delaware”
Oil Painting 5×7″ panel I love this little spot along the Delaware River at Washington Crossing, PA; that’s New Jersey across the way. To see another painting of this subject go all the way back to my blog post of November 5, 2008. The panel has finished beveled edges. The buyer will receive a tabletop… Read more »
“Bunny”
Silverpoint Drawing 6.5×6.5″ lavender prepared paper “Bunny” is drawn in silverpoint: a drawing medium that was used extensively during the Renaissance era – though some of the earliest drawings date to the 12th century. A stylus of silver metal, inserted in a holder, is used on a specially coated surface. I prepared the paper with… Read more »
“Vase of Lilies”
Oil Painting 7×5″ linen mounted on panel Spring is in the air! SOLD