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Mini Monet copy of Poppy Field Near Argenteuil

Posted by Jamie on July 4th, 2008

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1.75×2″ including frame, Acrylics on 4-ply 100% rag bristol
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This tiny Monet copy of his famous painting, Poppy Field Near Argenteuil, is set with a Coke can for size reference! These little ones can sometimes take longer than a much larger painting, and this one definitely fell into that category. I’ve painted this Monet scene before; it’s one of my favorite Monet paintings, and looks fabulous in this diminutive form! Here’s a picture of the painting alone, about actual size. Unfortunately, my camera doesn’t photograph these tiny paintings very well:

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Here’s a slightly larger version too. I had to use a magnifying glass while painting to get some of the details in on the figures and the house!

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The beautiful gold frame is actually a dollhouse frame. I cut the board to fit the frame, and then did the painting to size. It will be sealed and varnished, and will look just like a tiny oil painting in a frame. These miniatures can be purchased with a pin back so you can wear your art, or a gold thread for hanging from a brass tack, or a miniature easel to stand on a table. I ship them in gold gift boxes (as shown in the first image). They are often done on a commission basis, and you may commission any painting that no longer falls under copyright protection, or I can do an original for you.

Incoming Tide—Hudson River

Posted by Jamie on June 9th, 2008

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8×10, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
SOLD!

This is a work-in-progress image of my second painting from Nyack. I had to move my spot when the tide started coming in and lapping at the feet of my Soltek easel! I took the photo before I changed painting spots, then worked on the painting a little more and signed it. I forgot to take another picture when it was completed, and now it’s sold!

Like the first one, the colors are a bit off due to being photographed outside with all that blue reflected light. Memorial Park in Nyack was a great spot to paint. I’m sure I’ll return there someday to do some more.

Cherry Blossoms Along the Hudson

Posted by Jamie on May 12th, 2008


16 x 20″, Oils on Canvas covered hardboard
SOLD!

This is a painting I did on location in springtime at Boscobel Restoration, enjoying the beautiful cherry blossoms along the path above the Hudson River. The painting is varnished, framed, and ready to hang on your wall!

Glorious Spring Day on the Hudson River

Posted by Jamie on May 10th, 2008

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16×20″, oils on canvas covered hardboard
SOLD!

Here are yet more spring flowers and trees from Boscobel Restoration in Garrison, NY. This was painted on location in the garden courtyard.

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8×10, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Canson board
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This is another painting done this week from the Boscobel overlook to the Hudson River. The channels wind through Constitution Marsh, and the spring foliage is still sparse enough to clearly see them between the islands of violet-toned grasses. It’s a spectacular view in any season.

Cherry Blossom Day—Hudson River

Posted by Jamie on May 1st, 2008

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5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Ampersand Gessoboard
SOLD!

Today was one of those unexpected “bonus” days. It was supposed to be rainy and cold, but turned out to be warm and sunny! I packed up my gear and headed to Boscobel. I even remembered to bring my camera this time, so I’ve got lots of photo references of the gorgeous blooms to work from when the rain starts.

It’s too bad the blossoms are so short-lived, because I could paint these flowering trees overlooking the river for a couple of months without getting tired of them!

Spring from the Studio Window ACEO

Posted by Jamie on April 29th, 2008

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3.5×2.5″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on 100% cotton rag board (Shown above larger than life size!)
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As a step along the path to curing my funk, I decided I’d do something “just for fun” today. Again it was raining out—a true northeast spring. Normally I’d sketch or paint in my sketchbook for fun, but I decided this time to do an ACEO-size painting (click here if you don’t know what that is) from my studio window. I had such a great time, and love this little painting to bits!

The image above is much larger than the actual painting. Depending on the size of your monitor and your screen resolution, the painting as shown below is probably closer to the real size. At this small size, it really shows how much detail the painting has. Isn’t it adorable? By the way, you can get standard size frames for these at Michael’s Arts and Crafts and other stores. They also look great on little table easels.

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Forsythia at the Barn

Posted by Jamie on April 17th, 2008

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5×7″, gouache on Fabriano Artistico rag paper, matted to 8×10″
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This was painted at Muscoot Farm, Somers, NY, in the Hudson Valley. The forsythia was so colorful against the red barn that I had to stop in my tracks and paint it. The fields at Muscoot are newly plowed and all the animals were out enjoying the spring sunshine.

My New Painting Box

Posted by Jamie on March 17th, 2008

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5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Saunders Waterford 300lb CP watercolor paper
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This is a painting I did to test drive my new painting box. What better thing to paint than the box iteself!

Images of the box and instructions for its construction are in the posts below

Strolling Among the Cherry Blossoms (at Boscobel)

Posted by Jamie on March 14th, 2008

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8×10″, oils on sealed, primed hardboard
SOLD!

This is another painting of a scene from Boscobel Restoration along the Hudson River in Garrison, NY. I started it on location last spring. I thought it was about time I pulled this out and finished it up, with spring on the way soon! I’m having a wonderful time pulling out these paintings that I never quite finished. As time passes, our ideas simmer and develop. It’s been great to now infuse these works with my current thoughts on color, value, and paint application.

Three on a Swing

Posted by Jamie on March 4th, 2008

6 x 6″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard, unframed
SOLD!

This painting has now sold, but you can browse and order order products with reproductions of this painting and other pet and bird paintings of mine by clicking here.

Many thanks to bird breeder Linda Brandt for the reference image of three of her baby birds on a swing! We lovebird owners know how they adore their swings, so I was tickled to see this image of three climbing on board together. This one was great fun.

My palette for this painting:
Cadmium yellow lemon
Quinacridone Rose (Permanent Rose)
Ultramarine Blue Deep
Burnt Sienna
Titanium White

Majestic Morning No. 2—Foreground Grasses at Sunrise

Posted by Jamie on February 23rd, 2008

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12×16″, oils on canvas covered hardboard
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This is the second painting of the Majestic Morning series, which will be a set of paintings from photo references taken during an amazing sunrise here at the lake a couple of weeks ago.

Majestic Morning No. 3—Path to the Sunrise

Posted by Jamie on February 16th, 2008

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About 5.5×7.5″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Saunders Waterford 300 lb cold pressed, primed rag paper
SOLD!

This is third in the series of the morning with the amazing sunrise here by the lake.

Palette:
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cadmium Red Light
Ultramarine Blue
Pthalo Blue
Titanium White

Evening in the Figure Studio

Posted by Jamie on January 31st, 2008

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24×18″, charcoal and pastel on brown craft paper
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It seems I’m spending a lot of time in the figure studio this week…..

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24×18″, charcoal and pastel on brown craft paper

Putnam County Land Trust Headquarters—Chickadee Haven

Posted by Jamie on January 29th, 2008

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18×24″, oils on stretched canvas
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This is a the headquarters of Putnam County Land Trust. It will be housed permanently over the fireplace in the building. The Land Trust has been renovating this building for years, and the painting will be unveiled at the grand opening in the spring. PCLT owns about 140 acres here. A local resident, with property bordering the preserve, left her house to the Land Trust in her will, to be used as a headquarters and for educational purposes.

This site is only about a half mile from me, so I’m very excited about doing this painting for the Land Trust!

Below are various stages of the painting in progress.
Second Stage:

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First stage:

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Little Brook Out Back—Gouache sketch from my window

Posted by Jamie on January 21st, 2008

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6×4″, Gouache on Strathmore 140 lb cold press watercolor paper, double matted in ivory/gold to fit a standard 8×10″ frame
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This is another painting of the little brook that runs behind my house. I sketched it in the morning light from the kitchen window, which overlooks the scene. You’d never know by looking outside that it was freezing cold. With the snow gone and the sun shining, it could be early spring…That is, until you step outside!

Frozen Pond matted and ready for a frame

Posted by Jamie on January 13th, 2008

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Double matted to 7 x 5″ and framed, acrylic on Arches hot press rag paper
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This acrylic painting was done from a photo I took of a frozen pond in Somers, New York. I’d done a watercolor painting of the scene on location in my sketchbook, and was so captivated by the scene that I had to do it again in a form that could be framed. The painting is 4.5×3″, mounted to a backing board and double matted to 5×7″ as shown below. It will fit into any standard 5×7″ picture frame.

Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com if you are interested in this painting.

The Bubbles Across Jordan Pond—Acadia National Park, Maine

Posted by Jamie on December 30th, 2007

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6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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I have such fond memories of painting here behind the Jordan Pond house during summer vacations. This past summer was the first time in many years that we did not get up to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, on Mount Dessert Island. I missed it a lot. Since I couldn’t paint there this summer, I decided to pull out some photos today to paint the beautiful Bubble mountains overlooking Jordan Pond.

My palette for this painting was:
Hansa Yellow Opaque
Cadmium Red Light
Ultramarine Blue
Pthalo Blue
Titanium White

Shadows on Breakneck Ridge—Hudson River plein air painting

Posted by Jamie on December 2nd, 2007

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SOLD!
5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics

When I received word today that this painting had sold in a gallery, I went looking on my website and couldn’t find it! Sometimes I just forget to post my work, and this one never made it onto my site. This painting was done in late September and went straight to the Bannerman Island Gallery.

Path Through the Marshlands Conservancy, Rye NY

Posted by Jamie on November 16th, 2007

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5×7″, Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
SOLD!

This little painting was done from a photo that I took at the Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. Sometimes there just isn’t time on location to paint all the beautiful scenes I see! Thank goodness for cameras at those times, so that I can paint them later. Photos never capture the brilliance of being on location, but I rely on my plein air paintings and my memories of the light and color to try and complete what the photos leave out.

Pet Hamster, pastel

Posted by Jamie on November 4th, 2007

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Pastel on Canson pastel paper, unframed
SOLD!

This adorable pet hamster, painted in pastel, is the perfect piece of art for the young pet-lover’s room!

Castle of Dreams on the Hudson River

Posted by Jamie on November 2nd, 2007

2×2.75″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas, easel included
SOLD!

This tiny gem of a painting features Bannerman Island Castle glowing in the afternoon light. It towers above the Hudson River and is one of the most awesome sights in the Hudson Higlands. Access to the island is restricted to public tours, so I consider myself very lucky to have been able to go out there to paint for Bannerman Island Gallery, and take photos to paint from too.

This painting will be available exclusively through the Bannerman Island Gallery beginning on Saturday, November 10. Part of the proceeds from the sale of this painting go to the upkeep and restoration of Bannerman Island Castle, structures, and grounds.
Bannerman Island Gallery
150 Main Street
Beacon, NY
For gallery hours, sales and information, contact gallery owner Neil Caplan at 845-234-3204, or email Neil at NeilCaplan@aol.com.

Constitution Marsh on the Hudson River

Posted by Jamie on October 26th, 2007

6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
SOLD!

I was supposed to hike into Constitution Marsh with a friend to paint yesterday, but it was raining. Fortunately, I had photos from a previous fall visit there, so I pulled this one up on the screen and painted from the image on my monitor. It’s not the same, but it was the closest I could get to being there!

Blazing Marsh and the Hudson River en plein air

Posted by Jamie on October 24th, 2007

6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard, framed
SOLD!
This painting will be available at the Riverwinds Gallery starting November 10.

This is another plein air Hudson River painting from the Boscobel overview. I can’t get enough of this location in fall!

Tree in the Water at Teatown Lake en plein air

Posted by Jamie on October 21st, 2007

12×16″, oil on canvas covered hardboard, unframed
SOLD!

This painting was done on location at Teatown Lake in the Hudson Valley of New York State.

Fall Morning on the Hudson River en plein air

Posted by Jamie on October 20th, 2007

10×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Multimedia Artboard
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This was painted high on a hilltop above the Hudson River, behind the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park. I was really hoping to paint down by the river, but when I arrived at the location, I learned that the road has been closed all season for repairs. Although that was a huge disappoinment, I found this beautiful spot behind the mansion from which to paint the little red boathouse that I love to put into my paintings from Hyde Park. Pretty soon, all that beautiful fall foliage will be gone!

River View at the Riverview en plein air

Posted by Jamie on October 14th, 2007

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8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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This is my painting from yesterday’s Artists on Location event in Garrison, New York. It’s a terrible photo; the sky is really not cyan, and the water is more muted in the actual painting. I had to take the photo in my car before I delivered the painting. That threw the colors all out of whack. The painting sold at the auction, so I won’t have a chance to get a better photo.

It was freezing cold yesterday morning, so I parked my car at the Riverview Restaurant’s lot in Cold Spring and painted from the passenger seat, using my little pochade painting box! They have a fabulous view of the Hudson River and Storm King Mountain. Unfortunately, there is a sewage treatment plant next door, but whipping out my Creative License, I turned that back into the nice grassy field that it used to be. I left in the train tracks, which run up along the Hudson to Poughkeepsie.

Here’s a pic of the framed painting, as it was delivered to the gallery (photo color still off). You can click on this one to see a larger image. Can you find the sailboat in the painting?

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Raspberries in a Glass

Posted by Jamie on October 7th, 2007

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5×7″, Oils on Canvas covered hardboard, unframed
SOLD!

It’s raspberry season in the garden! I picked this sprig with a single ripe berry and set it in a glass to paint in my studio.

View from Olana en plein air

Posted by Jamie on September 30th, 2007

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16×20″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard
SOLD!

This is a terrible photo of my second painting that sold last night following the Rhinebeck Paintout. I had to take the photo with a flash and dismal lighting. The color of the sky and background hills is waaaaay off! In spite of the bad photo, I did want to be able to at least show an idea of what my other painting looked like.

I love this view from Olana looking toward the Catskills. If there’d been a more dramatic sky yesterday, I’d have done a vertical format instead, or a lower horizon that featured more sky. The tall, relatively narrow tree has a wonderful shape, but showcasing the top of the tree would have left nothing happening on the other side of the painting on this clear, nearly-cloudless day. Cutting out much of the sky showcases the background mountains to draw us into the painting. Many thanks to my buyers from last night for sharing my love of the Hudson Valley in art.

Shadows on Olana en plein air

Posted by Jamie on September 29th, 2007

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12×12″, oil on canvas covered hardboard
SOLD!

Today I participated in Barrett Art Center’s Rhinebeck paintout. I went up to Frederic Church’s estate, Olana, to enjoy the beautiful weather and soak up some of his inspiration. I loved the way the tree framed the building, and the way the shadows cast on the side of the mansion and foreground made the light yellow glow.

I finished two paintings at Olana today. I’ll post the other one tomorrow. Both sold this evening.