Sunday, September 9, 2012

East Side House by Julie Riker

8x10 oil

I just spent a week on Chincoteague Island, VA where I painted for their annual plein air event.  This was my second year participating as an artist in this event and it was nice to see familiar faces.  The mosquitoes were miserable, much worse than they have ever been, but the weather was surprisingly nice with the exception of one solid day of rain and wind which forced me to paint from the front seat of my car (which was actually not all that bad).  I managed to do 6 paintings and two of them sold at the Saturday evening show.  This one sold within the first half hour so I am happy I took a quick picture of it.

7 comments:

Dianne Lorden said...

Yes, we just returned from Cape Charles, Va., and did experience mosquitos aplenty at the Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge. But it was still a lovely visit. I really like the colors in your painting - they demonstrate the unique light of your scene.

Cecelia Lyden said...

Nice work-congrats.

Julie Riker said...

Thanks Diane and Cecelia!

Sue Marrazzo Fine Art said...

The lilac/lavender colors make this very DREAMY..So Nice, Julie!

Julie Riker said...

Thanks Sue! I pretty much painted what I saw - that wood sided shack looked very purplish in the morning light.

Maria Kovalenko Leysens said...

Yes, I like the color palette. Congrats on the sale.

Larry Lerew said...

Congratulations on a suggessful painting trip and sale. To bad about the bugs, that area is famous for large mosquitoes.