I've started posting some art on pinterest so you can also view paintings/photos/drawings on there without all of the blah blah blah. I don't have prices on there, but feel free to contact me if you see anything that you're interested in.
It's under Jeanie A. Chadwick, Visual artist. I didn't take the photo of the lotus today. Maybe tomorrow. Grandkids are here and I'd like to get to bed earlier than 5:00 a.m. and up earlier as well, so we can go grab some donuts from Whole Foods and hike them off at the McKaig Nature Center.
Enjoy your weekend, we're going to have much warmer weather here.

Here are nine new paintings for this year's Gryphon Cafe' exhibit. These are in addition to the paintings in the previous post. None of these have been posted or exhibited yet. You're seeing them first, right here.
Now, having said that, they will really look much better in "person". Between the camera and different computer screens, color, clarity and sharpness are not consistent, so please come out to see them.
The exhibit starts  this Sunday, December 2nd, 2012--I know, I can't believe it's December already either.
For address, phone, directions click here
The exhibit will be taken down after closing, on Saturday night, January 5th.
The Artists' Meet and Greet reception  will be held on First Friday night, December 7th, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. All are welcome including children. We'll have some live music, nibbles and drinks.
So now for the paintings~there are only eight and I said nine, one 8"x10" painting of lotus blossoms and pods hasn't been varnished yet. So if I don't post it tomorrow you can see it at the exhibit.

" Best Wishes #4", 5"x7", oil on board, $75., framed
I've been saving these wish bones with the intention of not only painting them, but also to make wishes with my grandchildren, as my grandmother did with me. They are from our chickens which I used to make the Italian-style "Wedding, aka Holiday soup".

"Best Wishes #2", 5"x7", oil on board, $75., framed

"Best Wishes", 7"x5", oil on board, $75., framed

"Best Wishes #3", 7"x5", oil on board, $75., framed

                                           

"Cowgirls in Springtime", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $350., framed

"Honey Jar on Linen", 6"x6", oil on board, $75., framed

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 the honey is from our Italian honeybees, which I put into these jars for Torri and Danny's wedding favors

"Pomegranates on a Blue Plate", 6"x6", oil on board, $75.

"The Last Sunflower", 6"x6", oil on board, $75.

  I always complained about the heat, but now at 63 years old, the cold bothers me much more. I was sad to see this fading beauty, so well-past her prime, I picked her and Jay said "you need to paint that flower" so I did.

    She can be appreciated forever. 

 SOLD

 

I have two more paintings to post tonight, which have probably already been posted on here somewhere, but they'll also be included in the next show at the Gryphon Cafe'.

To the left is "Jo's Mr. Stripey--Top", 12"x9", oil on canvas panel, $250., framed
partner to "Jo's Mr. Stripey--Bottom" (see last post below).

"Matching Trees and Chairs--Chanticleer" 9"x12", oil on canvas panel, $250., framed

So, the next exhibit will be held at--
 The Gryphon Cafe', 105 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne, PA 19087
610.688.1988
Click here for address, phone and directions
I'll have a group of new pieces to show you. Smaller and larger works.
The exhibit will run from Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 to Saturday, January 5th, 2013.
The Meet and Greet Artist's Reception will be on the First Friday evening, December 7th, 2012,  from 6:00p.m. until 8:30p.m.
I'll be sharing the exhibit with Kyle Whary.
There will be live music, beer/wine/cheese, etc. All are welcome. Tell your friends and please feel free to bring the kids.
Dress is very casual, no stuffiness involved, the operative is festive and fun.

I'm pretty certain that I'll be back tomorrow. Danny and I winterized the bees yesterday and now I need to do battle with small hive beetles....lots and lots of them. This means war!

Hopefully, I'll be able to post most of my available paintings (as of tonight, four are still drying) without blogger exploding or throwing a temper tantrum. There is also a larger-sized painting of cupcakes that isn't included here and a 8"x6" drawing of a crab claw that I forgot to photograph. They are both on display at "Christopher's on North Wayne Ave., Wayne, PA, until I get back in there to photograph them. Questions?, I'm just an email or phone call away. Thanx a million for your time.
 So here goes:

                                     "California Quail on Guard"11"x14", oil on canvas panel, $250. framed

                                          "Bailey's Hellebore", 5"x7", oil on board, $75., framed SOLD

                                                   "For Senor", 6"x6", oil on board, $50., framed SOLD

                                          "Heirloom Beans Sprouting", 6"x6", oil on board, $50., framed

 

"Heirloom Beans Emerging", 6"x6", oil on board, $50., framed

                                    Butternut and Beetles, 8"x10", oil on canvas, $150., framed

"Candy Cane Beets", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $250., framed

                                         "Red Beets", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $250., framed

"Cippolini Onions #3", 8"x10", oil on canvas, $300., framed

"Confetti Aubergines", 10"x8", oil on linen, $250., framed

"He Loves Me", 10"x14", oil on canvas panel, $350., framed

Jo'e Mr. Stripey, Top", 12"x9", 0il on canvas panel, $250., framed

"Mango", oil on board, 6"x6", $50., framed SOLD

"Orange-Fleshed, Purple-Smudge Heirlooms", 12"x9", oil on canvas panel, $250., framed

"Purple Carrots", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $200., framed

"Sonoma Olives #2", 10"x10", oil on linen, $300., framed Sold

"Spiderwort 2012", 10"x14", oil on canvas panel, $350., framed

"Tumble of Lotus Petals--Chanticleer", 14"x11", oil on linen, $500., framed

"Snuggled Yellow Carrots", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $200., framed

"Bee on Artichoke", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $350., framed SOLD

"Bee on Sunflower", 5"x7", oil on board, $75., framed SOLD

"Casa Blancas", 7"x5", oil on board, $75., framed SOLD

"Chanticleer Koi #2", 8"x10", oil on canvas, $350., framed SOLD

 "Chanticleer Koi#3, 8"x10", oil on canvas, $350., framed SOLD

"Hello Old Friend", 8"x10", oil on canvas, $350., framed SOLD

"Cicada in My Yard", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $350., framed SOLD

"Pastured Calf", 8"x10", oil on canvas, $350., framed SOLD

"Purple Cabbage", 7"x5", oil on board, $75., framed

"Thomas and Bailey's Sheep", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $350., framed

"Toad in my Yard", 14"x10", oil on canvas panel, $350., framed SOLD

 "Tobacco Road Cornstalks", 10"x8", oil on canvas, $350., framed

"Wild Blue Ageratum", 5"x7", oil on board, $75., framed SOLD

"Figeater II", 6"x4", oil on canvas, $50., framed SOLD

"Croes", black and white photography, reprints available

                                   "Chanticleer Koi #2" 8"x10", oil on canvas, $350., framed

Isn't it amazing that a fish can actually have a personality? Maybe it's learned behavior, but koi really seem to exhibit that trait. Danny keeps a few fish and they're skittish and reclusive. 

I finished four "Paintings di Giorno" this week and hopefully, another one will be finished today. I'll be posting them after the paintings that are up at Christopher's are all posted. I painted a jar of honey yesterday. Just when I think I'm becoming more proficient, I am painfully reminded that I am far from it. That's a good thing. It keeps me challenged and striving.

The grandchildren will be here this weekend. I'm going to try to get them to help me can more applesauce by baking an apple pie for them from their apple peeling efforts. We'll see.

Enjoy your weekend. Our weather should be beautiful...for a change.

It's true, I feel like such a slacker when I come back to this blog and see that I haven't posted in months. It's not like I sit around all day. It's just the opposite. My neurologist says I have too much on my plate and should simplify. Sorry sir, I try hard to do that, but it's just not in the genes.
The garden did very well this year. The peppers did the best ever. I canned many jars of them, along with tomato sauce aka "gravy", strawberry-rhubarb jam, southern peach honey, blueberry-Meyer lemon jam, pesto, crispy, dried, hot peppers, chunky applesauce and over 60 pounds of pure raw honey from our Italian honeybees. I also jarred a sore throat/cough remedy with the honey. All of the products are organic, which makes me feel terrific!
September came and went and so did Torri and Danny's much- anticipated wedding. It was wonderful. They are an amazing couple. I'm very proud of them. Their wedding favors are pictured above.The ball and chain was their theme.
They were married on my birthday. I think they always want me to be able to remember that. We had a great time. The reception was huge, but when you're surrounded by those that you love and who are very important to you, it feels so cozy and intimate.
Since the wedding I've been painting like crazy. I have a new exhibit up at Christopher's in Wayne, PA. Please stop by and take a look. There are a good amount of new works.
Well, now I need to get back to painting more for the Gryphon Cafe' show next month.
The painting below is one from the current exhibit. More to come...I know, but I promise.

 "Hello Old Friend", oil on canvas, 8"x10", $350., framed
This is the koi that I did a large painting of a few years ago. We went to Chanticleer this summer and there she was in one of the ponds. She kept swimming around and would get real close and put her face out of the water! Maybe I'm a koi whisperer and don't know it.