Marni Smith's Gallery

Working on Framing today.

The Snow Covered House is a simple painting.  It depicts a heavy winter snow, like the snow right now in Indiana.

This is a photograph I just took.

I am painting tree and a house covered in snow.

I painted  Flower in a Vase. First I painted everything in bright colors, but I wanted it to look old so I added brown on top of the bright colors.  It gives it an antique feel.  The paint is built up as well.  Both techniques differentiate this painting from a photograph of a flower. It is much larger than my other works.  It is 30" x 24."

I created a painting that I have been trying to create for some time.  The light is in the background.  This is somewhat a modern painting in that it moves from the traditional blue background.  Instead the background is filled with brightly colored fall trees: vibrant red and yellows.  I was delighted with my earlier painting, The Green Yard , because yellow light was in the background and grey was in the foreground.  I continued painting and looked down and found that the background was lighter and with a few changes created a similar but more advanced painting to my earlier work.  Color theory fascinates me.  In this picture, the viewer may stand right next to the red shed door.   It's Fall measures 12 x 16.

I hoped you would like to see my process for completing a painting. First Step This is a photo of the work with all my paint bushes out. Middle Step Final Step, the color was skewed in the first photos so I am being consistent. Almost done Wildflowers in a Vase is Acrylic on Stretched Canvas.  It measures 11" x 14."  It is for sale.  The last photo shows its true colors. Wildflowers in a Vase for Sale