Works on Canvas
All works on canvas are available for purchase unless stated otherwise. Feel free to contact the artist at Michele@sommersend.com (or call her at 540-635-6824) if you are interested in purchasing one of these paintings.
Update to
Sunflowers II
This was a painting I did in October of 2007, but I wasn't very happy with it... so I updated it August of 2008. Available for purchase (will be entered in one of the fall shows). I wasn't liking those petals on the left (at 8 o'clock), and I thought it should be brightened up overall. I also changed the angle of the light so it was fully on the flower instead of behind it.
The update:
... and the original:
Acorns on Blue, SOLD (Thank you to the Buyer!)
Completed June 2008
Acrylic on paper, 3x4 1/2 inches (tiny!)
Another experiment with orange and blue complementary colors. A friend of mine gave me a tiny frame and said "fill it!" so I thought the acorns would be a nice little subject for a nice little frame. The orange is very subtle- actually, the paper I used started out orange and still shows through faintly here and there.
The Blue Calf
Completed June 2008
Acrylic on 8x10 stretched canvas
This painting was the result of a photo I took of my Father-in-Law's calf this past spring. For some reason, of the dozen or more photos I took, this one had a distinctly blue cast to it, and I found it interesting. I'm still playing with the complementary colors of orange and blue, so it was a natural thing for me to make the background orange! A bit strange, but I like the intensity it lends to the blue...
The Wildcat Within (on layaway)
July 2008
11x14, Acrylic on Claybord
This painting was done after the orange kitty with the green eyes, for a friend who has purchased it. There's a little surprise in the eyes...
Leo II
April 2008
16x20, Acrylic on Claybord
This is my second time painting this subject... I get to keep the original, which I did several years back just for ME. This painting turned out far superiour anyway!
The Quarters
February 2008
14x18, Acrylic on Gessobord
The Blandy Sketch Group honored me by asking me to paint something for our Spring Show's postcard, and I thought it would be appropriate to paint something from my extensive photo collection taken there. This was the one chosen:
Dark Forest
February 2008
11x14, Acrylic on canvas board
And here's another I did, from a photo taken at Blandy. I wanted to try my hand at a looser painting, and this one I started with a black gessoed canvas, painting in the lights instead of the other way around. I used no green paint, only black mixed with yellow and white... I recently learned you could make green that way, and since learning it, I've been using the knowledge a lot. I really enjoyed painting this one!
Garlic and Onions... SOLD (Thank you to the Buyer)
January 2008
8x10, Acrylic on stretched canvas
This was one of our "challenges" on WetCanvas where we all paint the same photograph in our own way... I made significant changes so it wouldn't be much like the original reference.
King of the Forest
January 2008
5 x 7 on board, acrylic
Wintry Road
Completed December 2007
6x6 canvas board, acrylic
All Three of my pieces sold at the 2007 fall Art at the Mill show, thank you so much to the buyers... please feel free to contact me, my contact information is on my Contact page...
Belgians SOLD (Thank You to the Buyer!)
October 2006
oil on board 11x14
Sold at Art at the Mill, Millwood VA, Oct/ Nov 2007. My first oil painting, completed after a workshop with John Leone.
Sun Worshiper SOLD (Thank You to the Buyer!)
August 2007
acrylic on board 9x12
Sold at Art at the Mill, in Millwood VA...
Feeling "Wine" SOLD (Thank You to the Buyer!)
July 2007
acrylic on stretched canvas, 8x10
Another for fun painting. My friends on WetCanvas (an artists' online community) do a monthly project where we all paint the same reference photo in our own, unique style, and this was mine. Small painting for me.
This painting sold at
Art at the Mill's fall show, 2007
The Cat's Meow
(available for purchase, please contact the artist)
October 2007
acrylic on board, 11x14
This was a fun painting, titled before it was completed so it could make it into the show flyer... afterwards I thought the title could have been "The Tiger Within", but that just made me think up another painting altogether!
Tree of Hope
acrylic on canvas, 16x20
This is a painting created with an overflow of emotions, with no thought or planning, after an argument with my husband. I locked myself in my "studio" (the spare bedroom!), cranked up the music, and a few hours later I had the basis of a complex tree. Painting all of those tiny branches was wonderful therapy, and allowed me to rethink my position in the argument, with a gradually cooling head. I call it "Tree of Hope" because it reminds me that we can all use a little time to reflect on silly things that can prevent us from thinking clearly when it comes to those we love.
Whalespout: Yuccas at Blandy
(available for purchase, please contact the artist)
plein air July 2007
pastel on Wallis sanded paper, 11x14 matted
I did this sketch, my first pastel, during one of the Blandy Sketch Group's plein air sessions this past summer. Why "Whalespout?" A friend commented, while I was drawing it, that the rocks reminded him of a whale surfacing, and that the yuccas resembled a whale's spout. In honor of this incredibly imaginative observation, I decided to call it Whalespout: Yuccas at Blandy. Thanks, Joe!
Lovebird
(available for purchase, please contact the artist)
June 2007
acrylic on canvas, 5x7
A very small, fun little painting for you bird lovers...
Fawn in Hiding (Sold... THANK YOU to the Buyer!)
This is a painting I did just because I wanted to. No commission, no buyer in mind, just a great reference photo that a friend sent me that I fell in love with. And lo and behold, it sold at a recent art show, Art in the Foothills, in Bluemont VA.
All works on canvas are available for purchase unless stated otherwise. Feel free to contact the artist at Michele@sommersend.com (or call her at 540-635-6824) if you are interested in purchasing one of these paintings.
Update to
Sunflowers II
This was a painting I did in October of 2007, but I wasn't very happy with it... so I updated it August of 2008. Available for purchase (will be entered in one of the fall shows). I wasn't liking those petals on the left (at 8 o'clock), and I thought it should be brightened up overall. I also changed the angle of the light so it was fully on the flower instead of behind it.
The update:
... and the original:
Acorns on Blue, SOLD (Thank you to the Buyer!)
Completed June 2008
Acrylic on paper, 3x4 1/2 inches (tiny!)
Another experiment with orange and blue complementary colors. A friend of mine gave me a tiny frame and said "fill it!" so I thought the acorns would be a nice little subject for a nice little frame. The orange is very subtle- actually, the paper I used started out orange and still shows through faintly here and there.
The Blue Calf
Completed June 2008
Acrylic on 8x10 stretched canvas
This painting was the result of a photo I took of my Father-in-Law's calf this past spring. For some reason, of the dozen or more photos I took, this one had a distinctly blue cast to it, and I found it interesting. I'm still playing with the complementary colors of orange and blue, so it was a natural thing for me to make the background orange! A bit strange, but I like the intensity it lends to the blue...
The Wildcat Within (on layaway)
July 2008
11x14, Acrylic on Claybord
This painting was done after the orange kitty with the green eyes, for a friend who has purchased it. There's a little surprise in the eyes...
Leo II
April 2008
16x20, Acrylic on Claybord
This is my second time painting this subject... I get to keep the original, which I did several years back just for ME. This painting turned out far superiour anyway!
The Quarters
February 2008
14x18, Acrylic on Gessobord
The Blandy Sketch Group honored me by asking me to paint something for our Spring Show's postcard, and I thought it would be appropriate to paint something from my extensive photo collection taken there. This was the one chosen:
Dark Forest
February 2008
11x14, Acrylic on canvas board
And here's another I did, from a photo taken at Blandy. I wanted to try my hand at a looser painting, and this one I started with a black gessoed canvas, painting in the lights instead of the other way around. I used no green paint, only black mixed with yellow and white... I recently learned you could make green that way, and since learning it, I've been using the knowledge a lot. I really enjoyed painting this one!
Garlic and Onions... SOLD (Thank you to the Buyer)
January 2008
8x10, Acrylic on stretched canvas
This was one of our "challenges" on WetCanvas where we all paint the same photograph in our own way... I made significant changes so it wouldn't be much like the original reference.
King of the Forest
January 2008
5 x 7 on board, acrylic
Wintry Road
Completed December 2007
6x6 canvas board, acrylic
All Three of my pieces sold at the 2007 fall Art at the Mill show, thank you so much to the buyers... please feel free to contact me, my contact information is on my Contact page...
Belgians SOLD (Thank You to the Buyer!)
October 2006
oil on board 11x14
Sold at Art at the Mill, Millwood VA, Oct/ Nov 2007. My first oil painting, completed after a workshop with John Leone.
Sun Worshiper SOLD (Thank You to the Buyer!)
August 2007
acrylic on board 9x12
Sold at Art at the Mill, in Millwood VA...
Feeling "Wine" SOLD (Thank You to the Buyer!)
July 2007
acrylic on stretched canvas, 8x10
Another for fun painting. My friends on WetCanvas (an artists' online community) do a monthly project where we all paint the same reference photo in our own, unique style, and this was mine. Small painting for me.
This painting sold at
Art at the Mill's fall show, 2007
The Cat's Meow
(available for purchase, please contact the artist)
October 2007
acrylic on board, 11x14
This was a fun painting, titled before it was completed so it could make it into the show flyer... afterwards I thought the title could have been "The Tiger Within", but that just made me think up another painting altogether!
Tree of Hope
acrylic on canvas, 16x20
This is a painting created with an overflow of emotions, with no thought or planning, after an argument with my husband. I locked myself in my "studio" (the spare bedroom!), cranked up the music, and a few hours later I had the basis of a complex tree. Painting all of those tiny branches was wonderful therapy, and allowed me to rethink my position in the argument, with a gradually cooling head. I call it "Tree of Hope" because it reminds me that we can all use a little time to reflect on silly things that can prevent us from thinking clearly when it comes to those we love.
Whalespout: Yuccas at Blandy
(available for purchase, please contact the artist)
plein air July 2007
pastel on Wallis sanded paper, 11x14 matted
I did this sketch, my first pastel, during one of the Blandy Sketch Group's plein air sessions this past summer. Why "Whalespout?" A friend commented, while I was drawing it, that the rocks reminded him of a whale surfacing, and that the yuccas resembled a whale's spout. In honor of this incredibly imaginative observation, I decided to call it Whalespout: Yuccas at Blandy. Thanks, Joe!
Lovebird
(available for purchase, please contact the artist)
June 2007
acrylic on canvas, 5x7
A very small, fun little painting for you bird lovers...
Fawn in Hiding (Sold... THANK YOU to the Buyer!)
This is a painting I did just because I wanted to. No commission, no buyer in mind, just a great reference photo that a friend sent me that I fell in love with. And lo and behold, it sold at a recent art show, Art in the Foothills, in Bluemont VA.
Daffodils on Ultramarine (Sold... THANK YOU to the Buyer!)
I recently took on a challenge on an Artists' website I frequent, and the subject was daffodils. The craving for spring got the better of me, so I went for it!!
This painting was accepted into several shows, and SOLD at the Blue Ridge Arts Council Members' Show in August.
Oil Paintings
In addition to the Belgians on the portrait page, I did this sky as a study after a workshop.
Tattoo Design
Though I hope to actually DO tattoos in the near future, at present I only design your one of a kind piece for you to take to the Tattoo Artist of your choice. I can even recommend one in my area who did the last two. Here are some of my custom designs that made it to skin...
Teemacorn Tile
Here's something very miscellaneous... this is a 4 x4 ceramic tile I drew/painted during a workshop at the Blandy Sketch Group last month using a special pencil that acts like charcoal but survives the firing process... it's loosely based on my horse, Phateema (she's a totally different color!), so I call it...
Window Splash
The Uniform Store, Winchester VA
March 2008
Wisteria makes everything prettier... This is meant to be a temporary design that can be changed with the seasons.
Quick sign...
November 2007
The Uniform Store, Winchester VA
March 2008
Wisteria makes everything prettier... This is meant to be a temporary design that can be changed with the seasons.
Quick sign...
November 2007
Event Decorating
I have begun to enter into the event decorating arena, so if you would like me to assist you with your Bridal or Baby Shower, Anniversary Celebration, Birthday Party or other special event, I would be happy to set up a consultation to discuss your unique needs.
Ornaments
Personalized ornaments of glass, wood or any surface you would like. A great gift idea for the holidays or anytime.
Gourd Art
How about a custom painting on a gourd? These were for our local arts and crafts festival.
Decorative Commercial Signage
I do some signmaking, and can even paint your sign directly onto a wall, as seen on the mural page.
Logo Design
Have a business or other need for a logo? Let's discuss your needs.
This Thailand Clouded Leopard Consortium logo, with computerized lettering added later, was subsequently used on T shirts, hats and stationery, and was even embroidered into a patch.
Here's my logo:
I used hand lettering and artwork, and then colored the leaves on my computer.
The lion is a painting of mine.
This Thailand Clouded Leopard Consortium logo, with computerized lettering added later, was subsequently used on T shirts, hats and stationery, and was even embroidered into a patch.
Here's my logo:
I used hand lettering and artwork, and then colored the leaves on my computer.
The lion is a painting of mine.