Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Equine under Big Sky - miniature landscape by New York Artist Gretchen Kelly

5.5"x7.5" watercolor, gouache, graphite on Stonehenge paper

Here are the same horses as yesterday's post.
The land as well as the sky is vast and the craft color Stonehenge paper that I used is perfect.
SOLD  to a collector in PA.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

3 Horses in a Field - miniature landscape by New York Artist Gretchen Kelly

5.5"x7.5" watercolor, gouache, graphite on Stonehenge paper
Same spot as the previous 2 days paintings. It's amazing how some locations have magic.
This is the littlest plot of land where the horses graze and there is so much sky, so much form to the lay of the land and the way light hits it at different times and different seasons. I did a painting several years ago of an enchanted white hors in the summer in the field of daisies that cover the fields in June. I'll post it tomorrow.
Sold to a collector in Hudson, NY.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Dark Barn up the Hill - miniature landscape by New York Artist Gretchen Kelly

5.5"x7.5" watercolor, gouache, graphite on Stonehenge paper
Inspired by recent photos taken nearby, where I live in Columbia County, I have been painting on Stonehenge paper, craft color. It is perfect to portray the neutral colors on the Hudson Valley farmlands that surround me. This painting is the second one in the series of this particular site on Church St. leading up to the dark barn where the horses live.
SOLD to a collector in Ireland

Friday, February 24, 2012

Dark Barn - miniature landscape by New York Artist Gretchen Kelly

5.5"x7.5" watercolor, gouache, graphite on Stonehenge paper

Here is one of several paintings of a special location not far from where I live in Hudson, NY.
A triangular plot of land that horses graze on, colors change from warm + vibrant to
neutrals that define shapes against the sky.
More paintings to come in the next few days.
SOLD to a collector in Hudson, NY

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Hudson River Blues - miniature riverscape by New York Artist Gretchen Kelly

3"x5" watercolor
Inspired by my weekly journeys down the Hudson River.

$40

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Tiny Island on the Hudson - miniature riverscape by New York Artist Gretchen Kelly



4"x5"  watercolor
Continuing with this theme on the Hudson River,I am inspired by the ever-changing colors in the atmosphere.
SOLD to a collector in NY

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Train Ride down the Hudson River - watercolor by New York Artist Gretchen Kelly

4"x5" watercolor
This is another miniature inspired by my train rides down the Hudson to NYC each week.
I snap lots of photos that I paint these little miniatures from.

SOLD to a collector in PA

Friday, February 10, 2012

Island Through Atmosphere on the Hudson - miniature landscape by New York Artist Gretchen Kelly

4"x5" watercolor on handmade paper
New from my ongoing studies of the Hudson River referenced from my photos 
that are taken from the window of my train down the river each week to NYC.
 I get to know the atmospheric nuances of this river through the seasons. 
$50.