LAURA'S STUDIO: "NAP TIME"--OIL MINIATURE--$49.99

BATHING BEAUTIES

ACEO

SUNBURN

ACEO

LIFEGUARD

ACEO

SUNBATHER

ACEO

BALLERINA WITH ROSES

8X10 ON CANVAS BOARD

BALLERINA IN GREEN

ACEO

BALLERINA ON RED

ACEO

BALLERINA IN WHITE

ACEO

BALLERINA

ACEO

WOMAN IN THE STRAW HAT

ACEO

WALKING

ACEO

BALLERINA

4X5 ON MASONITE

Klimt's painting, "The Kiss"

8 x 10 oil on gessoed masonite

THE SURFER

ACEO

BIKINI

ACEO

REFLECTIONS

12 x 12 oil on panel board

GIRL AND HER DOG

MINIATURE OIL 1.5 X 2.5

NUDE ON RED TOWEL

8 x 10 oil on canvas board

BATHING BEAUTY

ACEO

New on Ebay

Beach miniature

THE FOLLOWING MINIATURES ARE FOR SALE AT INSPIROSITY.COM

YOGA

THE BATHER

TUSCANY

PORTRAIT OF JEALOUSY

SUNDRESS

DANCING WITH MATISSE

MIXED ROSES

SGT. PEPPER'S

BOYS' CLUB

PB&J

beach people-2

miniature-oil

beach people --1

miniature original oil

DANCING WITH DEGAS

6 x 18" gallery wrapped canvas-oil

LANDSCAPE

8 X10 OIL ON CANVAS BOARD

DUSK

16 x 20 oil on stretched canvas

BABUSHKA

16 X 20 OIL ON CANVAS

THE LETTER

5 X 7 OIL ON GESSOED MASONITE

THE RIVER NEVA

COTTAGES

July 25, 2008 "SUNSET OVER LAKE LAGODA"

8X10 on masonite-for sale on Ebay

June 23, 2008 "MINDING MATISSE"

8X10 on stretched canvas

June 21, 2008--"STUDYING GAUGIUIN"

5X5 on gessoboard--currently for sale on Ebay

July 18, 2008 "AMISH"

Miniature 2 x 2--SOLD

July 17, 2008 "Guarding Monet"

8x10 on stretched canvas--SOLD

June 15, 2008--PORTRAIT STUDY

MINIATURE IN OIL--2" X 2"

June 14, 2008 HARRY POTTER

This is an ACEO currently for sale on Ebay

June 13, 2008 -AT THE BEACH

4 x 5" ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS BOARD

June 12, 2008--"BENCH PEOPLE--NEW YORK CITY"

Original oil on 8 x 10 stretched canvas. I've been wanting to do a series of paintings of people sitting on benches all over the world. I started with this scene because it is so New York. People sitting on a bench totally oblivious to the clown sitting in their midst!

June 8, 2008--"ROSE STUDY"

4 x 6" oil on canvas board. I haven't done any still life's for a while and miss doing florals. So here's my latest attempt. for sale on Ebay

June 6, 2008 "NAPTIME"--Miniature

This little girl reminds me so much of me. There I would be in kindergarten, all the other little kids fast asleep on their mats, and me, wide awake, thinking, "is it time to get up yet??????"A little bit about miniatures. While this is the size of an ACEO art card, the technique is very different. This painting has been done in layers with a glazing technique, about 18 to 20 layers in all. With each layer, you add or remove detail, wait for it to dry, add a coat of liquin, and then do it again. Very time consuming, but very satisfying.

June 4, 2008--GOD BLESS AMERICA

This is a 6 x 8 oil on canvas board, currently for sale on Ebay. Thought I'd paint something in honor of July 4th. This little boy dressed in the stars and stripes, holding a flag and saluting, seems to be perfect for the occasion.

6/3/08--PORTRAIT STUDY

4 X 6 STRETCHED CANVAS- FOR SALE ON EBAY--This painting has been a lot of fun to create and a change of pace from my usual colorful impressionist style. I've only used 4 different colored oils and used a tonalist style.

5/27/08--"HOMAGE TO SIMBARI"-16 X 20- $175-FOR SALE

Recently I went to a Simbari exhibit. He's a very famous french impressionist who often combines figures with abstract and semi-abstract forms. So I thought I'd try my hand at it. Here I've combined the figure of a woman against an abstract background. I've used a pallet knife throughout. The textures are wonderful. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to capture the brilliancy of the color on a photo.

"MODA"--14 X 18- FOR SALE--$175

Moda means fashion. I've combined a Vogue fashion model from the sixties with an abstract background. The colors also include metallic paints and interferon paints, so the painting almost glows. Again, I just can't capture on camera how brillitantly colored this painting is.

5/26/08 "THE ROAD HOME" 12 X 16 ON CANVAS BOARD--$125

I've recently been introduced to paintings by Diane Leonard, an absolutely wonderful impressionist painter who combines two of my favorite subjects--children and landscape, either beaches or gardens. So she has inspired some of my recent work. CURRENTLY FOR SALE FROM ME.

"LITTLE SHELL SEEKER"--8 X 10 on canvas board. FOR SALE--$75

What can be more adorable than a little girl dressed up in her sundress searching for shells on the beach. If you look closely at the configuration of colors on her dress, you can see the transparency of the material as the sun shines through.

PRECIOUS MOMENT-18 X 24-FOR SALE FROM ME

I call this one "precious moment" because this painting reminds me of a moment caught in time. A mother and her daughter, sitting on a sand dune, taking a break from reading and watching the boats sail by.

SISTERS

This painting is sold, but I love to do commissions--just email me.

BROTHERS--SOLD

"SUNDAY MORNING"

What a wonderful way to share your retirement years! This painting is SOLD.

FRIENDS--SOLD

5/26/ 08 BOY AND HIS DOG - 6 X 8-$50.00

I just love painting children. Here I've done an old fashioned painting of a young boy holding his little dog. This is currently for sale, either contact me or pay directly with PayPal.

FROM THE TERRACE-16x20--$225

This year I promised myself that I would practice with my pallet knife and I've been very pleased with the results. My pallet knife produces amazing textures and brilliant colors I haven't been able to get with my paint brushes. This painting is of a young woman leisurely looking from her terrace at Lake Garda in Italy. It is currently for sale.

CURRENTLY FOR SALE ON EBAY

SORRY I HAVEN'T BLOGGED FOR SO LONG--BUT YOU CAN SEE MY CURRENT OFFERINGS ON EBAY, JUST GO TO LAURASGARDENART OR LAURAS STUDIO OF FINE ART

NOV 13--"GOOD NIGHT MOON"

OIL ON CANVAS BOARD 8 X 6--$75

NOV 11--"GIRL WITH THE RED BEADS"

OIL ACEO--$19.95

NOV 7--"ON THE BEACH"

OIL ACEO--$14.95

NOV 8--"FRIENDS"

OIL ACEO--$14.95

NOV 3--"WOMAN IN THE SURF"

OIL ACEO--$14.95

NOV 2--"CLOUDY DAY AT THE BEACH"

OIL--18 X 6--$75--SOLD

OCT 31--"SEASCAPE"

OIL ACEO--$14.95--SOLD

OCT 31--"PINK ROSES AFTER KLEIN"

OIL ACEO --$14.99

OCT. 30--"PINK AND WHITE ROSES"

9 X 12 OIL ON CANVAS BOARD--$99

OCT. 26--"MAUVE ROSE"

4 X 6 OIL OSWOA--$24.99

OCT 24--STILL LIFE WITH PINK AND WHITE ROSES

OIL- 9 X 12--$75

OCT 23--"DANCING ON THE BEACH"

OIL OSWOA--$24.99

OCT 18--"CAN WE GO HOME YET--PART 2"

OIL ON MASONITE-6 X6-$50.00

OCT. 14--"AT THE BEACH"

OIL ACEO--$12.95--SOLD

OCT 13--"I LOVE YOU"

OIL ACEO--$12.99--SOLD

Oct. 11--"Babysitting"

ACEO oil on watercolor paper--$12.99--SOLD

Oct. 10-"Intro to Modern Art"

6 x6 oil on masonite--$50

OCT. 8-"BLUE COLLAR ART"

OIL ON MASONITE 6 X 6--$50.00--SOLD

OCTOBER 7, MONOCHROMATIC LADY IN PURPLE

OSWOA- 4 X 6-ACRYLIC-19.99

OCTOBER 5-MONOCHROMATIC PORTRAIT STUDY, BABY IN BLUE

ACRYLIC OSWOA--$19.99

OCT. 4--MONOCHROMATIC PORTRAIT STUDY

ACRYLIC OSWOA--$19.99--SOLD

SEPT. 23--PINK ROSE

OIL ON BOARD-$14.99--SOLD

Sept. 17, 2007 -"Still Life"

Oil ACEO on watercolor paper--$12.95--SOLD

Sept 16, 2007--"Pink Rose after Klein"

Original oil Aceo on gessoed masonite--$17.50

Sept. 16, 2007-"At the Beach"

Oil Aceo--$12.99--SOLD

SEPTEMBER9,2007--FEMALE NUDE STUDY

OIL ACEO ON CANVAS--$12.99--SOLD

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007--PINK ROSE AFTER KLEIN

OIL ACEO ON GESSOED MASONITE--17.99

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007--"CAMILLE-PORTRAIT STUDY"

OIL MINIATURE--Unlike most of my ACEO's, I've done this one with layers of color, about 15 to be exact. Very labor intensive.--$49.99

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007--AT THE BEACH--KIDS

OIL ACEO--$12.99--SOLD

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007--AT THE BEACH

OIL ACEO--$12.99--SOLD

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007--AT THE BEACH

OIL ACEO--$12.99--SOLD

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007--CONTEMPLATING ART

OIL ACEO--$12.99--SOLD

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007-BEACH STUDY

OIL ACEO--$12.99--SOLD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007--BEACH STUDY

OIL ACEO--$12.99--SOLD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007--BEACH STUDY

OIL ACEO--$12.00--SOLD

SEPTEMBER 2, 2007--BANNA SPLIT

OIL- 4" X 8"--$35.00

SEPTEMBER 2, 2007--BANANA SPLIT

OIL--6" X 6"--$35/00

August 29, 2007 "BEACH STUDY"-ACEO

OIL--$12--I'm starting a series of beach paintings, all miniatures--SOLD

August 28, 2007 "CAN WE GO HOME YET?"

OIL 8 X 10--$75--SOLD

July 27, 2007-Origianl Oil--16 x 20 "Baby on the Shore

I've been working on this one for a while. I love to watch babies playing on the beach. I particularly love this painting because of its interplay of light and shadow --$125--SOLD

July 26, 2007--Chocolate Covered Strawberries

This another all time favorite of mine. ..and I can even fool myself into believing they're healthy for me--if I could only stop at 2!--SOLD

July 25, 2007--Hostess Cupcake 3

OK--so I had to taste one didn't I?

July 24, 2007--Original ACEO acrylic- Hostess Cupcake 2

What could possibly be better than 1 hostess cupcake?? four of them!!!!--SOLD

July 23, 2007 ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ACEO --FOOD, "HOSTESS CUPCAKE"

I've been on a diet lately, so all I can think of is desserts. Here is my all time favorite childhood dessert and comfort food--more to come--SOLD

July 22, 2007--"Pink Rose on Blue Background"

Original Acrylic OSWOA- 4 x 6--$45.00-SOLD

July 21, 2007-"Pink Rose"

Original acrylic OSWOA- 4 x 6--$45--SOLD

July 17, 2007-"Pennsylvania Dutch Country"

Original Acrylic on gessoboard-3 x 5- $50

July 10. 2007--"KOI"

Original acrylic - 4x 5 -$37.50--SOLD

June 29, 2007--"ALONE" Original Oil 5 x 7 - $75.00

I found the subject for this painting intriguing. While I think of it as a landscape, I look at the figures in the foreground. Are they alone because they're strangers waiting at a bus stop? or--are they alone because they've just had a fight, or don't have anything to say to one another anymore?

June 28, 2007--"Riding Against the Wind"

Original Oil- 6 x 12--$100

June 24, 2007 Original Oil- "Pink Rose-After C Klein"

4 x 6 One of my favorite victorian floral artists is C Klein. Here is my take on one of her paintings--$45.00--SOLD

June 22, 2007 Yard Long Pink Roses on lavender background

Original Oil--"6 x "18"----$100--SOLD

June 22, 2007 ORIGINAL OIL--"WHE-E-E"

9 X 12 --$50-Another in my celebration of fathers series.--SOLD

June 18, 2007 PINK AND YELLOW ROSES

Original oil --4 x 6 on canvas board $45.00--SOLD

June 15, 2007 VASE WITH ROSES

4 X 4 $45.00--SOLD

June 14, 2007 BALLERINA AGAINST KLIMT BACKGROUND

9 X 12--$100

June 5, 2007 "FOLLOW ME"

This painting combines two of my favorite subjects, children and ballet. 12" x 24"--$125

May 29, 2007 "FRIENDS FOREVER!"

Another in my father's day series, original oil--5" x6" --$50--SOLD

May 29, 2007 "THREE GENERATIONS"-

"5 X 5" oil painting, currently up for auction on Ebay-$37.50--SOLD

May 23, 2007 DADDY"S DAY AT THE BEACH

Another in my Father's Day series-- Original Oil--"6 x 9"--$75--SOLD

May 21, 2007 "SOCCER DAD"

Here's to all the Dads that participate in their daughters' sports! Original OIl--6" x 6"--$50

May 20, 2007 "THIS IS HOW IT WORKS"

Original oil- "5 x 7"--little boy going to his first ball game with Dad --$50--SOLD

May 17, 2007 "BREAKFAST WITH DADDY"

Continuing the "Celebration of Dads" series--original oil--"4 x 5"--$50

May 13, 2007 "HOLD MY HAND, DADDY"

Remember how safe you always felt when you held your father's hand? This oil painting is "5 x 6"--$50--SOLD

May 10, 2007 "THE THREE MUSKATEERS"

I live close to the ocean and love to watch people on the beach. This original oil is "5 x 6"--$50--SOLD

May 10, 2007 "BABYSITTING"

I envision him as your modern grandpa, doing his babysitting in a museum. This painting is "5 x 7" and done in oils. It is currently up for auction on ebay--$37.50--SOLD

"GIRL IN THE RED SHOES"

This original oil is "9 x 12" and is for sale for $100--SOLD

"GIRL IN THE PINK HAT"

I found this cute little girl playing on Juno Beach. Oil, "16 x 20" with frame--$225

"STILL LIFE"

This "16 x 20" oil comes framed--$150

"GIRL IN THE PINK HAT, 2"

Another view of this sweet little girl. Oil-"16 x 20" . framed, $225

"DANCE WITH ME"

I love the graceful movement of couples dancing, particularly doing the tango. This oil is a large painting "18 x 24"--$150--SOLD

"MODERN MONA LISA"

This oil is "11 x 14"--$100

"SUNSET"

This original oil is "8 x 10" and actually comes unframed, but I wanted to give you an idea of what it might look like when framed--$75

"Six No Trump"

This woman is determined to play bridge until her last breath. I just love her! Original oil--"9 x 12"--$100

"LADY IN THE PINK HAT"

Another woman to admire, dressed to "the nines" out with her girlfriends, having lunch. Original oil--"9 x 12"--$100

"TRANQUILITY"

There is something, almost religious, about listening to the sound of the ocean in a sea shell. Original Oil-"12 x 12"--$125

"THE THINKER"

I've been experimenting with unusual backgrounds for portraits. Original Oil--"12 x 16"--$125

"NUDE"

Actually, this is a study of complementary color. Original Oil-"9 x 12"--$75

Friday, June 6, 2008

"NAP TIME"--OIL MINIATURE--$49.99

This little girl reminds me so much of me. There I would be in kindergarten, all the other little kids fast asleep on their mats, and me, wide awake, thinking, "is it time to get up yet??????"

A little bit about miniatures. While this is the size of an ACEO art card, the technique is very different. This painting has been done in layers with a glazing technique, about 18 to 20 layers in all. With each layer, you add or remove detail, wait for it to dry, add a coat of liquin, and then do it again. Very time consuming, but very satisfying.

Posted by LAURA FORST at Friday, June 06, 2008

Labels: child, figure, MINIATURE, PAINTING