by houstonwine | Jan 2, 2015 | Nature, Paintings
The subject of Mary’s painting is an old aspen tree she found while hiking near Mount Evans in Colorado. As usual, she used the Venetian painting technique which is very time-consuming. She started with a charcoal under-drawing. The...
by houstonwine | Oct 28, 2014 | Nature, Paintings
Mary found this grove of Aspen trees near Echo Lake in Colorado. She used the Venetian painting technique consisting of a charcoal under drawing, a grisaille, and layer upon layer of pigment to create an almost three dimensional look. The process is very...
by houstonwine | Sep 8, 2014 | Nature, Paintings
Mary found this grove of aspen trees on a snow-covered trail in Colorado near Echo Lake. She used the Venetian technique of painting to capture the scene. The Venetian technique uses a charcoal under-drawing, a monochrome “grisaille”, and layer-upon-layer of...
by houstonwine | Mar 10, 2013 | Nature, Paintings
Mary studied Van Gogh’s Almond Blossoms painting and used his painting technique to create a painting of her own that she calls “La Primavera”. Share...
by houstonwine | Nov 28, 2012 | Nature, Paintings
Mary visited Monet’s house, gardens, and studio in Giverny, France several years ago. She decided to study the techniques used in one of the most famous French Impressionist paintings by Monet. It also happened to be one of the last paintings Monet sold....
by houstonwine | Oct 27, 2012 | Nature, Paintings
Mary is working on a series of aspen tree paintings she calls “The Four Seasons”. She hikes Echo Mountain near Evergreen, Colorado every three months to collect possible subjects for her Aspen paintings....
