Nancy Hartley's Art Adventures

Another busy week, in a very busy month. It's great to paint again! I've struggled for days with various animal ideas for our upcom...

Glad to be back to painting. I wanted to finish at least one more painting of the gladiolus. Finally, after a very hectic week, I was able ...

Yesterday, at Trader Joe's, I bought gladiolus buds. I was not sure of the exact colors, possibly purple and red. This morning they wer...

We just returned from the east coast, to spring. Everything here is in bloom, sunny skies, and very green everywhere. Spring has arrived! B...

Day two of the daffodils. Overnight, most of the daffodils opened. Flowers always amaze me... they are gorgeous! Tried to capture the beaut...

Yesterday at Trader Joe's they were selling ten daffodils for $1.29. How could I not bring some home! I bought two bunches. The buds we...

Yesterday I took the day off and visited the de Young museum in San Francisco to the see the annual "Bouquets to Art" exhibit. ...

This has been a busy month, with not enough time for painting. Finally this weekend I had some time and was able to get back to the easel. ...

The last of the sushi paintings for now. I think it's time to move on to something else. This painting seems to be more abstract, which...

One more for the sushi series. I was trying for a looser effect, by not going over the brush strokes . I think that this is something that ...

Back on familiar ground. Apples are really comfortable to paint. As Carol Marine said in her blog, apples are her fall back subject. I can ...

Happy Valentine's Day to all! Tomorrow is the big day! This is the same monoprint that was posted on Jan. 16th, only this time it is in...

This is the same sushi from last week, that was stored in the freezer. It thawed out under the light as I painted it. I then put it back in...

The upcoming exhibit for the Lafayette Gallery is, "Food, Glorious Food". I've been thinking of my favorite foods and what wo...

This is the last in the kiwi fruit series. In my previous post, Kelley left a comment saying that, in a series, the image can get progressi...

Still having fun with the kiwis. This one seems like it's a little more abstract and geometric than the previous ones. It's also fu...

Here is one more kiwi painting. This was done at night, which to me is a little harder than painting with daylight. Kiwi, since they are co...

It's great to get back to painting. I was sidelined with some kind of hideous virus for about a week, and not up to painting. Yesterday...

More cherries. This time I tried to lighten things up a bit, maybe because, it has been so much like spring, with temps in the low 70's...

This is a small monoprint that I did last year for the Valentine exhibit at the Lafayette Gallery. I did one in a dark red and one in this ...

This time I wanted to try painting with looser, more relaxed brushstrokes. It's fun trying to loosen up a little. I'm also still fe...

I was just emailed by Debbi, who told me that the image on my last post was nonexistent . Thank you Debbi! I will try again. We'll hope...

In my last post, I talked about the beautiful displays of citrus fruit, outside, as you approach the front door at Whole Foods. Once, I got...

The colors of citrus fruits are so beautiful and inspiring. I just bought a whole pile of lemons, limes, tangerines, grapefruit, and orange...

Finally, I'm getting back on track. I've missed my routine and am happily painting again and back to blogging. Whew! So nice! It se...