Paint out 2009 Petosky Michigan

There will be artists painting all around Petoskey on Saturday August 1, 2009 for Crooked Tree Arts Center’s Fourth Annual Paint-Out.
Beginning at 8 a.m. artists will gather to have canvases or paper stamped to verify that the material they will be painting on was blank in the morning of the paint-out.
I will be there again this year bright and early for the annual paint out.

They will then venture anywhere in the Petosky area to begin a day of plein air painting. As the sun moves across the sky, artists will be painting and capturing a day in the life of northern Michigan on canvas. The completed artwork must be returned framed and ready to hang between 4-6 p.m. that same day.

At 6 p.m. there will be a wine and cheese reception celebrating all of the work created that day.

All work will be for sale and work will be on display until August 30th. If you can't make the reception on Saturaday and meet a wonderful group of artist from the US but will be in the area later stop in and see the wonderful plien air paintings.

This paint-out is a great way to join artists with the community and celebrate the beauty and talent of this region.

Delilah Smith Michigan, USA
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Cows in the Pasture No 3

When I was a kid on the farm July and August were hay baling time. Always on the hottest day of the year we would cut and bale the hay because it had to be dry. Moisture in the bails would cause heat which after being put in the barn could make the hay catch on fire. I had an uncle who had bales do that and almost burnt down his barn.

When I was a kid the bales were square now most hay bales are big and round. I like the round bales, they don't have to be loaded on wagon and taken into the barn like the old square bales that I remember. My job as a kid was unloading the wagons and putting the hay unto the elevator that took the bails up to the top of the barn where they were stored for use in the winter. Nice memories but so glad I don't have to do the work any more. Its much more enjoyable just to paint them.
Cows in the Pasture #3

About This Painting:
oil on stretched canvas 11x14

Media: oil
Size: 14 in X 11 in

How to Purchase:
$400.00

Delilah Smith Michigan USA


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Just Peachy

For those of you who know me, you know I live on ice cream and there is nothing like fresh peach ice cream.

Peach Ice Cream
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 cups milk
4 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 cups whipping cream
2 1/2 cups crushed or pureed peaches, sweetened to taste

Preparation:Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in top of double boiler; gradually blend in milk. Cook over hot water, stirring occasionally, for about 12 to 15 minutes, or until thickened. Stir a small amount of the hot mixture into the beaten eggs, then return egg mixture to pan with remaining hot mixture. Cook over hot water, stirring constantly, for 4 to 5 minutes, until it is about as thick as pudding. Chill thoroughly, about 3 hours. Stir vanilla and cream into the chilled mixture. Pour into a 1-gallon ice cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Remove dasher and stir in crushed or pureed sweetened peaches; repack ice cream freezer with 1 part rock salt to 6 parts crushed ice and let ripen for 2 hours.

Just Peachy

About This Painting:
Just Peachy
6x8
oil oncanvas mounted on hardboard

Media: oil
Size: 6 in X 8 in (15.2 cm X 20.3 cm)
Price: $100 USD

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Sunshine Fruit

Sunshine Fruit

About This Painting:

Habits reap favorable results. It seems that simple habits contribute more to success than luck, happenstance, or even a favoring economy. As artists, we need to regularly refresh the habit of truly looking, truly seeing and truly understanding. Its not a big deal. It's just a habit.

Recent studies on the nature of genius indicate that self-generated habits are mighty muscles indeed. While all of us who wish to master specific skills need to tailor our habits accordingly, here are a few for starters: Squeeze out paint in the morning before your coffee is cold.Program creative work balanced with rest, exercise and study. Train yourself to be regular, punctual and workmanlike.Shoot down your lazy tendencies before they shoot you.

Habits, It seems contribute more to success than luck, happenstance, or even the economy.
Sunshine Fruit
6x12
oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas


Media: oil
Size: 12 in X 6 in (30.5 cm X 15.2 cm)
Price: $100 USD

How to Purchase:

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Delilah Smith, Michigan , USA

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Ann Arbor Art Fair

The Ann Arbor Art Fair has started here in Michigan it runs from July 15-18 so if you have stopped in to view hundreds of the best artist in the US it is time to make the trip.




There is live music so you can take a break rest your feet and hear some wonderful bands play in the shade of the tent.






Or if you would rather hear the music from these sculptures. There is lots to see and hear.






Or if you like your sculptures live this one was so interest to watch. He would blow you a kiss if you tipped him. ( the only time he moved.)







There was a little wind on Wednesday when I visited the fair so these wonderful wind sculptures were in their glory.




Take the time to visit you will be glad you did.


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At the Beach-SOLD

At the Beach

About This Painting:
At the Beach
30x40
oil on stretched canvas

SOLD

Media: oil
Size: 40 in X 30 in (101.6 cm X 76.2 cm)
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Morning Glories

Morning Glories flowers open only during the morning and then fade by early afternoon, but there are an abundance of buds ready to open on each successive morning over many days. I feel like a Morning Glory somedays, up bright a cherrful then fadeing with not much energy left by the end of the day.

Morning Glories No.2

About This Painting:
Morning Glories no.2
12x9
watercolor on 140 lb cold pressed watercolor paper

Media: watercolor
Size: 9 in X 12 in (22.9 cm X 30.5 cm)
Price: $100 USD

How to Purchase:

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Delilah Smith,Michigan,USA

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Inspiration

When the Rose is Faded by Walter de la Mare
When the rose is faded, Memory may still dwell on Her beauty shadowed, And the sweet smell gone. That vanishing loveliness, That burdening breath, No bond of life hath then, Nor grief of death. 'Tis the immortal thought Whose passion still Makes the changing The unchangeable. Oh, thus thy beauty, Loveliest on earth to me, Dark with no sorrow, shines And burns, with thee.

Inspiration of Roses

My inspiration comes from nature and the things I see every day. What inspires you?

Inspiration of Roses

About This Painting:
Inspiration of Roses
12x9
watercolor on 140 lb coldpressed watercolor paper

Media: watercolor
Size: 9 in X 12 in (22.9 cm X 30.5 cm)
Price: $100 USD

How to Purchase:

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Delilah Smith. Michigan, United States

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Day Lillies No.3

The bloom of the day lily is glorious,but gone in just a day. I plant the bulbs,dig my fingers deep into the soil to make sure they are secure in their bed of soil. I pull the weeds and feed them for this one day of glory. When the moment comes their flames of orange wave proudly on the tall thin stakes of green.I know it was the worth the effort for this moment.
Daylilies

About This Painting:
Daylilies
10x8 oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas


Media: oil
Size: 8 in X 10 in (20.3 cm X 25.4 cm)
Price: $150 USD

How to Purchase:

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Delilah Smith, Michigan , United States


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North Carolina

I have been traveling and painting again. I love North Carolina. A state rich in history it was first attempted to be colonized by the Spanish and then later the British. North Carolina,as a plantation state had a long history of slavery.

Yesterday I traveled to Raleigh , the capital of the state and a city know for it lovely oaks. The park in the down town area boasts a large sculpture of an acorn. While I was in Raleigh I visited "Art Space. The building houses 28 working artist along with exhibitions and education class' in the arts taught by the residence artist.

The minute I walked into Art Space I thought of the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria Virginia that I toured last year. Art Space is much smaller having 28 working artist where the Torpedo Factory has 82 working artist the feel is similar. I spoke to some of the artist there and they said that, yes it had been modeled after the torpedo factory. If I were an artist in the area I would want to be in this space the artistic juice was flowing here.

If you visit Raleigh the Art Space is a must see and while you are there stop and see the gallery of watercolorists Nancy Meadow Taylor.

Seahorses and Bubbles

About This Painting:
Seahorses and Bubbles
12x9
watercolor on 140 lb watercolor paper

Media: watercolor
Size: 9 in X 12 in (22.9 cm X 30.5 cm)
Price: $100 USD

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Jazz

The origin of the word Jazz did not refer to music but it was a slang term that started on the West coast referring to the way a baseball was pitched.

Jazz

About This Painting:
Jazz
12x9
watercolor on 300 lb cold pressed watercolor paper.

Media: watercolor
Size: 9 in X 12 in (22.9 cm X 30.5 cm)
Price: $100 USD

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Sailing

It's not too late to get out and sail. If you don't have a boat think about being part of the crew on someones boat. Salt water or fresh, the peace of a sail will reward you.

Sailing

About This Painting:
Sailing
This is a watercolor painted on 300 lb coldpressed watercolor paper using Da Vinci and Van Gogh watercolors.

Media: watercolor
Size: 12 in X 9 in (30.5 cm X 22.9 cm)
Price: $100 USD

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Sunflower Landscape

Sunflower Landscape

About This Painting:

Sunflowers continue to be a special image for me. My fascination with design and imagery leads me to the bright cheerful sunflowers.
Sunflower Landscape
This is a watercolor on 300 lb coldpressed watercolor paper.The highest quality Van Gogh watercolors were used in this painting.

Media: watercolor
Size: 12 in X 9 in (30.5 cm X 22.9 cm)
Price: $100 USD

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Addition to life

Become addicted to exploring your life and becoming all that you can be is a goal of mine. Whatever calls you, explore it! Whatever challenges or excites you, pursue it and see where it takes you. This is waht Ido most often

I like to Plien Air paint and I do it often. It is one of my painting addictions. I have many.

Liberty Pond

About This Painting:
Liberty Pond
16x20
oil on stretched gallery wrapped canvas

Media: oil
Size: 20 in X 16 in (50.8 cm X 40.6 cm)
Price: $640 USD

How to Purchase:

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Price: $640 USD plus $15 USD s/h
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Delilah Smith, Michigan USA



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Be Happy

Sunflowers No 4


"God," said Voltaire, "is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." Obviously, some folks think all this seriousness is a byproduct of a great cosmic joke. And these little stretchy things--these canvases and the stuff we mark them up with--are truncated playgrounds of the human soul. In the end, it is we who can become the master jokers. "It is not necessary for the public to know whether I'm joking or whether I'm serious," said Salvador Dali, "just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself."

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A Beach Painting

I have been working on a large oil for a client who wanted a beach painting. I started with a charcoal drawing just to get the shapes down. I didn't need much detail because it would all be painted over any way.

You can see where I decided early on that I wanted the shapes of the beach umbrellas to be different. and I took some turpintine and erased them.

After I had kind of an Idea as to where I was going with the images. I put in some vaule.

Here is just the beginning. I still have some things to work out before I add any color to the painting. I will post more tomorrow.

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Getting into Galleries

If you are like me and have lots of artist friends, you know that most of them secretly want to be in galleries. Not just the run of the mill gallery but major galleries.

Being in a top gallery can be your ticket to success. It will drive new collectors to you. Your art work will increase in price, which means your income will go up. I know you are not in it for the money, get real money is an indicator. It tells you that you are making it in the art world.

So focus,do the best art work you can do and keep trying to move into more galleries and get a collector base that will drive you to create even better art work.

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There are no Short Cuts

I am always at odds when I paint.Do I paint what I see or what I feel? As I paint my work becomes very expressionistic with lots of brush work and color.

I currently have a solo exhibit at Baker College in Jackson Michigan that will run through June 30 2009. The painting at the left, along with 16 other painting that I have done in oil can be viewed at the college by going in the main entrance.

"There are no shortcuts when you want to achieve great things. Put everything in place that will allow you to succeed." - Alyson Stanfieldat 4/22/2009 3:39:00 PM


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The Sketch Book Project

I am part of the Sketchbook Project, If you are close to the Art Source Gallery stop in and look at the exhibit.It will be there until the 20th of July.

Friday 8, May 2009
The Sketchbook Project at Chicago Art Source Gallery Tonight
Friday, May 8th (tonight!)6:00-9:00pmChicago Art Source Gallery1871 N. Clybourn AveChicago, IL 60614
Tonight is the final exhibition for The Sketchbook Project Volume 3. It is hosted at Chicago Art Source Gallery in Chicago, IL. The opening is from 6:00-9:00pm. The exhibition will be on display through June 20th.

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Five Pears

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