Another batch of new paintings that I have completed

Well, last week the bakery let me know they had sold 5 paintings already, that together with the two my mom bought and another one that now belongs to my sister, their stock at the bakery was dangerously low, so I painted some more paintings for them. These are mostly horse, cow and moose paintings, plus one with an elephant family. I love painting silhouettes!

I called this painting "Just the two of us"

Here we have a male horse showing off :)
My son really loved the calf in this painting, he keeps calling it "Baby" :)

Here is a mother moose and its calf.

I call this painting "Cow on a Hill" not very imaginative, but it fit hehe.. this is my first try with pine trees. I would like to try this in color.

"Family of Moose" is the title of this painting. I really like how they appear to be walking across a lake with the reflection of the moon between the male and the female..

"Happyness" is the name of this painting with two horses nuzzling each other in the sunset.

I called this painting "Daisy", the name of my childhood horse. This is how daisy used to wait for me at the fence on a cold winter night to go back to the barn. I wish I could keep this painting for myself! I felt a bit homesick for Daisy when I painted this.

"Family of Elephants" is the only elephant painting I created this time, I wanted to try some other animals this week :)

First a baby elephant walking up a hill...
This painting I called "The Father" because it's one big daddy of an Elephant! I love the way the tree has turned out in this painting. When my mom saw the painting she wanted it so it is now in her house near the entrance :)

This painting is a mother elephant and her baby. This painting is framed since I received a few sample frames from Gotrick Inc. They just added some new framed canvases to their line of canvses.

Here is another elephant painting.. I like how the sun looks in this picture.. it has a nice texture and shading. I like this frame as well.. it has a more contemporary look with it's square appearance, it's 2 inches thick but I don't like it's color much. Black would have went better.. but the frame is paintable :)

Here is a night painting of a small elephant herd... Grazing under the cover of the moon.

Here is another sunset painting with elephants, this painting measures 30" wide and 15" tall.

Here is a sheep looking into (or away from) the sunset. The sheep is pregnant in case you're wondering why it is so fat! :D

Here is my try at painting a male moose. This painting is framed as well with a 1 inch deep floating frame look, also from Gotrick inc. This is my favorite of their new frames.

That's all for the animals I have painted in January. It is not my usual painting style, but I have thorougly enjoyed painting these animal silhouettes. My sister in law suggested I try horses next so I might do that :)

My newest paintings from January

Well this month I've been busy trying something new. Elephants, Moose, some birds, a sheep and a few cows in sihouette against sunsets or blazing blue skies. I love the african trees that I painted, they are such a joy to paint! I also painted a few beach scenes with palm trees. All these paintings are for Klaesi's Bakery since they sold many pieces over Christmas and needed something new for their walls!

I call this painting "Which side of the fence are you on?" Looking at these cows I feel a bit homesick since I grew up on a farm :)These birds are sitting on a cliff.. I like how the big one seems to be towering over the small one :)A sunset painting.. I like how the water reflects the sun.
Here is another beach scene.. a small sailboat drifts in the morning breeze.. This painting reminds me of the beach after a storm with the sky having hints of reds and the water a deep blue/green color.

Delivery of Blank Canvases

Well, I just stopped 'blogging' (lol it sounds so weird!) and got a large delivery of new canvases. It's always exciting to get a new load of fresh canvases! They come directly from Gotrick Inc. where I order cavanases every few months. The funny thing is that they always ship them in spice cardboard boxes.. they always smell so exotic when they first arrive :)

It was snowing so heavily outside I felt sorry for the delivery guy. He was very kind to bring them to the garage for me (since I don't have a loading dock and he isn't obligated to get them off the truck for me). I'll be placing all the canvases into the basement where I will paint when my baby is napping. His name is Thomas and I work around his nap times. He just had a shower and I couldn't resist snapping a photo of him :)

Anyways, back to the art blog, I will be updating this sometime soon.

Well I finally did it.. I started a blog!

Starting something is much easier then maintaining it.. let's just hope that I find the time and energy to let people into my painting world :)

Today I am actually quite swamped with work. Three different people have ordered paintings that I will be working on all this week. Often people see a painting on my website (www.oneofakindmosaics.com/NathalieVansPaintings/) that has already sold, and want me to paint it again. This is what is happening this week. I really don't like to repaint something, but I kind of have to if people fall in love with something that has already sold :)

Well, something I really want to work on are some new elephant paintings. A silhouette sunset with african trees in the background.. I have finished the background and will be posting some photos when it looks more completed :D