Almost There !

Work In Progress

Iris 

18" x 24" Oil on gallery-wrap canvas

It doesn't look like I spent about 4 more hours on this painting since I last posted , but I did.  It still has a ways to go, but I believe in one or two more painting sessions it will be finished.    

For some reason I have been fascinated by taking reference photos of the moon the last few weeks.  How romantic, right ?   Yep, my cat and I sit out on my lanai (patio) at weird hours of the night and early morning and we enjoy nature together !   Below are a few shots I have taken of the moon in a couple of different stages .

The third photo from the top does not clearly depict the red circle on the outside of the "halo" around the moon...nor other colors as well.   Still it is very good for reference.  I am not sure how I will use these photos in a painting other than in landscapes and seascapes.  

I also worked on my flamingo painting some more today.    I have been busy working, just painting too slow to have a finished work until a day or two from now.   Thank you for stopping by and visiting today !

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Studio :  Carol Reynolds

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Getting There !

Iris - Work In Progress

stage 2

18" x 24" Oil on gallery-wrap canvas

This is coming along fairly well.  My reference photo along with the first stage of the painting was posted here this past Sunday, November 13; if you would like to see them, just scroll down to that post below.  This painting may be too wet to work on tomorrow so I will go back to working on my flamingo.  The reference photo for that painting is right here :

I started this on an 8" x 16" canvas; wish now I had used a larger canvas, but I do enjoy working on  8x16 panels or canvas.  Please check back soon for progress on this painting !


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Studio:  Carol Reynolds
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Pretty Exciting !

Iris -WIP

18" x 24" Oil on gallery-wrap canvas

Well, this new work in progress is very exciting to me !   It is a new subject to tackle -always exciting- and also it is a larger size canvas than what I have been working on lately.   Below is my reference photograph I took in a suburb of Salt Lake City a few years ago.    Even older photos can get me excited to begin a new work !

It is obvious I changed things a bit in the arrangement of the Iris in my painting and things may change more as the painting progresses.   The painting so far is just a very rough lay-in of color and will be more defined as time goes on.    

I also worked on my flamingo painting today (Saturday) and it is coming along just fine.   Have to wait for it to dry to put more details in later.  Stay tuned !

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Studio:  Carol Reynolds

             P O Box 22246

             Honolulu, HI  96823-2246

Serious About Cereus - Completed Work

"Serious About Cereus"

12" x 12" Oil on canvas

Completely finished this painting a few minutes ago.   The title refers to how serious this bee was going about his job inside the blossom of a cereus cactus or night-blooming cactus, as it is frequently known by.  I took the reference photo for this painting around 6 to 6:30 on a July morning, because as the sun got higher in the sky the flowers were usually spent and gone by around 10:30 a.m. 

Please contact me if interested in purchasing this painting.   

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Studio:  Carol Reynolds

             P. O. Box 22246

             Honolulu, HI  96823-2246

Let There Be Light

"Let There Be Light"

9" x 12" Oil on canvas

$625

This is the finished painting of a work in progress I posted here recently.   I changed the foreground quite a bit and feel it is much improved.    I photographed it indoors a few minutes ago as it was not yet daylight here in Hawaii; nevertheless, the colors are pretty true to the original painting.  I will photograph it again outdoors when the sun is up in an hour or so.   If you are interested in purchasing this seascape, I will be happy to email you the photo of it taken outside.     

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Serious About Cereus

"Serious About Cereus"

Work In Progress

12" x 12" Oil on canvas

This is the beginning stages of a "serious" bee within the huge, lovely cereus cactus blossom; the cactus famous for and sometimes called  'the night-blooming cactus'  .   The bee is definitely serious about his job, but I have a feeling he was having a good time as well     :-)       

Below is my photo reference for this painting.

Every year in July these beautiful blossoms appear on a somewhat trailing vine-like branch of the cactus.   I have many reference photos I have taken of them.   This, however, will only be the second time that I have actually painted this flower.   Below is the other painting.

"Late Bloomer"

24" x 24" acrylic on gallery-wrap canvas

I appreciate your interest and comments.   Please visit again soon !   

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Studio :  Carol Reynolds

              P O Box 22246

              Honolulu, HI 96823-2246

Work and Rest - Images For New Paintings

It is still Sunday here...in 30 minutes it will be Monday.   Sunday is usually my day of rest from painting and most other things as well, but I cooked several recipes (well, 3 recipes)  for enough food to last awhile so I will be pretty free to paint the next few days.  One recipe was homemade chicken soup some of which I will freeze for later.  Yes, cooking is creative too !   Yesterday I began two new paintings and hopefully they will be dry enough to work on again tomorrow morning.   Below are my reference photos for those new works.

Bee having a blast in a cereus cactus flower

Lesser  Flamingos

The photo of the Lesser Flamingos (which are native to Africa and Asia) I captured at the Honolulu Zoo.  I may paint it soon, but it is not the reference for the painting I began yesterday; the computer gave me a hard time uploading the correct photo.   The more I think about it now,  this might be a better painting than the one I began on Saturday    :-)

There are 4 other paintings I have begun that are in various stages of development  that I will also be concentrating on in between waiting for current works to dry before continuing them.   I just felt the urge to do some wildlife again .

Wish me happy painting the rest of the week !

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