Small works Make a Great Present

 

Here are some small works that would make great presents.  Everyone has a place to put a small painting.  You don't have to hang it on the wall.  You can have it in a bookcase or on a small table easel.

The painting above  is Peonies No. 1 .  It's 5x5 with a beautiful gold ornate frame that makes this small painting look really special.  

The painting below on the right is Peonies No. 2.  It also is a 5x5 with a beautiful gold ornate frame. 

This is a way to give flowers to someone and the flowers never die.  They don't even wilt!  They last forever!

I also have a still life of a silver bowl full of red grapes.  The round table that the bowl sits on makes beautiful circular reflections in the silver bowl causing an interesting pattern on the bowl.  The painting is 6 x 8 inches with a lovely silver frame.  

If you are looking for a special gift let me know.  These are just a few of the small works I have.  I can even hand deliver it if you don't live too far.

All of these paintings are under $200. 

Snowy Evening
oil painting by Jane McElvany Coonce

 I don't think we are going to have a white Christmas this year, but I want to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy holidays.  It's been an interesting year, to say the least.  I think the year 2020 will be burned into our brains for the remainder of our lives.  It is the year that I painted the most in my entire career.  Staying home has some advantages.  

This painting became my Christmas card this year.  It was started as a demo for one of my online art classes.  In the fall, we focused on doing paintings with snow as the subject that would turn into our Christmas cards.  I continued to work on it after the hour demo, and this was the finished product.  

I'm hoping we get a little snow this year so that I can take more photographs to work from for next year's holiday card.  I have to be careful what I wish for; we could end up with the blizzard of the century, although I highly doubt it.  I'm pretty much in the house all the time anyway, so I guess it doesn't really matter. 

In the meantime, I hope everyone enjoys the holidays as best they can.  Stay safe, wear a mask, and social distance so we can get out of this mess! I do miss traveling! And I also miss seeing my friends and my students.  Here's hoping that 2021 will bring better memories.

Free Demo on Rainy Day Scenes

 McLean Art Society has asked me to do an online demo this Friday, Dec 18 at 10 am. Eastern Standard Time.  It's open to the public, so anyone who would like to watch is welcome to no matter where you live in the country or the world, for that matter. I will be doing rainy day scenes.  There is a short business meeting at 10 am, and I will probably start around 10:45 or so.  It will go until noon.  Click on the link below on Friday morning between 10 and 10:45.  I will begin after the short business meeting.

Topic: McLean Art Society December

Time: Dec 18, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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