Day 2 "On Board Blue Mist"

"On Board Blue Mist"  6x8 oil NFS

by Renee Brennan

Day #2 of the 30 paintings in 30 day's challenge by Leslie Saeta.  

This painting of the Blue Mist Yacht built 

in 1917, used to be a commuter boat into NYC.  

On my 50th birthday, my husband rented it for a small party!

We are sailors so  normally when we go out onto 

The Chesapeake Bay,  the weather is nice and sunny. Well this

day happened to be rainy, rain, rain rain... which actually

turned out absolutely perfect!  

Day 1 "Sock Monkey"

"Sock Monkey" 

Watercolor Pencils & Ink 4x6

This is Day 1 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Day Challenge by Leslie Saeta.

This little painting is a redo from a larger canvas one

 I did in the Fall which sold.

He will be going into a sketchbook for another project. 

One thing for sure is that this girl will get alot 

of needed practice this month.  

Yay! 

New Energy for the New Year

"It's A Wonderful Life" 07

 10x8 Oil NFS

Renee Brennan 

Happy New Year Everybody!

I will be starting a new challenge  called 30 paintings in 30 day's

hosted by Leslie Saeta beginning Jan 1, 2014. 

 Hopefully I will have not knocked 

myself out thinking what the heck did I get myself into,  

and have a painting posted by the 2nd and so on for 30 day's.  

Oh did I mention there are about 300 other artists also joining in, 

 so it should be like a big painting party right? 

Wish me luck.

  Yikes!

On the Easel

2 weeks ago I had the opportunity to take yet another workshop with Abbey Ryan at the 

John F. Peto Studio Museum in Island Heights, NJ.  

It is a lovely restored home/studio of the artist who was known for Tromp l'oeil (to fool the eye). 

 Peto's props where all over the home as well as a gallery upstairs which had an amazing Tromp l' oeil exhibit including 3 pieces of Abbey's.  One of the props that caught my eye was a ceramic beer bottle just like the one I had brought from home, so I knew I had to use it.  

Thank you Vintage Stew for selling me that bottle!

The small unfinished painting in the middle is from the workshop.  Abbey helped me get the correct colors of the pear and there were supposed to be some figs on the right...those got scrubbed out.  SO  it was used as a study for a larger painting when returning home.  I used the same props from the workshop except added an old green book, and yes that is the same pear.   

 

This is my alomost finished 12x16 version.  I think it needs a little tweeking on the symetry of the bottle and not sure what else yet, so going to let it sit a few more day's...  Thoughts and comments are welcome.

This finished painting is available framed $300 please contact Renee Brennan

"Let's Play"!

My Wall for the "Harvest of Artist's" Show at
Greenstreet Gardens.
It was HOT setting up the show  but opening day, the
weather magically turned to fall.  Very happy for that!

"Hear No"  8x8 oil Sold
 Giclee print available  

"See No"  8x8 Oil - Sold
Giclee print available  

"Speak No"  8x8 0il - Sold
Giclee print available 

"Let's Play!"  12x4 oil
Sold

"Mr. Red Robot"  10x20 oil
Available $200
Giclee prints also available
contact Renee Brennan

Getting Ready and the Color Red

As usual, I am down to the wire getting ready for an upcoming show.  Partly because I am co chairing it and partly because I just can't stop painting!

  Multi tasking and painting are not a very good idea, paint on my keyboard, paint on the dog, phone, ugh!  Here is the largest painting,  "Red Wagon" to go along with the "Red Robot".   Loving RED right now!

The Show is Muddy Creek Artist's Guild "Harvest of Artist's"
 Sept 13-15 at Greenstreet Gardens, Lothian MD

Mr. Robot

6x8 oil $150 framed

"Mr. Robot" is the inspiration for painting a retro toy series, 

to be shown at the next Muddy Creek Artist show in September.   

I adopted him from a fun little store called 

Vintage Stew in Deale, MD. 

 The top photo is him in progress at my good friend Barbara Moore's studio. 

 I had my Ipad,  a printed out version and the "live" model. 

 Live works best for accurate color.  

What do you think?

"The Day Sailor" Revisited

"The Day Sailor" Oil   20 x 16  NFS

I painted "The Day Sailor"  couple of years ago for my husband Casey.

 He loves this painting, not only because it was a painting for him, of him, and his boat,  

but of more what it represents to him.

Serenity, Calm, Stress Free and Freedom are some of the adjectives that come to mind when he or we are out there sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. 

 I call it his girlfriend.  Her name is Patriot.

 See the American Flag on the stern?  He will not leave the dock unless his colors are flying. 

 No kidding.

Where am I going with this post you say?  It is a stretch but,

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!

From Rain Barrel Renee To Propane Tank Painter?

So you know those gianamic propane tanks that some of us have on the side of our homes?

Well I have one, but these are not mine.  I  got commissioned to paint "something" on them.

I had done this design before on some Rainbarrels (see pages to the right)

Mr. Van Gogh has inspired these with his Iris & Poppy paintings.  

I think they look much better than boring ole white don't you?

 Before

 After, Ta Da!

Losing my Marbles!

"Jar of Marbles" 8x10 Oil Sold

This week I was going to post about our upcoming group artshow with the Muddy Creek Artists Guild. 

The Artist's on the Halfshell show is the show where we all have to have new work.  Good thing right?  Yes and no.  Yes because it keeps us fresh and on our toes...well me at least, and No because I have no time for anything else but getting ready for it.  I wanted to post 10 of my new pieces starting with "Jar of Marbles"  So here it is.  Never coming back to my house because it SOLD!  Here are 2 more from the marble group.   More later...maybe :)

"Marble Duo" 4x4 Oil  SOLD!

"Marble Trio" 4x4 Oil 

Available $60 framed