From Bellows' Field

Trees, greens, a view of the sea and cows dotted the landscape of George Bellows' field.

From Bellows' Field  oil study  6x8 

Some of us went there to paint, but rain ruined the work. Here is another painting after revisiting about five years later. See it on view now at the Conanicut Island Art Association exhibit "Painterly," at Jamestown Philomenian Library at Town Hall on Narragansett Avenue through May 11.

If you plan to be at TF Green Airport before May 9, please visit GreenSpace Gallery (next to Arrivals) where seven paintings of mine and about a dozen more of two other artists greet visitors to Rhode Island.

Please view more work at my website and at the link to DailyPaintWorks on the right.
Thank you!

The Neighbors' View

The Neighbors' View · oil  · 10 x 8 · NFS

Sad for us our neighbors of two years moved last summer to Washington, DC. This little view from their back porch just catches a small view to the far shore of the Sakonnet River. I have ratcheted down the intensity of the photo reducing the glare from fresh juicy paint. As soon as it's cured enough, off she goes to join our friends in their new home in Alexandria - a little remembrance of a brief tour of duty at the Naval War College and life in our cozy neighborhood.

Postings will continue now on a more regular basis after a surprisingly hectic fall. Included in the fray has been a lot of experimenting with a pattern drawing method known as Zentangle©, getting reacquainted with my old profession of Hand Lettering and teaching a few small classes, painting abstract works in acrylic, water colors and pigmented cold wax sticks (not all at once) and practicing the art of painting with a palette knife. I will show these from time to time as the spirit and schedule invites. With Halloween behind us, this melodramatic presidential campaign will at last be overwith in a week. Looking forward to celebrating and with relief. Meanwhile, thank you for taking a look at my painting and posting.

The Field - 1 of Thirty in Thirty

The Field

oil on panel · 5 x 7 · #1 of Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days 

$100 Ships free

#186 Big Old Tree

Big Old Tree

Rhode Island Native of Berkeley Lane Middletown,
oil, 10x8 inches $400 with frame plus $15 shipping

#184 Landscape Green Study I

Landscape Green Study I  $450, oil, 10 x 8 -  if interested in purchase please contact me by email. This was the first painting in a three day landscape study group where we were set upon first by gypsy moth and tent caterpillars raining down upon us inspite of umbrellas and protective clothes. Later came the actual rain - inches of it. Inspired by the most amazing amount of greenness ever seen by these eyes, I forged ahead and am pleased with the result. I resisted the temptation to tart it up by naming it Fifty Shades of Green. Painted with a palette knife to practice mixing the colors first on the palette before transferring to the panel.

Apologies for being remiss in posting recently. I have been painting a lot and am ready to show some of the reasons for the delay.

Happy Summer Solstice!

#184 Landscape Green Study I

Landscape Green Study I  $450, oil, 10 x 8 -  if interested in purchase please contact me by email. This was the first painting in a three day landscape study group where we were set upon first by gypsy moth and tent caterpillars raining down upon us inspite of umbrellas and protective clothes. Later came the actual rain - inches of it. Inspired by the most amazing amount of greenness ever seen by these eyes, I forged ahead and am pleased with the result. I resisted the temptation to tart it up by naming it Fifty Shades of Green. Painted with a palette knife to practice mixing the colors first on the palette before transferring to the panel.

Apologies for being remiss in posting recently. I have been painting a lot and am ready to show some of the reasons for the delay.

Happy Summer Solstice!

#183 Spring at the Grist Mill

Spring at the Grist Mill oil on panel 8x10

$225

About Fall

 

Fall color peaking on a favorite view! 

Acrylic, 5x7, $100

About Spring

About Spring

oil

7x5

$100.

I'm happy to announce I have joined Daily Paint Works Auctions.

Soon I will install the jazzy widget they provide. 

If you go to Daily Paintworks.com, please look for Libby Gilpatric in the list of members to view my entries. Some are auction pages. Some are a single option to Buy Now. Some are both.

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Night Shift

Night Shift II, oil on linen, 18 x 24, is in the works for presentation during South Coast Art Tour July 16-17, 2011