Brenda Stichter, artist

Gentle Shore, 2014 Click here for original blog post Well, this June is flying past, and I am slipping a little bit on my art goals, but what fabulous other opportunities I have had! I will hope for a chance to catch up on my paintings in the coming months, but am enjoying time with family and other summer experiences.  So, while I tell you a little about one of those great times, I will share a couple of older works that you may not have seen, or you might not remember.  Gentle Shore, 2014 11" x 14" Painted with the finest quality heavy-body acrylic paint on acid-free, heavy weight Fabriano watercolor paper Ready to frame Click here to view or purchase on my website. Offering, 2016 Click here for original blog post About a month ago, or a little more, our Beloved Daughter invited us to go as a family to a woodworking school for a carving workshop. Well, to be more exact, she invited her brother and her dad to do the workshop, and invited me to come along for the ride, so to ...

In the Secret Well, today I have finally finished the demo painting that I started in my workshop over a week ago! One forgets that it is difficult to keep after a goal in summer, doesn't one? Or is is just me?  I am struggling (again) to get a photo that shows this painting at it's best, because it looks deep and quiet and lovely photographed inside, but the details show better in the sun.  I am starting out with a photo from indoors s ince it is inspired by my woods, where it is deep, quiet, and lovely. $290.00 plus shipping and handling 12" x 12" Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep gallery wrapped canvas Edges painted black Click here to view or purchase on my website. I have told you many times about the story about our woods, and how I am waiting for some kind of redemption for the destruction there, though I cannot imagine what that redemption will look like. A week and a half ago when I walked there in the morning for inspiration a...

Just Right Well, it looks like I will be sharing another more representational piece with you this week. I have to confess that I probably painted this one (instead of a more abstract painting) because it has been so challenging to prepare for the workshop I am teaching this weekend! I am slogging through my preparations - which hopefully means that the workshop itself will NOT be a slog! (By the way, due to a medical situation, a participant has had to drop out, so if you would like to attend there is ONE opening. Email me right away to get this spot for Saturday in Warsaw, IN.) $100.00 plus shipping and handling 12" x 4" Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep gallery wrapped canvas Click here to view or purchase on my website. Click here to view or purchase on my website. Painted from life with a palette knife, and what fun it was! The roses smell fabulous! I used a gold underpainting, and then just three colors plus white, and the only brush work...