Brenda Stichter, artist

NEM #5 Actually painted a couple of days ago, this painting surprised me with the way the colors work together. I liked it before I expected to be finished with it! The cruciform composition I have been working with seems to encourage creativity in me, as does working with such small sizes. I love practicing with the transparent "modern color theory" paint, and combining it with the iridescents, as I did here. 6" x 6" Painted with the finest quality acrylic heavy-body paint on Art Bite panel Ready to frame I have been (between errands, Open House prep, and still being a bit under the weather) working on finishing an Easter painting that I hope to release tomorrow. For Easter in 2016, I released a series of three paintings that I still consider to be some of my most meaningful work to date. I wanted to work on a painting that would go with that series - hoping that I can paint the Easter morning painting to be even more expressive than the first one was...

New Every Morning #4 So far, I have liked the warm-up paintings I have been doing. I hope you have liked them too! I think that the ones that I decide to keep (as opposed to painting over them) will look nice as a series, don't you? 6" x 6" Painted with the finest quality acrylic heavy-body paint on Art Bite panel Ready to frame Lamentations 3:22-23 "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."

New Every Morning #3 Here is this morning's warm-up painting. I am afraid it is a little bit tough to tell, but this is a very colorful painting! I had to get moving on it right away today because I was the docent at a local art center all day today.  SOLD 6" x 6" Painted with the finest quality acrylic heavy-body paint on Art Bite panel Ready to frame Click here to view on my website. I am really loving the freedom of these morning paintings. It is so helpful to know what I plan to do FIRST when I go to the studio. It really seems to get the creativity moving so I can work on the bigger works.  Lamentations 3:22-23 "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."

New Every Morning #2 Here is this morning's warm up painting, New Every Morning #2. This one has a lot of iridescent paint and was terribly difficult to photograph!  Sold 6" x 6" Painted with the finest quality acrylic heavy-body paint on Art Bite panel Ready to frame Click here to view on my website. Lamentations 3:22-23 "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness." NEM #2 with oranges

New Every Morning "I think that is a good idea, because when you get so busy with the internet,  planning for your open house , and  laundry , you're not painting," said my Beloved Husband this morning during our time on the couch before he left for work. I had just been telling him some thoughts I have had about rearranging my days, and having more time with a brush in hand. I tell you, I am so grateful for a husband who WANTS me to be painting. What a blessing! 6" x 6" Painted with the finest quality acrylic heavy-body paint on Art Bite panel Ready to frame Click here to view on my website.  This little almost-landscape is part of the result of that conversation this morning. Today I chose to get into the studio before doing so many of the other things that call me, and do a warm-up painting before moving on to the bigger, more involved works. Most of the time I work on studies and paintings in the afternoon after I do the 'urgent' things, bu...

Drink From a Clear Spring "If I bring supper home, can we work on taxes tonight?" asked my Beloved Husband. Argh. You know, I can handle paperwork most of the time, but I hate it when it keeps me out of the studio! Rats! But today, I think I outdid myself. I am surprising him by having the taxes almost done before he gets home. I worked my tail off this morning (did you even know I had a tail?) and got it mostly done, and even had time to paint this afternoon. Yee-haw! NLA 20" x 20" Painted with the finest quality heavy-body acrylic paint on acid-free, heavy weight Fabriano watercolor paper Ready to frame A project I have been working on has required me to think more about natural beauty as expressed by my abstract paintings. Of course, I love an abstract landscape painting - you might have heard me say that before - but I mean the ways I represent the beauty of nature that are not as recognizable. It has been a mental exercise that has been very rewa...

Oldest Granddaughter This is a copy cat blog post from my last post. Gotta keep at this project while I feel the inspiration for it! This time, though, I am posting a work in progress. (WIP) I have photos of each of my siblings in easy chairs with their oldest grandchildren sleeping. I LOVE these photos! And since next month's challenge for an art association I am part of is to paint a portrait, I decided it is a great time to get started on Christmas gifts... don't you agree?    This painting is, of course, not for sale, but it is 22" x 30" on 300 lb. Fabriano watercolor paper that has been gesso-ed with lots of texture. I knew that my portraits would not look at all like the one from the demo, which was beautiful, lifelike, and very recognizable.