Grapes Found a Home this Christmas

Still Life - Blue Grapes 

by Judith Reidy

Acrylic
9" x 12" unframed, 14" x 17" framed 

SOLD

I received a message from the Delind Gallery telling me that they found a new home for the Grapes Painting. They would be sending me a check in the mail today! We are all delighted along with the new happy owner of Grapes.

I enjoy this painting a lot, which I painted in acrylic from life. I love the simplicity and clarity of the colors and shapes which create a rich inviting warmth of visual delight with the plate of luscious fruit. This was one of the first paintings of my grape and vineyard series which continues to grow in explorations of rich warm colors.

Roads Along the Vineyard Imrpression of Light with Oil

Road to the Villa by Judith Reidy

10" x 10"

oil

from imagination

In Process Painting.....

Further Down the Road in Tuscany by Judith Reidy

10" x 10"

oil

from imagination

I have been working with mists in pastel in the past, having a special fascination with light.  Also, I have been interested in light in portraiture beginning the work  in oil often with a sienna  under-painting  which also creates a warm atmospheric glow in the portrait.  I have been intrigued with the power of  quick strong strokes in the first impression of the light idea.  In these landscapes created purely form my imagination and memory of light I am distilling the purity of the past impressions of glowing light with a quick hand.

New Art Class Location for January Announced at the Wauksha Art Crawl Dec 4, 4-10 pm

Come on over the the Waukesha Art Crawl  this Saturday, December 3, 2011, and learn about the classes  starting in January taught by Lorin Willey and Judith Reidy at the Clinton Street Gallery.

The Art Crawls occur several times a year.  It is a time from 4 to 10 pm where the whole Waukesha downtown is a buzz with activities in all the many galleries, retail stores and restaurants.  There should be live music and celebration everywhere.  Be at the December 4 Art Crawl!

3 is a Charm this Week for Judith Reidy

I had a terrific week for painting...an award, a completed and delivered portrait and  an auctioned Open Canvas landscape painting !

"The Compassionate Physician - Dr Peterson"
By Judith Reidy
is delivered

I have been working on portraiture and am very please with how this one turned out ...as is the wise doctor.

  Morning at Fowler Lake
By Judith Reidy
36" x 27"
Acrylic
Auctioned off at the Open Canvas fundraiser
for MIAD

To complete an canvas of this size in a day was exciting.  I worked from a small pachade that I loved.   

2nd Place Winner in the Mini Masters Flash of Light by Judith Reidy Pastel 6" x 8" Add caption

From Raven Gallery and Framing   I can't say this is the icing on the cake...but I do love this little gem from my trip to Ireland...for me the land of clouds and dewy mists...

a Great Christmas Gift A Commissioned Portrait by Judith Reidy

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see Judith Reidy's Home and Business Blog too for more samples.

Now Watch Judith Reidy Create a Portrait

Initial Block In

2nd defining further.....

working on the shirt...simplify

Refining The underpainting or
Imprimatura

Watch for more further development of the portrait....

Would you like to learn to paint portrait... try studying painting with Judith Reidy at Raven Art School.

Meeting Arpik Weitzer

Judith Reidy and Arpik Weitzer
and her Ribbon

Yesterday I met Arpik, while I participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure along with my husband Timothy Reidy .
Who is Arpik, but a Russian born Armenian artist, trained in the tradition of the classical Russian art School. She along with myself and many other artists, painted a Kohls Cares Ribbon for the event.

Together, she and I spent the morning photographing painted sculpture ribbons and people as we walked the race/walk route ourselves
I enjoyed my time so very much with Arpik. We talked about her life in Russia, her arrival in America, her family here. But what really interested me was her distinct training as an artist.
Trained in the classical tradition, with a strong emphasis on fundamental skills, of drawing and composition, she spent her first years painting still lifes and the last two years of training on nothing but drawing and painting from life in Figure drawing.

Skilled as an artist, Arpik,has taught at the University level but now does well doing commissioned projects in Stained glass, watercolor and oil without teaching. She has had various exhibitions, one Floral show recently at the Delind Gallery this past April.
I am hoping to urge her into Facebook and the internet when I publish this note.

Yet, apparently she is doing quite well devoting her time to making art over talking about making art! According to Arpik each of the flowers in her ribbon have symbolic meaning tied to them. What intrigued me was the bleeding hearts.
Thank you, Arpik, for a wonderful morning. We will have to meet again and paint together!

Komen Ribbon Completed

Front of Friends

Back of Friends

Here are the finished Ribbons without the base. The ribbon to be on display at the local Kohl's Department Store in Oak Creek in September and October, accept for a time where this sculpture and others will be along the route of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, September 25th. At the end of October there will be a national auction of the 17 sculptures, including my , Judith Reidy's 'Friends'.

I hope that my sculpture, Friends, will end up in a hospital or cancer care center to serve as an inspiration and encouragement to cancer patients and their families.

Judith's Progress with the Komen Cancer Ribbon Project

Back of "Friends"

Front of "Friends"

I have been working on the Kohl's Komen Cancer Ribbon project.. It is down the wire as the sculptures have been delivered late. I am still painting the upper half which suggests the trans-formative aspect of love and hope in healing for the cancer patient. The woman is flying....soaring....bodily psychologically, emotionally if not spiritually.

I hope to finish the piece in the next two days.

Fox River Plein Air Paintings by Judith Reidy

Welcome by Judith Reidy
11" x 14" unframed
oil

High Cliff Sunset by Judith Reidy
6" x 8" unframed
oil

Kimberly Point Lighthouse by Judith Reidy
11" x 14" unframed
oil
SOLD

Fox River Plein Air Event Another Sold Painting - Kimberly Point Light House by Judith Reidy

Kimberly Point White House
by Judith Reidy
Oil
11x 14 inches unframed
sold

Enjoy this view of Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin near Neenah, WI

Transforming Chrysathemums

Chrysanthemums in a Pot

12" x 9"
acrylic

Chrysanthemums in a Pot with Glass

12" x 9"
acrylic

Chrysanthemums in a Pot with Glass of Wine

12" x 9"
acrylic

Chrysanthemums in a Pot with Glass of Wine in the Dark

12" x 9"
acrylic

Chrysanthemums in a Pot with Glass of Wine in the Dark

12" x 9"
acrylic
$275

You can see how I transformed this still life of with flowers and introduced a glass of wine. I painted this inside rather than out on the 98 degree heat.
Enjoy!

Barn at Riversedge by Judith Reidy

Barn at Riversedge by Judith Reidy
8" x 10" unframed
oil
$250

You know this is the painting I did at Cedarburg's Riversedge Competition from the Bird View house. It was a drizzly day that ended in a haze with a steely blue sky.

More Wine and Grapes by Judith Reidy

Grapes with Glass
10" x 10"
oil
$350

Grapes 2 by Judith Reidy
9" x 12" unframed
acrylic
$250 framed

Glass and Bottle by Judith Reidy
12" x 9" unframed
acrylic
$350 framed

This continues my series of still life related to the theme grapes, wine and vineyards. All NEW paintings some in acrylic, other in oil.

Mendon's Window by Judith Reidy

Mendon's Window by Judith Reidy
8" x 10" unframed
oil
$275

Now I enjoyed painting my neighbors front yard in the morning light, which cast a shadow on the front of the building. I laid in my design quickly and the shadow pattern and stuck to it. I love the way the tree catches the sunlight.

Garden Fence at the Thompsons

Garden Fence at the Thompsons
11" x 14" unframed
oil
$350 framed

Now this is the painting I made at Wendie Thompsons this past Sunday while she and I painted off her front porch area. It was a fun project working the fence and barn together with the light.

Way to the Festival studies

Way to the Festival by Judith Reidy

5" x 7"
oil

Way to the Festival by Judith Reidy

5" x 7"
black and white

Way to the Festival by Judith Reidy
11" x 14" unframed
oil
$325

In doing this scene I had this idea of a dark pathway enveloped by walls and shrubbery leading into light. I did this in preparation for the Paint the Festival submission at the Cedarburg Plein Air Event. It was a great place to paint in the shade with a gentle cooling breeze, away from the hustle and bustle.

Judith Reidy Studio Painting Walking Again in Cedar Park

Walking Again in Cedar Park
by Judith Reidy
11" X 14" unframed
oil
$325 with frame

This studio completed Plein Air painting was based on a view of Cedar Park in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. I worked on this during the Cedarburg Plein Air Event, while other artists around me were painting other views in the area. I started this painting, then painted the same scene in the Quick Paint which sold in the event. I thought about submitting this fine painting to the main event as well, but in the end decided not to do that since it was too similar to the quick paint painting. But it is available for purchase now like the others were which sold.

Little Pond at Calhoun

Little Pond at Calhoun
5 x 7
oil

This painting, I started and completed this past Saturday morning at the Milwaukee Sketch Club Plein Air Paint Out at Calhoun Park in New Berlin, Wisconsin. It was a beautiful morning to be out painting, while the New Berlin Little League championship games were in full swing. I painted while listening to the crack of the bat to the teams laughter and cheers. I had found a secluded place in the shade looking west with only occasional curious onlookers. It was a terrific morning!