Now this is what you have been waiting to see more of  the  59 commissioned.watercolors I did last month.

Below I have a few sample paintings followed by a slideshow.

Bridge in Great Henny by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Dog Meets Fish by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

OK Coral by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

30 minutes Into a Painting done my Judith Reidy

In view of last evenings class upon Lorin Willey's prompting and suggested photo, I began working on this painting some 35 minutes ago. I will keep you posted as to the progress.

I think the photo was taken by Lorin in Ireland, yet it seems like the scene could come from a hilly region in Wisconsin.

I want to put the "head" on the white tree yet. But I think I will wait a bit.
The focal point appears near the foreground now, and I think it should be further back. so I will need to reduce the contrast in the foreground and move it further up the stream.....

Or maybe I should just cut off the top of the painting!

A Few of Judith Reidy's Images from "Remembering the Land" Exhibition

Just a few of the images by Judith Reidy
from
"Remembering the Land"
Exhibition

It was a great show.
pictures of reception forthcoming.

39/40 Consecutive Days Painting a Day Challenge - Heavy Cloud

Heavy Cloud
3.5" x 5"
Watercolor on Paper
$50

Tonight I delivered the work to Alyson Cook who curates the exhibits at Beans and Barley, a trendy Eastside eating place.

35/40 of 40 Consecutive Painting a Day - Late View of the Mists

Late View of the Mists
11" x 15"
Watercolor on Paper
$100

From photo from trip to Ireland. I was at Malin Head looking over the bay.

28/40 of 40 Consecutive Paintings a Day - Mountain of Mist

Mountains of Mist
3.75" x 5.25"
Watercolor on Paper
$50

From photo and memory of Malin Head of Inishowen in Donegal, Ireland.

Painting 22 of the 40 Consecutive Painting a Day Challenge - Road Uphill at Malin Head 2

Road Uphill at Malin Head 2
16" x 20"
Pastel on Museum Board
$450

I have done several studies for this piece, some in painting a day. Today I complete the big one.

Painting No 5/40 of the Painting a Day 40 Day Challenge - Fred Bell with Eye Slits, Land West of Monches Farm, Fred Bell Concentrating

Fred Bell with Eye Slits
7 3/4" x 6"
Watercolor
$45
to purchase contact the artist

Land West of Monches Farm
7 1/4" x 5 1/4"
Watercolor
$45
to purchase contact the artist

Fred Bell Concentrating
6" x 7 3/4"
Watercolor
$45
to purchase contact the artist

Today was a fun day, the 5th day of the 40 day Painting a Day Challenge.
A friend of mine and fellow painter Fred Bell and I went out to Monches Farm near Colgate Wisconsin to a attend a Plein Air painting day organized by the Wisconsin Plein Air Painters Association WIPAPAP this Saturday,

May 23rd: Monches Perennial Farm!

see WIPAPA's blog posting here
It was an Ireland looking morning with a gentle mist.
We saw at least 15 Plein Air painters scattered around the grounds hidden under umbrellas and plastic sheets covering them and their work.
Even though Fred and I got a late start, arriving later than the others, we found a covered potting house with open sides from which we painted, protected from the drizzle.
Currently reading the Letter of Vincent Van Gogh, I decided to draw with ink and do washes in watercolor on paper soaked in a bath of water. I felt I was keeping in the spirit of the wet day.
I have been thinking of doing these figurative pieces of my art friends for sometime.
So here you have it, the famous "Fred Bell with Eye Slits".
When Fred went wandering off, I worked on a landscape piece of a scene to the west. I liked working in watercolor because I felt it captured the rain. However, because of the moisture in the air the pieces were slow in drying, creating a very lovely fluid effect.
The last painting of "Fred Concentrating" is indicative of his focus while painting.

Fred and I enjoy painting together from time to time.
If you go to Fred's blog site you can see the painting he made today.

What do you think of our projects for a day?
They were a delightful change of pace.

Painting A Day 3/40 Abandoned Home

Abandoned Home
6" X 8"
oil on panel
$75
to Purchase contact Artist

This lonely old structure was lay empty on the side of the road in Malin Head on Inishowen Pennisula of Donegal of the Republic of Ireland.

I remember walking through it on the worn floor and looking at the ashen fireplace. thinking people lived in here, ate their meals, slept, made love and maybe placed flowers on the widow sill.
Yet now it was empty....abandoned perhaps because of fire in the chimney or in their hearts.

What secrets do these silent walls have to tell?

This is painting 3 of 40 in the 40 consecutive day challenge.

My First Paint a Day

Road Uphill at Malin Head
5.75" x 5.75"
oil on board
$75
contact the artist for sale

This is the first in a series of daily paintings that I am doing. As part of a commitment to doing a painting a day for the next 40 days, I have planned to do these completed studies in preparation for larger pieces. Each day I intend to spend a portion of my painting time with the intent of making one completed painting. The balance of the work day will be in painting a larger piece and or in other art related tasks.

This painting was done from a photo and memory of my trip to Ireland. The steely sky and wet roads marked the area, along with the white stone homes along the way.

What do you think?

I want to thank

• Stacy Williams-Ng, a fine artist and reviewer

• Jerry Luterman, a photographer, who took time taking great photos

• and Milwaukee Home and Fine Living Magazine for...
  

Feature Story for February 2009 about Judith Reidy's Mist Paintings

How does Judith work? What is her inspiration?

click on Picture to see article
or read below

Judith Reidy’s Visions in the Mist

Review by Stacy William - Ng

in February 2009 Issue of MILWAUKEE HOME and FINE LIVING

JUDITH REIDY IS A SOFT-SPOKEN, THOUGHTFUL artist whose intelligence and dedication to her work sparkle through her like flecks of pink light in her misty landscapes. She compares her recent work to investigating a mystery. Judith’s pieces are completed after hours of observation, studying the gradations of color as they fluctuate in the atmosphere. In warm weather, she will work in watercolors in the open air. In winter, she creates “studio works,” relying on memory, supported by photos and color studies. Her final depiction tells a story of how subtle tonal changes took place in the scene over a period of time.

Her pastels of misty Ireland are truly astounding. According to Judith, who visited Ireland last year, “I had become interested in mists here, when I was going up to Crystal Ridge here in Wisconsin, I would go early in the morning, looking due east, and there were these mists that captured my imagination.” When she went to visit her daughter overseas later in the year, the mystical (and misty) scenes of Inishowen Peninsula were a perfect subject matter. “I sat at the window for 13 days, looking at the Bay, studying light, and painting. It was magical.”

One thing that struck Judith while in Ireland was their view of the sky. “I was at the 60th latitude, and I wondered why the sky never achieved the pink that we see here, at about the 44th. I did some research on it and apparently northern European skies get more yellows and whites than North American skies, which show more violets and pinks. In that sense we have light that’s more like what you see in French master landscapes, which would have been created at similar latitudes to ours.”

Judith Reidy is part of a two-person show with Cynthia Son, currently on view at the Griffin Gallery in Oconomowoc. The show will be up through the end of February.

STACEY WILLIAMS-NG

The mists and skies of Ireland inspired local artist Judith Reidy (above) during her travel, and she captures their beauty in her artwork.

February 2009 Issue of - MILWAUKEE HOME and FINE LIVING page13

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