Morning on the Gulf

Start on a new painting from my trip to Galveston.

Judith Reidy Painting Live at ORO di Oliva during Westside Artwalk

Harwood Night
oil
9" x 7"
This was painted while out on the sidewalk looking south on Harwood Ave toward State Street on Friday night April 23, 2010, from dusk until about 8:30 pm.



Rainy Day at Bartollota's Corner
Oil
7" x 6.25"
It was a very rainy Saturday, so I painted this view of the corner of State and Harwood from the inside ORO looking through double glass, a window and my glasses. Am I painting the Plein Air if I look through double or single glass?

Sunrise
Acrylic
13 x 10
This painting was actually one of many paintings painted in Oconomowoc during the 2009 Plein Air season.

I actually had my studio paintings on display at ORO di Oliva, many of which you can see on my website with my video clip on my home page and on my studio gallery page

I chose not to work on my pastel painting in the special store, becasue pastels can be messy and dusty.

I will be having my latest pastel studio paintings shown at an exhibition
Judith Reidy and Darron Lillian
Uihlein-Peters Gallery
at Saint Johns on the Lake (View Map)
EXHIBITION: June 5 - July 17, 2010
RECEPTION: Saturday, June 5, 2010, 1-4 pm
1840 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI.

I will also have my oil and acrylic paintings at
Charlene's Gallery 10,
Door County
(View Map)
Open 10 to 5 daily, May 8 - October 14
12625 Highway 42,
Gills Rock, Door County, Wisconsin 54210
Charlene's Gallery 10 Website
I will have a sizable number of pieces available for purchase
though out the season at Gallery 10.

Four more Paintings

Mind's Eye
pastel
16.5" x 10.5"

Veiled Bride
pastel
21.5" x 6.5"

On Eagles Wings
pastel
15" x 6"

Be Thou
pastel
24" x 7.5"

A Light in a Dark Place

I have been quite amazed at how fun un-distracted painting can be. I like to close my eyes and think of the first sensation that comes to my mind's eye. It is light, pure light. It glows and burns away the dross of life. This morning I had another reminder of new life when I stepped outside. In our part of the world, a robin's breast is the first sign of spring. There the Robin was.

Nigeria Alerts Me

But I have been thinking about Nigeria...the ongoing genocide. What do Nigerian mothers wake up to each day? Is there a sense of gloom that hangs over them, as they wonder if they will be the next target?
Because of that, I am thinking about figures again in my landscapes. Figures as living souls, how do they rest in a world shaped by dichotomies?

One Oil, Two Pastels Today and a Little Joke

Light's Rapture
oil
7" x 9"

Blue Mist
Pastel
9" x 12"



Blue Mist 1
Pastel
9" x 12"

These three paintings kept me dreaming during my weekend fever with the flu. I am happy to make them into a reality.

Ok, I have a joke.

An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in his paintings on display at that time.

"I have good news and bad news," the owner replied. "The good news is that a gentleman inquired about your work and wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death. When I told him it would, he bought all 15 of your paintings."

"That's wonderful," the artist exclaimed. "What's the bad news?"
"The guy was your doctor..."

Oh well.

Painting 11/40 of the 40 Consecutive Painting a Day Challenge - Fence Post

Fence Post
6 1/4" x 7 1/4"
Oil on panel
$75

View during sunrise near Mineral Point, Wisconsin

There is nothing I like better than the smell of the earth and the sounds of birds and the rustle of the wind in the early morning.
I can touch the earth as it is, unpackaged.

Painting 8/40 of Painting a Day Challenge for 40 Consecutive Days - Out of the Haze

Out of the Haze
5 1/4" x 7 1/4"
OIl on Panel
$75
Temporary Photo

This scene was from around Breezewood, Pennsylvania
Again I painted this in late evening, and had difficulty with glare. I will rephotograph this tomorrow.

Its about 11:21 pm.

Painting 4/40 of the 40 Day Painting Challenge

At Dawn
8" x 6"
Oil on Panel
$75.00
for Purchase contact the artist

I actually had done a large pastel of this scene and made this minature from it. It is a view of sunrise from Franklin, WI Crystal Ridge Sky Hill.

Why do you contact me about what you think?

Road Trip to DC Journal Entry 1

Yesterday, Monday, we woke at 3am and left by 4:30 for a trip to DC. Traveling from Wisconsin, through Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio we arrived at Breezewood, Pennsylvania for the evening.

After a good nights sleep, I awoke without an alarm at about 5 am, dressed and stole away with the car and my camera to the surrounding countryside of hills, valleys and winding roads blanketed in patches of clouds.

MISTS of every sort surrounded me. From the ridge, I could see mists in the valleys below and in the mountains above.

I could drive with a clear view and in a moment find myself entering the gauzy air of sunlit fog until I could barely see though a thick blanket of cloud until again light glowed ahead as I traveled around a turn down the road and up a hill reintroduced to the sun.

Tree limbs criss-crossed my path caging me into a wooden web silent but for the brook below and the twitter of birds awaking the morning.

For someone fascinated with mists, I thought that while on this earth this was nearly like dying and going to heaven.

Judith Reidy in Three Fabulous Exhibits- Presenting the Stars and Getting to Know You and Judith Reidy's Plein Air and and Drawing Exhibit

Judith Reidy's work is showing in three

concurrent exhibits:

See

Judith Reidy's 2008 Museum of Wisconsin Art Award of Excellence piece

"Solemnity"

a studio pastel from her Mist series

In

The League of Milwaukee Artists

PRESENTING THE STARS

June 26 through August 15, 2008
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, June 26 from 6 to 8 pm
Schlueter Art Gallery and Atrium
Center for Arts and Performance

Wisconsin Lutheran College

8800 West Bluemound Road

Milwaukee, WI 53226

wlc.com
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Summer Gallery hours M-F 9am -4pm
Closed holidays

and see Judith's disconcerting quirky piece of a pondering woman in a mist in

"Under the Red Umbrella"

In The League of Milwaukee Artists Exhibit

"Getting to Know You"

Mount Mary Exhibit, Milwaukee, WI

June 8 - July 19, 2008

Reception June 15, 2008

St. Marks Hall Gallery of Judith Reidy's Plein Air Paintings and Home Drawings

St Marks on Belleview and Hackett on Milwaukee's Eastside

May 3- June 29, 2009

Reception May 30, 2009 1- 2:30 pm