Canyons, Vikings and a Fly Fisherman

Fly Fishing by Judith Reidy 

Vikings by Judith Reidy 

AZ Rockscape by Judith Reidy

Great Henny Family Favorites

Milbank Home by Judith Reidy

View of the Church by Judith Reidy 

 Milbank Home, Vicar Home and Church by Judith Reidy

 

Just for the fun of it, favorites of the series of 59

Pool Table  After Van Gogh's Night Cafe....... by Judith Reidy

Golden Gate Bridge by Judith Reidy

Alps by Judith  Reidy

Three Paintings of the St Mary Churchyard in Great Henny, UK - 3 of 59 Commissioned Watercolors

Tree and Lynch Gate by Judith Reidy

Church Entry by Judith Reidy

Stone Church by Judith Reidy

Three some from the 59 Commissioned Paintings

Church Spire by Judith Reidy

Coggeshall Clocktower by Judith Reidy 

Playa del Rey Sunset by Judith Reidy

Some People from the Commissioned Watercolors

Coffin Grandchildren
by Judith Reidy

I have got more to show you.....Now here are 4 more from the 59 commissioned.watercolors I did last month. Below I have a 4 more sample paintings followed by a slideshow.

Emily Drinking Tea in Cusco
 by Judith Reidy

Grace and Grandma
by Judith Reidy

Portrait of a Singer
by Judith Reidy 

Portrait of Her Brother
by Judith Reidy

Now I have some watercolor landscapes of Great Henny countryside.

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

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

Thatched Cottages by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

York University "Quite Place" by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Boats by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Here are more selected new watercolors from the 59 I did last month

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

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


Heinz Field by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Man with Servant by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Scottie Dog by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

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

3 more of the 59 commissioned Watercolors by Judith Reidy

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.

Uros Islands, Peru by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Eilean Donan Castle by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Church and Lynch Gate by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Judith 's 59 Commissioned Watercolors....starting with these.....

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

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

Gate to the Lane by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Norman Castle and Vineyard by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Henny Swan at Night by Judith Reidy

From Judith Reidy Commissioned Watercolors Sept 2012

Leaves: Judith Reidy's Painting and Paul Anderson's Poem

Ten Poets, Ten Painters: One Vision

painting by artist, Judith Reidy

Leaves
by Poet, Paula Anderson

A slight breeze brushes the green leaves,
a reminder of summer’s crossing,
the green lobes of the oak leaf
polished and glistening liked waxed fruit
will crinkle from water loss like the rest of nature aging,
no tarted up polyurethane for you,
later gawkers at your colors, leaf peepers,
and you blind to adulation,
knowing no one can re-live what isn’t known.

But we know lost passion.
It remarks on wrinkles like withering
strawberries ripe and red,
losing taste and succulence,
not a single mouth wants you.

A season can be enough to rage the soul.
Memories tied to a face tattooed with mold
but those are hard to understand,
when words for you are the mist of warmth––
breath to push away the fate of winter.

Tonight is the Night for One Vision

Tonight, Saturday, October 17,
"Ten Poets, Ten Painters, One Vision"
Program
at the Raven Gallery
in Pewaukee at 7pm

I am disclosing more of the image of my painting now.
My painting "Leaves" will be completely revealed at the exhibition this evening.

Join us!

Judith Reidy in One Vision at the Raven Gallery

Our gathering should provide an enriching and interesting evening this Saturday, October 17, 2009, at the Raven Gallery: the spot light being the reading of the poems by the poets and the presentation of the accompanying paintings.

Hope to see you there.

Reflections with One Vision- Portraiture

I had some reflections on a wonderful discussion panel this past Friday evening at the Charles Allis Art Museum on which Graeme Reid, Michael Foster, Kattie Musloff and her dear 87 year model where members.

Though I have been a landscape painter most of my career as a painter, I have a fascination with figure work and portraiture for the very reasons they discussed that night.

Particularly, I was attracted to how Katie made her models part of her life. So often as painters we are loners who paint forms or respond to forms as if they were inanimate and we are the ones who give them life in our art. Perhaps, that is what Graeme was referring , when he asked about "objectivity" as a necessity for an artist.

I do at times appreciate when artists take a dis-interesting object and infuse it with life; i.e. paint something ugly beautifully. Nevertheless, while, I, as did the panel, recognize the need for an artist to have an objective technical understanding of the painting before him and in some measure an objective view of what painting is about in general, I often fail to be intrigued by the commonly clinical-like-view that is respected among my contemporary artists when discussing their work "objectively" or mechanically.

What appealed to me in Katie's work was the personal response and respect she maintains for and toward her models... who often become her friends. You may ask what does that have to do with painting or making great art.

In Katie's personal engagement with her models she is able sensitively to begin to connect with the humanity of her model/friends not through a mechanical process but through the her own body kinetically, perceptively and personally in drawing and painting responding to the humanity and life in her subjects before her.

I think that is what made Rembrandt great. Not only was his mind able to connect psychologically with the humanity or soul of his subject, his hand was able to kinetically capture not just the physical likeness but more significantly articulate/capture the soul or humanity before him. That is not objective, but subjective response at its best. His sensibilities matched by his skill, touch a chord that resonates over time and communicates only in the way great art does in truth. This phenomena is the attraction in making paintings and why painting and drawing will never die.

As for myself and my drawings of my mother, I found my line drawings to be very much a kinetic response to my feelings for her and about her. They go beyond a mere likeness. I felt a connection to her moods and her dilemma as an aging woman. I felt elegance and brokenness. I connected in my body with her in my physical response of making art.

What I like about my opportunity with the Lake Country Ten Artist Ten Poets One Vision Project is being able to share my painting “Leaves” based on my drawings of my mother in collaboration and response to my poet, Paula Anderson who has similar sensibilities in writing. In this project, I feel the joy and exhilaration of meaningful human connection as well as the pleasure of kinetic response in painting.

I hope you can join us this Saturday, October 17, at 7 pm at the Raven Gallery in Pewaukee, WI

Judith

Artist Judith Reidy and Poet Paula Anderson in Lake Country Project in TEN ARTISTS TEN POETS ONE VISION

Each day a square hiding the image
will be removed until Judith Reidy's painting will be exposed.

click on the image below

See the painting in person at the event
as well as hear
Paul Anderson's inspiring poem read by the poet herself.

Judith Reidy and Paul Anderson
invite you
to

Join us
Saturday, October 17, at 7 PM
at the Raven Gallery
read
the detailed description in
Lake Country Living