sea scape for PPFriday and WOYWW July 2012

sea scape painting
purple sky

the beauty of a  stormy sea

...Update I changed this painting recently and now it is more stormy looking

This is my original painting in oil on  stretched canvas  "Stormy"  16 by 30 inches

various sizes and papers of prints are

available through my page at

kat-griffin.FineArtAmerica.com

-KAT-

PPF - Pears, the City and a Church

First things first

Here is  my finished painting of the bowl of pears

I painted this from a still life 

I love my pretty blue ceramic bowl

don't tell anyone but it has a crack in the back

but I just cannot throw it away yet

oil on canvas - 8 by10

here is the finished Cincinnati painting 

I had to touch it up because somehow 

it got black smudges on it 

 I could not get them to clean off

but I like the sky now better 

... so it all worked out

hard to get a good photo of this one for some reason

 Update on my painting of the 

Loveland Presbyterian Church

 I am so happy to tell you

that Pastor Stephen Melton really liked it

so much so that he asked to purchase it !

I am so happy it has a happy home to hang in

 and to be appreciated

words in the painting do you see the words Discipleship, Loving, Praying, Caring, Welcome

I was invited to a service last Sunday 

as all the loveland artists were

 and we all could display our paintings of the  Church.

Pastor Steve talked  about forgiveness

It spoke straight to my heart

It is a hard and an emotional subject for me

but  he lifted my spirit a great deal.

happy weekend my friends

-KAT-

Loveland, Ohio - Paint The Town Event

Loveland, Ohio's 
" Paint the Town "

was this last Sunday

We all tried to enjoy the shade 

and drank lots of water 

Many people came on over and enjoyed our paintings

my guys came to help me out

fountain was refreshing to be close to on Sunday

Winning art by Deirdie

the Loveland fountain

my favorite kind of flower

Bobbie with her winning watercolor of the Presbyterian church

more art by other artists

Monica's art

Bob does some painting

What A week !

Hot Hot Hot

As in temperature and humidity

 Friday a hurricane strength storm blew through

 Ohio and Loveland

Blew out the power to our house and many others in the areas

for three sweltering days !!!

I had to retreat to places with power 

befor we all went crazy from the heat

My son and husband slept outdoors in the trees

They have hammocks for camping

 because of the fact that they camp alot and are boy scouts

I could not bring myself to sleep outside at night

so I slept as close as possible to the open window 

Bandit and My son, Ryan

good thing Bandit had a shave recently

 It was really too hot for a fire 

but fire is somehow a good distraction at night

 from having nothing much to do 

...and it is comforting in the darkness

notice Bandit is moving away from the heat

I hope everyone has survived the heatwave

 and the storms so far

Oh the power of Mother Nature

How Awesome

-KAT-

PPF and WOYWW Post- Paint the Town

So What is on Everyone's Work Desk this fine week in June ?

 Work desk - Table- Easel- or in my case...

 just spread all-the-heck-over the whole room !

remember i told you about the" Paint the Town "event

 here in my town of Loveland Ohio

I have managed to get work done on a few oil paintings

The church is the Loveland Presbyterian Church in town

and it is their 50th anniversary

 I was thinking " tongues of fire  "
do you get the look ?
Tongues of fire represent 
discipleship for Christians 
so I thought that was  a cool look

There are many very talented artists in town
 this week and some are painting the church also

 I think my style will be kinda - " Out There"

for a church 

but I'm going to go with it anyway.

always fun to try to do something
 different and challenging

 promised myself I would not give up
 and I'm not going to
And as you see I'm staying true to my
Out-there  style
Oh .... my work desk, you ask ?
Ummm... OK 
Here Your go

I will not show you the whole room
That would be too embarrassing
I really am in, " don't clean up" mode this week

here are two other oil paintings
of wild flowers
 that I took  photos of 

they grow abundantly right on the shore
 of the Little Miami River here in Ohio

See you all next week
go to the blog at WOYWW and see
what is on everyone else's desks
Most are
 so much tidier than I

Paint Party Friday and Loveland Paint the Town

 July 1st  we have an art event called 

"Paint the Town"

here in Loveland Ohio

I went and picked up my artist packet 

this afternoon over at 

Loveland Hardware Store

The people at the store are always so nice

 I like that place a lot!

So I  am working on doing a oil painting

 of the Loveland Presbyterian Church

It is a spectacular building and I love the look of it

So here is the way I decided to start my painting

with the help of a photo and trace it to a clear plastic sheet 

then project it to the size I need right on the canvas

this window is going to be the hardest thing to recreate

Happy painting  my friends

say a prayer for me

may have bit off more than my 

palette knife can chew

-KAT- 

WOYWW June 20 2012

Cincinnati

This is the starting phase of a new painting of trees

Already thinking about the fall with this painting

Did you spot the WOYWW button in my photo ???
 it is hidden in a harder place this time.
-KAT- #70