11X15 watercolor on cotton paper.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Neal - $150.00
11X15 watercolor on cotton paper. Next time I'm having a gravity storm, I'm painting! This is Neal... otherwise known as "Big Brother" to all the potters. I think this may be may favorite portrait ever.
Bryanna - $150.00
11X15 watercolor on cotton paper. My niece playing on the wheel. I was having a gravity storm that day, so decided to paint instead of attempting anything else. I thought this came out good and refreshing... so painted yet another.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Red Rose - $300.00
22 X 30 watercolor on cotton paper. And yet another inspiration from the garden. Gotta love Spring!
Sunflower's - $300.00
22 X 30 watercolor on cotton paper. I've got to be one of the luckiest people in the world to receive flowers from so many wonderful people in my life. Thank you! Sunflowers from the garden.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Becky - SOLD
22 X 30 watercolor on cotton paper. This is another bigger painting. Trying to get some big pieces for the show.
Two Trees II - $300.00
22 X 30 watercolor on cotton paper. I loved the smaller painting of two trees so much that I decided to do one larger. At this point I am going through many of my quick sketch paintings and rethinking them for the grand finale'.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Front Street Bench II - $150.00
15X11 watercolor on cotton paper. Tried to loosen up a bit on the same theme.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
En Plein Air art competition at Shadows on the TecheLocal artists, Colleen Shannon and Zora “Becky” Bergeron, recently swept the En Plein Air art competition at the Shadows on the Teche in New Iberia. Shannon received 1st and 3rd place while tying with Bergeron for 2nd place in the contest. The annual event gives artists a 6 week pass to the grounds of the historic mansion so that they can paint on location. En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. French Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir advocated en plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors.
Shannon and Bergeron traveled to New Iberia to paint on weekends during the 6-week period. As friends and artists they thought it would be good incentive to enter this competition since they had a larger goal that they were working toward this spring. They are presently putting the finishing touches on a show that they have worked on for 6 months called “The Magic Paintbrush”. The show is a 100 painting journey that these artists challenged themselves to do during the Judi Betts watercolor workshop at the Artists Guild’s Everett Street Art Gallery in Morgan City this past January. During the workshop Betts sold a paintbrush to them with a guarantee. The Betts guarantee is that, “You will do award winning paintings with this brush. But first you must use this brush to paint 100 paintings.” Taking the guarantee literally Shannon and Bergeron wanted to see the results of their own personal art work after painting 100 works with just one brush. The En Plein Air competition was the first art contest that they entered since they started the challenge. The results seem to indicate that they are already winning awards with their paintbrush. The public is invited to see all of the 200 paintings in a show at the Everett Street Gallery. Their works will be on display and open to visitors from July 17th to August 22nd.
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Contact:
Colleen Shannon
Shannon Design
618 Front St.
Morgan City, LA 70380
Phone: 985.702.1618
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Haystacks at the Farm - $150.00
15X11 watercolor on cotton paper. Took a quick trip to the farm for inspiration!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Erin- SOLD
11X15 watercolor on cotton paper. I've been painting but not posting. We are eagerly approaching the final days before the big show. At this point I am focusing more on breaking through to something for the finale than just getting a quick sketch in. This painting was done on June 1st. I'll be posting several a day till I get caught up. I had taken a week off from painting when I did this. It's amazing how awkward it feels to look and paint when you haven't been practicing. I guess it's a whole lot like any exercise.
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