Cupcake #4 - Food Art Still Life Painting by Debbie Shirley

Cupcake #4

4 x 4 inches

acrylic on mdf panel

Just because it looks cute with the last one - thought it would make a good display to have a pair (and they are fun to paint too!) I will have this cupcake pair, along with cupcake notecards - and lots of other fu things - at the Haverhill Art Market this weekend, Saturday July 16, 12-5pm at 90 Washington Street in Haverhill. I will be working on a small sign painting during the Market and selling some of my paintings and prints. Hope you can stop by if you are local!

Cupcake #3 - Original Acrylic Still Life Painting

Cupcake #3

4 x 4 inches

acrylic on mdf board

Because painting cupcakes is so much fun, I decided that there needed to be more....

Duck Down - Small Acrylic Painting of a Rubber Ducky

Duck Down

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on 1/2" MDF board

available at Zenobia 

A few little cuties for one of my gallery shops. The rubber ducks have been popular!

My computer is giving me fits, hence I have been blogging less, but I am still painting lots and will have some larger pieces to show very soon......

Beefside - Small Acrylic Painting of Sign SOLD

Beefside

Concord, New Hampshire

6 x 6 inches

acrylic on cradled panel

SOLD

How is this for a fun sign??!!
This was a commission for a special birthday gift.
Looking for a one-of-a-kind gift for someone in your life? A fun way to remember a special place or occasion, a little painting like this would make a unique present.

Contact me for more details!

On the Dot - Small Acrylic Painting, Kitchen Art, Tomato Still Life

On the Dot

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on 1/2" MDF board

SOLD

Day 2 of my Fruit A Day October! This little piece already sold.......but if it is a top vote-getter, you maybe able to win a  print!

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Cherry Rounds - Small Still Life Painting - Kitchen Art

Cherry Rounds

2-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches

acrylic on various wood/MDF surfaces

A little experiment......
I want to create some really small paintings for some shops and maybe upcoming shows. I really  liked working on the 3x3 size that I used for my Fun-A-Day Project, but I would like a better surface.

I purchased a few samples on Etsy: one is a pine block, one is canvas mounted on pine and one is MDF board (they all have hanging slots on the back). When the samples came, I thought I would definitely prefer the pine blocks. I coated them with 2 thin coats of GAC, then three thin coats of gesso, sanding in between. At that point, I was starting to lean a little more towards the block with the mounted canvas. Then I painted. They each took paint in a different way -  no clear winner at this stage.  But then when I varnished them....wow! I was very surprised to find how much I liked the MDF panel. So the first batch of these little guys with be on MDF - stay tuned to see more.....

(the winner!)

Indiana Ave. - Small Still Life Painting of Vintage Game Board

Indiana Ave.

6 x 6 inches

acrylic on 3/4" cradled panel

This is the last painting for the "Spaces and Edges" show at MixtMedia Gallery in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The opening reception for the show is this Friday night, March 21st, from 6-8pm.
Their receptions are always fun - hope to see you there!

Here is the invitation to the show. Hmmmm..... I think I recognize a few of those pieces!

Howdy! - Small Acrylic Still Life Painting with a Potato Head

Howdy!

7 x 5 inches

acrylic on 3/4" cradled panel

Can you tell I had fun with this one?
He made me giggle while I was painting him.

For an upcoming exhibition......

All You Need - Small Still Life Painting for Valentine 4x4

All You Need

4 x 4 inches

acrylic on gessobord panel

Okay, so it is not a Fun-A-Day piece, but it is one for Day 17 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge on Leslie Saeta's  blog!

It is a similar idea to a little ACEO painting I did a few years ago - this one will be framed as part of a Valentine's Day themed display at Positive Images Gallery in Haverhill, Massachusetts some time next week.

It is fun to play with the magnetic refrigerator letters. I saved a bag of them (for me!) even though my kids are a little too old to want to play with them anymore. I may have to come up with an idea for another painting using them again soon.

Now back to my kitchen......

Shawsheen Luncheonette - Comissioned Acrylic Landscape Painting

Helloooo!! Anybody still out there?!

I am finishing out 2013 - and gearing up for the New Year.
Once again - sorry for the lack of posts.... lots of ornaments and many commissions made for some not very exciting posting, so I decided to just hold off on it.

But now I am back.

One last commission for 2013:

Shawsheen Luncheonette

8 x 6 inches

acrylic on cradled board

SOLD

Look familiar? I did a very similar one earlier this year for the owner of the diner. She liked it so  much, that she wanted to give it as a special holiday gift to the former owner of the restaurant, and then she commissioned another one for her self! Do you have a local business for which you would like a little custom piece done? Contact me! I will be open for new commissions in the new year.

I am painting away on a few pieces for the first Newburyport Art Association show of the new year - plus I am taking part in a fun little project I will share in my next post. Stay tuned!

Haverhill Music - Local Landscape Cityscape Painting

Haverhill Music

6 x 5 inches

acrylic on board

The holiday crazies seem to have begun!
I'm crazy busy (and already feeling  behind!) but all kinds of fun stuff coming up. I can't believe the big Wenham fair is just over a week away! More details soon.

This painting is one more local scene -unfortunately this business closed earlier this year.  I will be taking this piece with a small grouping of Haverhill paintings to Positive Images Gallery on Wingate Street in Haverhill at the end of the week.

And last call on commissions before the holidays. Two more days (or when I fill these last two slots - which ever comes first!) .....Friday, November 15th, 2013 will be the absolute last day I accept new commissions for this holiday season.

Mark's - Small Acrylic Painting, Cityscape Landscape

Mark's

5 x 4 inches

acrylic on board

An interesting bit of architecture on a corner in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts. I keep checking it out when I pass by - I still think at the right time of day with the right shadows, there will be another painting there somewhere.....

I am hoping to squeeze in one more Haverhill piece before I deliver a bunch to Positive Images Gallery. A few commissions in process....and holiday shows coming up quickly ...oh my!

Shawsheen Luncheonette - Custom Painting, Building Cityscape

Shawsheen Luncheonette

8 x 6 inches

acrylic on 3/4" cradled board

Just finishing up this commission. I will be taking only a few more commissions for the holidays....please be sure to contact me asap if you are interested in any custom work for gift giving.....

Spectrum - Still Life Painting

Spectrum

6 x 6 inches

acrylic on gessobord panel

Playing around with some glass and colored liquids......

This is one of those paintings where I had an idea in my head,but it didn't quite workout as I had envisioned. I may still play a little with this one, but I need it for a deadline, so we will see.

Day 27 - Tiny Landscape Painting

Summer's Hill

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on archival panel

Another one on the tiny panels!
I love this hill at Veasey Park in Groveland, Massachusetts. I paint it often. I have been driving by it a lot lately, hence this little piece. I do want to get out there to paint en plein air very soon - the autumn show of color is just starting around here.....

Day 26 - Tiny Landscape Painting

Maine Meadow

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on archival canvas panel

A little tiny landscape!
 I painted this on a tiny handmade acid-free canvas panel that I bought from 417canvassupply on Etsy and framed it with one of the wonderful handmade frames from RusticandRefined (also on Etsy). I sold a bunch of these little gems at the Apple Festival last weekend, so now I am making up a few for the Newburyport Art Association's gift shop. I was happy to see that a couple of my paintings in the gift shop had sold, so I dropped off some new work today.

Day 14 - Small Field Landscape Painting

Passing Field

4 x 6 inches

acrylic on canvas panel

Day 14 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge....I love seeing all the colors in the fields as I drive by them.....I'm the one with  my face pressed to the window, taking it all  in (when someone else is driving, of course!). I keep returning to the field as subject matter - trying to capture a bit of their beauty.

This piece is going to the Art Room at Coolidge Hall for the duration of the Topsfield Fair. I'm spending tonight finishing matting, shrink wrapping and packing up a big pile of work to deliver tomorrow. Be sure to stop by if you are at the Fair!

Soliloquy - Small Still Life Painting, 30 Day Painting Challenge

Soliloquy

7 x 5 inches

acrylic on gessobord panel

Day 13 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge....just a super quick entry as I am sneaking this one in just under the wire.......

Playing with light and shadows and all the crazy reflections on the vase. This is going to be one of my entries for the Topsfield Fair. More info to come!

Thanks for looking at my work!

Sebois River - Small Landscape Paitning

Sebois River

6 x 4 inches

acrylic on canvas panel

Day 8!
I'm still here....and hoping to get a tiny bit ahead in the upcoming days.....the River Ruckus is over (and it was a lot of fun!!!) and I am dropping of work for a show tomorrow, and another drop off at the end of the week. Schedule is pretty crazy......

This painting is the Sebois River in Maine from the snowmobile bridge crossing the river. It is available here.

Day 7 - Quiet Beach Tiny Seascape Painting

Quiet Beach

3 x 3 inches

acrylic on archival canvas panel

Okay, it actually early in the morning on Day 8 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge, but who's counting, right? I had this one done ahead of time and ready to post, but the family came up to the end of the Haverhill River Ruckus last night so we stayed to watch the fireworks. By the time I got home, unloaded the car from the show and then processed my credit card sales (yes, I know, I need a Square!) I was just too tired to post. So you will end up getting two posts today!

This is another tiny little painting. I got these great acid free handmade canvas panels from Springfield Canvas Supply. These are wonderful, great for traveling and plein air work - I got a few different sizes to try them out and they are so much  better quality than typical canvas panels. I am making these little 3 x 3 paintings available framed in a black wood frame with a one inch border. I need to take photos with the frames, because they are adorable  ;-)

Anyways, the framed piece is available here. And now to move on to Day 8......