out of the woodwork

I am revisiting a painting I started a couple of years ago... I intend to finish it now...I love creating scenarios of groups. 32x32 acrylic and mixed media on wood panel

more drawing paintings... charcoal and acrylic on paper

all are 9x12 acrylic and charcoal on stonehenge paper, except for the cat 12x12,which is charcoal on board... just a beginning under drawing.

drawing/paintings, acrylic and charcoal

acrylic and charcoal on stonehenge paper
studies, playing, experimenting
9x12
small studies, playing around.
all of my images wouldn't load for some reason so I will continue to load images without written content.

River Gallery Show opening Saturday Sept 18

untitled, baby striped sheets...liquid and open acrylic

I don't have a real title for this, I picked it up again recently. I started it about 2 years ago and then lost interest, I had several suggestions from my facebook page, but nothing has stuck for me. It needs a bit of work yet, but it is mostly finished.

see copy below, the images didn't upload with that post for some reason.

catching up...it has been awhile

I have been posting on Facebook and neglecting my blog...if you want to see work in progress on a more regular basis... come to my FB page beth nash art. I need to link my blog with my page, but haven't really figured out how to do it.
so included in the post The wedding portrait, done for friends.
2 horses for lack of a better title, still in process,24x30...Couple with hat, still in process, 24x30
Balance or Thry it you'll like it,30x48 or thereabouts almost finished and Untitled woman with mask at the beach. Really need a title for this one. SO... working steadily. More to come

never leave your luggage unattended

I needed a painting, or at least wanted to create a painting for an upcoming show at the parkersburg art center, so I searched around the studio and found an old painting that was just sitting around and I decided to work with that as the jumping off point. It was a total abstract piece and I began adding some figures. some of the shapes reminded me of luggage. Flight was the theme for the show. In this beginning part I have a flying figure behind the main figure's head which I removed today when I worked on the painting, I am really struggling with the face on the main figure , I will post later the changes I made today.
22x28 acrylic and mixed media on canvas

studio update, next sunday evening

I have been having a lot of fun with small 12x12 inch paintings this week. It is a great way to work quickly, and experiment with some different layering techniquesas well as color combinations.
Since I am getting ready to do several shows... I need to finish about 6 paintings that are in progress,but have gotten sidetracked with these little works.
All of the square images are from the last week. All are roughly 12x12, liquid acrylic and mixed media on wood. The longer piece is almost finished, I am still struggling with the cat.

studio update, sunday evening

she's all heart
12x12
acrylic and mixed media on board


unveiling, continued 24x48



sleeping with pinkerton, with little changes still going on this one.

I now have a page on Facebook

Although I am stumbling and blundering along, I have finally set up a page on facebook-beth nash art.
Tried this morning to invite friends, but not everyone was popping up so I got frustrated and will go at it again later. I need a youngster here to help.
This is an update of sleeping with pinkerton, I really hated the faces that I came up with in the previous example, but am much happier now. Still more to do, but I am getting there.
Lots of studio time in my future. Yippee

brand new, working on, something old, etc

daffodills 30x32
new still in process


unveiling 24x48
new, just starting


sleeping with pinkerton 24x48
this is originally from last year or the year before... I keep fooling with it , changed the face several times, still don't know what to do, I may sand it off and start again on that area.

cut from the same cloth continued.

Gorgeous spring weather, but I can't dig in the garden with my messed up knee, so I am spending a lot of time with seedlings and some time painting also.
Struggling with this one, I don't feel a clear color unity yet.
Off to Fur Peace Ranch tomorrow and looking forward to that.
I have lots of concert drawings to scan from my sketchbook, when I feel like setting at the computer for a bit.

Cut from the same cloth and 2 silverpoints in process

2 silverpoints in process both approximately 6x7 inches
I go through stages with silverpoint and I am in one now.
I like the feeling of the silver on the goauched board, very velvety.




Cut from the same cloth
24x30 or thereabouts
liquid acrylic on wood
Just started this over the weekend, for some reason I felt like painting stripes.

swingin, a few little changes

Just a few changes on this painting, getting near the end, I worked on the figure in the lower left
today, will post that image tomorrow. I have been skiing a lot and had a big flying fall, now icing knee, I want it to be gone by tomorrow so I can go at it again, Maybe....

the illusion continues

this is as far as I have gotten on it today. I need to stop on it for a while and let it simmer

illusion in progressive views

I have been kind of snowed in, came home from work yesterday and didn't go today. It just keeps snowing like crazy, we haven't had a winter like this for a while. After duct taping my deteriorating ski boots together I have been getting some good cross country skiing in almost everyday for about 2 weeks. Amazing. I have also been getting a lot of studio time so I started a new painting, even though I have several that need to be finished.... I was looking through the "Illustrated Golden Bough" and was intrigued by a drawing of a painted drum head from Lapland. It looked like a time line of sorts and I have been intrigued by levels of reality lately and wanted to work with that so this is what developed from that and i am showing the steps in how this painting is developing. I think it is roughly 30 x 40 I forgot to measure... It still has a lot of problem areas, but has really been holding my interest.

swingin and jack of clubs continued

We have had a big snowstorm at least 9 inches and the electricity was off for 36 hours. I painted in the studio when it was light. I am still working on these 2 paintings.

swingin...

another update... it continues

3 paintings in process...

I have had a wonderful studio day with no interruptions. It is really cold out and our heater won't stay lit in the living room, but it is toasty everywhere else. I get to stay home all day and tonight, glorious. Posting 3 paintings in progress and a detail of one.
Jack of clubs 18x28, Swingin and Tiny Tim all in progress.

tiny tim. two horses

I seem to be enjoying starting paintings, but not spending any time finishing. I will go on a finishing binge later. Finally got some time to work in the studio over the weekend. I started drawing this over a painting I didn't love or want to work on any more. I really like working on a surface that is already marked up.
The top image is the first block in and the bottom image is the next stage. I was just in the mood for horses.
24x32 acrylic mixed media on wood panel.

january self portrait

I gave a self portrait assignment to students last week. I thought I would do it also. I am finding that I really like drawing on the toned and gessoed wood panel. I wanted to experiment with it and draw from life. I had a limited amount of time about 2 hours. I want to do more.
24x24 vine charcoal on wood panel.
I love drawing on wood!!

no title, any ideas?

Still working on it. not that happy with the face in the figure in the foreground, also questioning the heart on a stick. I think it is trite....actually my original title when I first started working on this was " i know the heart is trite", but when I wrote it down it looked like "I know the heart is true". Hmm, am I receiving a message that I should be paying attention to?

I don't know where my previous post went hmmm.
Anyway, I haven't posted for a while due to some computer problems, but I am happily back with my computer and am ready to go again.

This is a painting I started a couple of weeks ago, finally getting some time to get into it. Less time to paint soon as school starts next week.
28x40 acrylic on wood panel.

Lots of snow here, I have gone cross country skiing 2 days in a row. Wonderful. I haven't been driving in the snow yet. Tomorrow off to town, office time and grocery shopping, must get catfood.