Favorites on the First: Favorite Art

Happy June, everyone!  It's rare that I'm actually happy a month is history, but I can honestly say that I'm happy to have May in the past.

If it's the first, then it's time for Favorites on the First with Alison @ The Polo House.

This month it's all about art.  :D  We do have quite an art collection because we love it and have artists in the family.  It was difficult choosing my favorites, so I limited this post to paintings only.

Pecan Picking

Clementine Hunter

You can read about Clementine Hunter here.

Clementine Hunter was an American folk artist from Louisiana.  Provenance is very important when collecting her art as there are some fakes on the market.  My mother in law bought art directly from the artist in the 1960s. She visited Melrose plantation and bought them there, and not from a gallery. You can see our other Clementine Hunter painting on my Kitchen Reveal post.

Lake Como

Janet Tillery

You can read about Janet Tillery here.

Janet Tillery likes working her oils with a palette knife.  She is a local artist, and I admire the loose quality in her work.

Low Tide

Ann Smith

This is the first piece of art my husband and I bought at The Harpeth Gallery in Nashville when we were first married.

Swan Valley Barn

Rehle Higham

You can read more about Rehle Higham here.

I love this landscape with the Tetons in the background.  We've actually driven through Swan Valley, and we've seen this particular barn with the bison grazing beside it.  This is a plein air painting.

Three in a Row

Susan Westwood

You can read more about Susan Westwood here.

Susan Westwood is a Colorado artist.  She likes painting scenes around the Beaver Creek area as well as the English countryside.  She paints on artist board after painting the entire board red, which pops through in areas of her paintings.  I love that technique.

Glory

Dori DeCamillis

You can read more about Dori DeCamillis here.

Dori is my art teacher.  Everything I know about painting in oils I learned from her.  The above piece mixes Japanese and French Baroque designs, and I think they work well together!  The center panel's tulip is painted on copper, and the ceramic tiles surrounding it were made and painted by Dori.

Glass and Metal Study

Ricki Jill Treleaven

{that's me!}

Artist often keep paintings (even unfinished ones) as a visual journal of sorts. Not my best painting, Glass and Metal Study taught me so much about painting glass and metal, and the importance of reflections on metal.  I'm keeping it as a reminder of how much one small painting can teach an artist.

Ball Jar Bounty

Ricki Jill Treleaven

This is one of my more recent paintings.  I like the pastels and turquoise blues in it.

You can see more of my art by linking to my art page above.

I did notice one thing when writing this post: We collect landscapes, yet I rarely paint them.  Interesting.

Thank-you, Alison, for hosting Favorites on the First!

Until next time...

Blessings!

Ricki Jill