"Palms in the Turks & Caicos"

"Palms in the Turks & Caicos"

Oil

11 x 14

$175.00

© 2013 by Rebecca Croft

It's finally beach weather!  I painted this painting after my trip to the Turks & Caicos in March but it's perfect for this time of year.  If you like this painting you can own it by clicking on my Etsy link:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/126525255/11-x-14-fine-art-original-oil-painting?ref=shop_home_active

I plan on spending many days on the beach this summer beginning next week.  Enjoy this warm weather.  I'll need to get back to painting this weekend.

"Sold Sold Sold!"

"Wyoming Landscape"

SOLD!

© 2011 by Rebecca Croft

It never fail when I go out of town I sell on Etsy!  At least that's good news.  I've been at the beach since wednesday and it's been so cold & windy I only spent 2 hours on the beach the first day.  It feels more like November down here than almost June.  I'm excited to have another one of my paintings going to a new home.  I'll be shipping this one out when I return on tuesday.  Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

"SOLD, SOLD, SOLD"

"Eiffel Tower"

SOLD!

11 x 14 

Oil

© 2012 by Rebecca Croft

Another painting sold on Etsy!  This made my Mother's Day.  I woke up and checked my email and this beautiful Eiffel Tower had sold.  Maybe she bought it for herself for Mother's Day.  It always makes me happy when one of my paintings goes off to a new home.  I haven't had much time for painting over the last week since moving my daughter home but I'm mulling over a new series.  You'll be surprised.  I did spend a day last weekend reorganizing and cleaning out my studio which always makes me motivated to get back in there and paint.  Stay tuned....

Provence - St. Paul de Vence

St. Paul de Vence

Oil

9 x 12

© 2013 by Rebecca Croft

This will be in my Etsy store next week.  I'm still working on perfecting my Dreama techniques.  I just love painting the French & Italian scenes.  I can't wait to get over to France this summer and get some unique photographs to paint from!  I'll be going out when the sun comes up to photograph houses, windows, doors, gates, gardens, etc.  The key to these paintings is to show how the light reflects and bounces.  I want to show the joy in these scenes.  

I went to pick up my daughter from college this week and that precipitated the cleaning out of my attic so that I would have more room to store her things.  That caused me to move a dresser from her room to my studio which got me to cleaning everything out there as well.  I feel so productive!  My studio is really getting in shape.  I will be participating in the Arlington Artist Alliance Studio Tour again in October.  It's nice to get spring cleaning done.  I hope you all get motivated to do or try something new this week.

"Water LIly"

"Water Lily"

12 x 12 on Canvas Board

Oil

© 2013 by Rebecca Croft

Another one of my Dreama workshop beauties!  If you're interested in purchasing you can click on my Etsy link:  https://www.etsy.com/listing/130771760/8-x-8-fine-art-original-oil-painting

Dreama has the most interesting exercise the last day of her workshop.  She has each artist set up their easel & paints and then we each start a painting and every 5-10 minutes we rotate around the room to someone else's painting to work for another 5-10 minutes.  It's so much fun and so freeing!  So this painting actually has about 8 artists talent on it.  It's a conglomeration of talent.  It really let me focus on just putting a few pointed strokes in places as I didn't have much time at any easel.  I think I may use this technique in my own studio by setting up multiple easels with multiple canvas's and rotate around so that I have a fresh eye each time I come back to a painting.  

If you're in town this weekend you should stop in the Underground Gallery as my friend Jane Coonce is having a reception for her solo show.  Reception is 5-8pm!  

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mother's out there.