"Sunset on the Marsh"

"Sunset on the Marsh"

16 x 20

Oil

© 2014 by Rebecca Croft

Recycle - Renew - Rebirth - those are the words I'm using for art I'm creating lately.  Old paintings are being painted over with a whole new outlook.  If it hasn't sold in over a year it's fair play to be recycled into a new beauty!  This one has a lot of texture as I used a palette knife.  It's vibrant and lively.  I love painting landscapes.  Available in my Etsy store.  

View of Georgetown from Roosevelt Island

Georgetown & Key Bridge at Sunset

10 x 20

Oil

© 2014 by Rebecca Croft

I was recently contacted by a potential customer via my Etsy Store that was looking for a painting of D.C. or Georgetown.  I referred her to the few that I had left in my store.  That got me thinking that I hadn't painted anything of my hometown in awhile so I was inspired to paint this scene of Georgetown from Roosevelt Island.  I love color as you can tell from all of my other paintings so I decided to choose the view at sunset.  I think it turned out pretty well.  Hoping she will like it and purchase it but if not it will be in my store for sale. 

Commission - Savannah Marsh Landscape

"Savannah Landscape"

24 x 30

Oil

© 2014 by Rebecca Croft

Hmmm.  Commissions can sometimes be tricky.... and a bit daunting.  Usually, I'm contacted by someone through my Etsy store asking if I can either paint something I've already done in another size (that's the easy case) or they have a photo or an idea of what they want.  Sometimes there is a bit back and forth before we decide how and what to paint.  This commission was really fun.  The customer knew exactly what she wanted and sent me some photos as well as photos of the room she was going to hang it in which was very helpful.  I had a lot of fun painting it because of the looseness of the brush strokes and the vivid color choices.  I plan to use some of these colors in future landscapes as I find them very fresh.  Let me know what you think by leaving a comment.  She was very happy with the results!  You never know with a commission - just have to hold your breath until they see the photos and get back to you.

Commissions! Italian Landscape

"Modern Tuscan Landscape"

SOLD!

24 x 30

Oil

© 2014 by Rebecca Croft

This has been a good week for me on Etsy!  I had this painting commissioned by a customer on Monday.  It's finished and I'll ship it on Monday.  I had painted one very similar in a much smaller size and she wanted it larger.  She was very happy with the results.  I also got another 24 x 30 landscape commission today of a South Carolina Marsh View that I'm almost finished painting.  It should be dry by the end of next week and ready for shipping!  I'll post photo's when it's done.

SOLD! Painted Horseback Riding Giclees

Giclee

John on Watson

Giclee Painted by Rebecca

John on Watson

Good friends of mine are avid horseback riders and fox hunters.  They have professional photographers at some of their events and ordered a series of Giclees from the photographers to frame for their new wine room in their home in Purcellville, Virginia.  Being the artist that I am I told John & Kathi that I thought they would look much better if I put some paint on them to make them look like paintings instead of photographs.  They agreed and are so happy with how they turned out!  I will be proud to visit them (while I'm drinking their lovely wines).  Just an idea if you can't afford original art or have photographs that you made into Giclees you can have an artist make them more original.  I had fun doing it.  I did six for them.  You can see the others in my Etsy Store under the sold paintings.

I'm also working on a large commission that I'll post next!

SOLD! Eastern Shore

Eastern Shore

5 x 7

Oil

© 2010 by Rebecca Croft

I'm having a great month with sales at Cassatt's!  This little landscape was hung after I sold the two little french paintings the week before.  I think I've found a niche at Cassatt's with smaller, colorful paintings.  Here's to more sales in August!  If you're up having breakfast, lunch or dinner check out all of the beautiful art on the walls in Cassatt's.  It's really lovely.  I worked on some more abstract this weekend so will post some of those soon.