A Lily Now & Then

A few years ago, when my primary art form was photography, I created this image.

Title:  "Freckles"

Then a few weeks ago I had a idea for a Lily painting in different shades of yellow and orange with a touch of blue.  I used my original "Freckles" image as a reference for the new painting shown below.

Title:  "Freckles On Orange"

See the similarities. 

  

Although I still do the occasional photograph/photo manipulation, I'm really enjoying creating these loose, colorful and sometimes - whimsical paintings.  Both of these images are now available as prints at my online gallery at http://lee-owenby.artistwebsites.com/index.html

The original for "Freckles on Orange" has sold but it is still available as a print, pillow or tote bag - click here.  

Still Life In Blue

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To purchase as a print, framed art, tote bag or pillow,  click here.

Happy Trees With Blue Hills

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Also available as a print, framed print,  note card, pillow, or tote bag.  Click here.  

My Babies

It's not often that I get to see my babies (my artwork) after they are sold.  And most of the time I don't even know who bought them unless I personally handled the sale.  So I really get excited when I get to see them hanging out in their new homes.

This little group of "Happy Trees" was recently purchased by Carmen Watson of the Olive Pit Restaurant on Mineral Wells just down the road in Paris, Tennessee.  I went to visit them last week and they really do look happy in their new home.  I love that she arranged them in a group in the foyer and hope they get to spread their happiness for many years to come.

Peacock Love

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To buy as a fine art print, tote bag, throw pillow - click here.

New Stuff

Fini!

Dragonfly

Acrylic on 10" x 10" canvas with decoratively painted 1.5" gallery wrapped edge.

Available at T.F. Rice & Co. 

Knowing When To Stop

Is it finished yet?  No.   Knowing when to stop, knowing when I've done everything I can to get my idea across in a painting without going overboard - can be a real problem for me.  I know it needs a little more contrast ...

but after years of creating finely detailed ink drawings like "Sunflower Forest" shown below,

sometimes it's hard to put the brakes on and keep myself from filling in all the negative space.

Come back later to see what happens with this dreamy little dragonfly.

New Stuff!

Birds On Three Wires
Acrylic on 10" x  30"  gallery wrapped canvas.

Tulip Boat Revisited

This boat is one of my favorite scenes here at Paris Landing.  It's not my boat, but I wish it was.    The owners keep it planted with blooming flowers all during the growing season.

Here are a couple of photos from previous years.

Spring! At last!

I just checked the weather forecast for the next 10 days and I think Spring is finally and really here!  I love it when the trees put on their fresh green leaves.  

And the Dogwoods bloom!  

Springview at Sweetvalley.

Happy Spring!

Tomorrow

"Purple Spring"

Well ... tomorrow is the big day.  T.F. Rice & Co. re-opens after a long and bitterly cold winter.  And I can't wait.  I've restocked a lot of my popular prints, moved most of my original paintings here, and created some new, playful paper jewelry.

Hope you come visit us!

Bee Happy!

Bee Happy!

Spring is here.  The flowers are popping out!  The days are getting longer and warmer (thank goodness!).  And I'm excited that T.F. Rice & Co. will be having their "Spring Fling" soon and opening for the season.

This painting, "Bee Happy!" is one of my newest paintings.  It's painted with acrylics on a 10" x 30" gallery wrapped canvas.  The sides are painted red - no frame is necessary.  I took it down to T.F. Rice & Co. today along with a few other new paintings for their grand re-opening on April 16th.

I will also be teaching acrylic painting classes at T.F. Rice & Co. and "Bee Happy" will be an inspiration piece for a future class.  You can see a few of the classes we will be offering at this link.

Hope to see you soon at T.F. Rice & Co.  In the meantime ...

Bee Happy!

Donated to Henry-Benton County Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Paris, Tennessee in September, 2014.

Twirly Still Life

Happy Trees

A special "Thank You"  to Carmen Watson at the Olive Pit Restaurant in Paris, Tennessee.    Carmen purchased three of my "happy tree" paintings today.  Many times I don't know or meet the folks who buy my art.  I've never sold three original paintings in one day, much less to the same person - and I got to meet the buyer - so - this really made my day.

Painting Titles:  "Happy Tree In Blue & Gold", 

"Happy Tree In Red With Sunflowers", and "Happy Tree In Red"

The paintings were on exhibit in the Tennessee River Fine Arts League exhibit at Lee School and at the Windsor Candle Company when Carmen noticed them.   I delivered them to her today at the Olive Pit Restaurant where we discussed different places she could hang them.    One of the walls already has a sign on it which says "Live, Laugh, Love" and Carmen commented that she wanted to hang one of them with the sign since the colors were so cheerful and made her "happy".   It was then that I pointed out they were all "Happy Trees" and told her their titles.

Thank you Carmen!  I hope you and your customers enjoy these paintings as much as I enjoyed creating them.  

Circle Flowers With Chevrons

Another bit of whimsy.

Original sold.  Prints, tote bags, pillows, etc.  available by clicking here.

New Release

A whimsical and loose interpretation of an Evening In Paris with fireworks.  Painted with acrylics on a 10" x 30" gallery wrapped canvas.
To purchase the original, please inquire.
To purchase prints.

Note Cards

Did you know you can purchase all the art listed on my online gallery as personalized note cards.

Someone from Germany just bought a set with my "Paris Moonlight" artwork on them.    The back of each card has my name on it as "the artist" but they had the inside personalized.  Wonder what they said?



The folks at Fine Art America make it really easy to order cards just the way you want them.

Someone from Jackson, Tennessee bought a set with "The Picnic", a scene of Paris Landing,  on them.

Note cards are a neat way to share the art of your favorite artist (me!) and to collect small prints.  You can buy them one at a time or in sets of 10 or 25.  

New Release

Finally finished this last night.  I'm really enjoying painting playfully.  This is supposed to be a whimsical view of the McWherter Bridge at Paris Landing - just around the corner from my house, but I suppose it could be any bridge.

To purchase orginal, please contact me.
Prints in a variety of sizes and formats. 

Hope you enjoy it!

Special Format Jack's Pool Room Just For Merison's

Delivered another one of these to Merison's the other day.  This is a 16" x 20" (standard frame size), black mat with cut outs for all three Jack's Pool Room prints, the title and the artist's name (me).  And to add a little drama and make it even more special, the prints are in black and white on archival art paper.  Need I say - it would make a great Valentine's present for someone.

Merison's is the only place on the planet where you can buy this arrangement.   That's right - the entire planet.   This format was created especially for them because they are such special folks.

Merison's is a locally owned store that sells furniture, electronics and appliances.  They also display and sell art created by local artists on their walls which makes them pretty special to me.  And they have pretty cool employees who don't mind kicking their heels up and having a little fun with eccentric artists like me - as you can see in this photo on the right.

You really need to see this format in person to appreciate it so hurry on over to Merison's and look at all the art and furniture, electronics and appliances.

And if you don't live anywhere near Paris, Tennessee - my neighborhood - you can order the individual prints of Jack's Pool Room here.  They just won't be in this special formatted mat - but they are still pretty cool.

A Gallery Wall

So what do artists do with all those paintings they generate when they are in-between galleries or still in the works?   It would be nice if artists could sell their paintings as fast as they paint them or have them all farmed out to galleries.  But it just doesn't work that way.   So in the meantime .... rather than me continuing to punch nail holes in my studio wall, my husband created a gallery hanger for me.

The hanger which is about 1/2" x 1 1/2" is painted to match the wall and is hung with a very small gap between it and the wall.  The paintings are then hung from the wooden strip on fishing line.  You can't see the fishing line in this photo and you can hardly see it if you are standing right here in the room with it.

I've been pretty busy this winter painting.  Several of these are not finished - like the big one right in the middle.  And some are for painting classes at T.F. Rice & Co. when it opens in the Spring.  

The "laugh" sign is there just to remind me that I need to do that at least once a day.

I love my new gallery wall!

Love

If love is all you need, I have just the art print for you.  Several different versions are available in my online print gallery as prints or on canvas.  Just click here.

Order soon to receive in time for Valentine's Day.

A Bridge Going No Where

There are a lot of unique things about Paris Landing, but one of the things we have that you may not find anywhere else is a bridge that goes nowhere.

So ... here's the scoop.

A unique view of the new McWherter Bridge seen through the old Fitzhugh Bridge

by Paris Landing artist Lee Owenby

It's scary to think this old bridge was actually two lanes.

Just imagine two big old trucks passing each other on this.

The old bridge is located inside Paris Landing State Park.

Early Morning

Early Morning at Paris Landing State Park