carrington's acrylic paintings

dragonfly

2012-02-11T11:06:00.001-08:00

30x40 acylic on canvas

painting day how many paintings does it take....?

2012-02-10T13:12:00.000-08:00

re do

painting day how many paintings does it take....?

2012-02-10T13:09:00.000-08:00

spring cows

2012-02-01T06:57:00.000-08:00

another beginning 40 x30

first try

2012-01-27T12:18:00.000-08:00

it is always interesting to post paintings the first day after starting them and to compare them to what they look like a few days later after working on them again first start:

a january painting day

2012-01-10T14:02:00.001-08:00

more works in progress

2011-12-02T06:50:00.000-08:00

works in progress

2011-11-23T07:34:00.000-08:00

the river

wyomimg

fall in richmond

birdhouse

2011-11-09T14:44:00.000-08:00

one more day painting

november-finally 3 days to paint!

2011-11-09T06:07:00.000-08:00

started 3 paintings finally. in progress:

2011-08-31T16:05:00.000-07:00

last days in the va mountains after a month :(

view from the barn

lily pond

the jackson river

a few quick paintings

2011-08-29T15:00:00.000-07:00

my friend from the Haden Institute(a program in spiritual direction) posts wonderful photos from his garden-this is one he posted that I had to paint

2011-08-28T10:27:00.000-07:00

reworked this from 2 days ago......frustrated

clover creek church in highland county,va: jackson in slide lack,summer peaches;oranges

2011-08-22T14:46:00.000-07:00

started this -needs some refinement but its a beginning of our friends wonderful lab.the church is in highland county ,va-a beautiful building on the side of a country lane

recent work

2011-08-12T12:59:00.000-07:00

i have finally gotten to the mountains for a few weeks and hope to spend time painting-maybe i will improve if i can paint every day!!!! today i did some redoes and some new work-still working on the coyote series

coyotes

2011-08-01T08:15:00.000-07:00

this hot summer has been a time to hear the coyotes in the Virginia mountains and to make me want to paint them in all their dangerous and wild ways

missing?

2011-07-10T14:58:00.000-07:00

i have not been posting as two sons graduated from high school and college and one of those started school already as a D1 football player ,so i have been painting but not posting! Life is busy. Another son got engaged..... I did just enter 3 paintings in an art show...a scary thing to do for your first time. I've sold some pieces but not done it this way!!! Out there for all to see.here's what I entered . Two new ones , one old one.
update SOLD the sheep and fall is in a court house hall!!!

Bath County Sheep

Warm Springs Run

Fall

clean up day

2011-03-23T14:40:00.000-07:00

sometimes your studio or where you paint needs to be cleaned up! well ,that was my plan but I starting to paint over canvas i didn't like but ended up trying to save them....maybe not a good ideas-except the bird's nest????

painting on a rainy day

2011-03-10T10:23:00.000-08:00

took this photo monday and the white cow just captured the sun from the other two.getting on a base .will post when done....help??

rainy day painting

2011-03-10T10:20:00.000-08:00

getting the first coat on of a photo taken on a walk....will see how it develops!

CROW AND BIRDS

2011-03-04T14:59:00.000-08:00

TRYING TO SEE JUST COLOR NOT THE 'THING' I AM PAINTING

2011-03-02T13:09:00.000-08:00

After planning a day to paint-not work,clean house,do yard work-just paint .I had several photos i couldn't wait to work on. As painting goes sometimes,the result was TERRIBLE. I painted over them, let the canvases dry while fixing mashed potatoes for a birthday dinner for 2 nieces and my son tonight (yes- real mashed potatoes) These are the results of the spur of the moment paintings. I attmpted to save the wasted of a day. Lesson learned - When you lose, don't lose the lesson. - His Holiness the Dalai Lama

2011-02-24T14:46:00.000-08:00

The last intensive I attended at the Haden Institute was on Logos and Eros ( the sacred masculine and feminine) This mandala was the result.

acrylic on canvas 8x12

2011-02-23T12:27:00.000-08:00

a fall painting,half finished,afraid to mess it up...so i painted tentatively today...will keep trying before i paint over it!

2011-02-23T12:21:00.000-08:00

the virtual paint out was in romania this month. I tried two landscapes-one a bit different for me with a sky from my mind not the picture....

landscape challenge ' winter'

2011-02-21T05:19:00.000-08:00

from several landscape scenes for the calypso moon landscape challenge -this one says winter landscape to me

view from warm springs ,va. mountains

2011-02-17T05:51:00.000-08:00

spring must be on the way. Why would an old photo of a bluebird pull me away from the beautiful snow dustied view out of my window? Because it is WARM today and sring will come!!!! Two color changes of background and an almost tossed canvas left me with this 36x40 acrylic 'ode to spring'

judy's manadala or dream

2011-01-29T10:01:00.000-08:00

Bath county in the cold

2011-01-29T07:56:00.000-08:00

the winter cold is gorgeous but the melting river sings of spring!!!

2011-01-29T07:52:00.000-08:00

winter in Warm Springs

mandala

2010-11-18T09:34:00.000-08:00

To see a world in a grain of sand,

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour.

mandala faith

2010-11-18T09:30:00.001-08:00

mandala the heart waits

2010-11-18T09:28:00.000-08:00

waiting for the unexpected

mandala

2010-11-18T09:26:00.000-08:00

mandala pencil

a new blog interview

2010-10-26T16:05:00.001-07:00

http://www.prettyhappybusy.com/2010/10/busy-inspiration-carringtons-journey.html

red or white?

2010-09-11T06:05:00.000-07:00

too much wine while painting?-the white is tilted. i will have to rework it!

the bird nest

2010-09-10T08:04:00.000-07:00

i found a sketch I had done of a photo of a nest and decided it needed to be done in paint so heres the attempt

The DOG

2010-09-07T15:45:00.000-07:00

my son wanted a picture of our dog for his college room . he sent me this photo,not what I expected but it turned our fun to paint

calypso art challenge for september

2010-09-07T13:46:00.000-07:00

only a mirror and color for this challenge from calypso art movement god - when did I get old?

lemons-theRookie Challenge for september

2010-09-07T13:19:00.000-07:00

the rookie challenge has an amazing variety of lemons in the work sent in so far!

2010-09-07T10:42:00.000-07:00

it is fun to see how quickly you can fit in a sketch between daily work,chores and life!

sketch book project

2010-09-07T10:37:00.000-07:00

The art house coop project sponsored by the Brooklyn museum , is the reason I am keeping a daily sketchbook. this is my dog Paint(the only one that will stay still enough to sketch). Check out the site-amazing talent : http://arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

Manhatten

2010-09-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

A sketch in paint for the Virtual Paint Out Challenge for september ....primative but an attempt to use more paint and paint quickly

animals of bath

2010-08-27T06:55:00.000-07:00

The animals I have seen in Bath County Virginia

2010-08-12T10:11:00.000-07:00

The Rookie Painter challenge was a photo of peaches and a vase, so as my peaches were about to be eaten I painted from the photo and cropped it. Summer peaches-nothing better!

grazing

2010-08-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

the Virtual Paint Out was in Prince Edward island this August-must be cooler there then in the southeast!!!!

the river low but cool!!!

2010-07-27T17:33:00.000-07:00

jackson river

in the mountains to escape theHEAT

2010-07-27T17:28:00.000-07:00

it is so hot that my vegetable garden only gives me tropical banana peppers,so I have escaped to our 'farm' in bath County-me ,the dogs ,my paints and the horses-no husband or children...the dogs are happy and so am i

2010-06-26T15:25:00.000-07:00

virtual paint out - Hawaii
busy time of year so not much painting with life so full can't wait to gt back to the paint!!!

my garden mockorange

2010-05-18T14:36:00.000-07:00

mock orange acrylic on a 8x10 canvas

As a landscape designer my love of gardening ,flowers and other plants sometimes gets lost in' the business of being a gardner' . Walking in my own garden, I find criticizing the design with an objective eye is impossible so I am able to get lost in the beauty and uniqueness of each plant. Often the back of the herbaceous border is where i find my' secret garden'. A plant hidden by more showy ,pushy cultivars will be waiting patiently to be noticed. Called by a whiff of a scent on a breeze, I discover the old fashioned mock orange behind the big bold rhododendron that looks like a huge cotton candy balls. Having been nourished by the snow and then the early warmth in Virginia this year it screams "Look at me! Look at me!" Lush and unusually large from this spring's weather- not bitten and scorched by a late frost it is sensuous and bold . But there ,behind the rhododendron and the lush peonies, is the gentle mock orange waiting - lovely in its softness and smell . It's old fashioned softness reminding me it's scent has not been bred out of it as so many of its showier ,new sister cultivars. In its simplicity it is beautiful. It reminds me of Thich Nhat Hanh " the miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that is available now.... It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice."
When we paint to be present is so important so we can notice the colors ,the air,the beauty and the hidden secret garden.

millboro springs rhododendron

2010-05-17T06:26:00.000-07:00

bath county rhododendron 36x40 acrylic on wrap canvas

ned-my saddlebred

2010-05-17T06:23:00.000-07:00

my horse,an American saddlebred Ned -he is very elegant!

virtual paint out theczech republic

2010-05-04T11:48:00.000-07:00

acylic on canvas 24x30

virtual paint out for april the canary islands

2010-04-19T12:20:00.000-07:00

acrylic on canvas
Calle Lomo Carbonero, Vega de San Mateo, CN, España

'Tex on a picni'c acrylic on canvas

2010-04-15T18:25:00.000-07:00

tex on a picnic

bath county spring melt

2010-04-11T15:37:00.000-07:00

spring melt off in bath

early spring

2010-04-11T15:35:00.000-07:00

acrylic on canvas 24x30

2010-03-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

Stavanger, Norway

March 2010 acrylic on canvas 8x10

2010-03-12T14:34:00.000-08:00

2010-03-12T14:33:00.000-08:00

2010-03-12T14:31:00.000-08:00

2010-03-12T14:29:00.000-08:00

sketches in pencil from mexico

2010-03-04T05:33:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T15:00:00.002-08:00

2010-03-03T15:00:00.000-08:00

after the party

2010-03-03T14:59:00.002-08:00

2010-03-03T14:59:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:58:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:45:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:43:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:41:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:40:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:38:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:37:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:36:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:35:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:34:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:26:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:24:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:23:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:21:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:17:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:16:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:14:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:11:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:10:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:06:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:04:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T14:01:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T13:49:00.000-08:00

2010-02-01T19:12:00.000-08:00

2009-12-20T14:12:00.000-08:00

both acrylic on canvas

gardens

2009-12-20T04:37:00.000-08:00

my friend's Maine garden -5x7 acylic on canvas

tulips in may!

2009-12-16T04:53:00.000-08:00

acrylic on canvas...remember spring peonies?

2009-12-14T13:10:00.000-08:00

On a cold rainy day when the fog has lifted and FINALLY SOME SUN COMES THROUGH ,I was scrolling through pictures of my paintings of summer in Millboro Springs and found this summer one.....it seems a long way away this cold december day.....

2009-12-14T13:02:00.000-08:00

while it was pouring gray rain here ,my friend lindy sent her pictures of the beautiful morning she was having in the virginia mountains so from her photo ,i could create a snowy day at home in acrylic(on canvas)!

leathers,stirrups and saddles- and courage

2009-12-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

This was the way out eqiupment looked at the end of a long day of riding through the Masai Mara in Kenya during migration. This painting has been in my head for a year and 1/2. I finally got the courage to tackle it . It could have ruined me for painting ......

2009-12-09T15:08:00.000-08:00

paint, the dog in the summer

poppies from last year

2009-12-09T05:32:00.000-08:00

Flower series

2009-12-09T05:12:00.000-08:00

as a landscape designer, my love of gardens help me create these acrylic paintings8x10,36x40,16x20

carrington's acrylic paintings

dragonfly

painting day how many paintings does it take....?

painting day how many paintings does it take....?

spring cows

first try

a january painting day

more works in progress

works in progress

birdhouse

november-finally 3 days to paint!

clover creek church in highland county,va: jackson in slide lack,summer peaches;oranges

recent work

coyotes

missing?

clean up day

painting on a rainy day

rainy day painting

CROW AND BIRDS

landscape challenge ' winter'

judy's manadala or dream

Bath county in the cold

mandala

mandala faith

mandala the heart waits

mandala

a new blog interview

Carrington’s Journey Back to Painting

red or white?

the bird nest

The DOG

calypso art challenge for september

lemons-theRookie Challenge for september

more pages

sketch book project

Manhatten

animals of bath

grazing

the river low but cool!!!

in the mountains to escape theHEAT

my garden mockorange

millboro springs rhododendron

ned-my saddlebred

virtual paint out theczech republic

virtual paint out for april the canary islands

'Tex on a picni'c acrylic on canvas

bath county spring melt

early spring

sketches in pencil from mexico

gardens

leathers,stirrups and saddles- and courage

Flower series