Carol Berry, Tuesday night model, oil, 24 x 18 inches. ©2010. This was painted during a Tuesday night model session at the Don Valley Art Club. For these life paintings I have been sticking to the limited palette of Ivory Black, Cad Red Light, Cad Yellow Light and either Titanium White or Zinc Mixing White. […]
Carol Berry, Walsh Road No.2, oil, 8 x 10 inches. ©2010. It is another rainy Saturday, so instead of painting I am finally writing this post. So much of my life is geared towards the summer month; sailing, camping and plein air painting. These major activities have to compete for my time with everyday chores, […]
Carol Berry, Walsh Road No.1, 6 x 8 inches. ©2010. Finally, painting outside! It was an unusually warm day for the first weekend of June, so I wore short shorts, a tank top and crocs. I remembered sunscreen but I thought it was too windy for my fancy new plein air umbrella so I took […]
Last week one of my fellow Don Valley Art Club members offered to fill in when our model did not arrive. His pose for the whole three hours was very dynamic, he stood holding a staff and had his body all twisted, even kept his mouth open and his head tilted the whole time, very […]
Carol Berry, Concession 4, Orono. Oil, 11 x 14 inches. ©2009. Here are two paintings I did in the studio of a scene I love. Something so simple as grass, grown and cut, all orderly and so satisfying. I see the influence of my formalist art school years, many years ago – simplifying the elements […]
Carol Berry, My Friend, Petro Dhimitri. Oil, 24 x 18 inches. ©2010. I painted this a few weeks ago at the Don Valley Art Club. This particular Tuesday night the model did not arrive, and Petro Dhimitri, a fellow club member, volunteered to sit for the whole three hours. Petro is one of the many […]
Carol Berry, Study, Cherry Beach en Plein Air. Oil, 6 x 8 inches. ©2010. My eldest and I set-up our easels right by the lake on Easter weekend. The sun was warm but the water had a cold breeze coming off it. It was a very hazy morning and my painting looks quite muted but […]
Carol Berry, Study, Scottsdale Farm, Ontario. Oil, 6 x 8 inches. ©2010. Here in Toronto, it finally feels like spring will stay! The leaves are budding, the grass is greening up and we’ve put our winter coats and snow boots into storage. I’m finally painting regularly, though not every day. I’ve been plein air painting […]
Carol Berry, Early Morning Hayfield. Oil, 11 x 14 inches. ©2008. This hayfield is near Emily Provincial Park. Summer weekends used to find me jumping in my car before breakfast to go take landscape reference photos. I forced myself to paint this in one day, encouraging myself to get into the habit of painting, signing, […]
Carol Berry, Tuesday Night Racing. Oil, 16 x 20 inches. ©2008. In the Toronto Outer Harbour, the wind often drops at the end of the day, as it had here for these unfortunate Tuesday night racers, a couple of summers ago. Dinghy racing was a way of life for me until my mid-twenties, so painting […]