Cherry Beach, Toronto Outer Harbour (16″x20″) oil, by Carol Berry, copyright 2008 I previously posted the smaller study I did for this painting last January. I used a photo reference that I took while sailing, so this is a different vantage point of a very popular Toronto beach and life guard house. Painted a couple […]
Tuesday Night portrait session
Tuesday Night portrait session at the Don Valley Art Club (16″X20″) oil, by Carol Berry, copyright 2010 I painted this a couple of Tuesdays ago with my friends at the Don Valley Art Club. I’m learning how to work with my new water soluble WN oils. For long-term health reasons I’m determined to like them. […]
From the Beach at Emily Provincial Park
From the Beach at Emily Provincial Park (14 x 11) oil, by Carol Berry, copyright 2008 This was my first small-size landscape painting, I challenged myself to start and finish a painting in a weekend. Even though I did not actually paint this on location, I did paint it outdoors on our campsite at Emily […]
Three Teddy Berrys
Three Teddy Berrys (15 x 20) watercolour, by Carol Berry, copyright 2000 I am really digging out my old paintings! This painting was done a few years ago as a portrait of my three daughter’s favorite childhood teddy bears. I chose the traditional serious portrait pose and lighting especially because of the casual subject matter. […]
4th Concession, Orono, Ontario (fourth view)
4th Concession, Orono (11 x 14) oil, by Carol Berry, copyright 2008 Here’s another painting done of a farm on Concession 4. This is the extra scenic road that leads to the campground where we spend all our summer weekends. Just like the previous painting posted, I actually painted this from a photo enlargement while […]
Thanks Mary Pratt
Thanks Mary (15 x 24) watercolour, by Carol Berry, copyright 2000, in the collection of the East York Foundation. This painting is inspired by the Canadian artist, Mary Pratt. I set up the objects for the still life and photographed the scene, using a whole roll of slides. Luckily the light changed in the last […]
Emily Provincial Park
Emily Provincial Park (16 x 24) oil, by Carol Berry, copyright 2006 I have taken a bit of a break from posting because I had surgery a couple of weeks ago. Nothing serious, but certainly disruptive. This painting of the view from the beach at Emily Provincial Park is one of my first landscapes. Mixing […]
My new plein air kit
I am having a fun morning, learning about Blogger. The fine artist in me has to compete with the applied artist. My latest kick is to figure out how to post here using my iPhone and more importantly my soon to be new iPad!
Rainy day studio
Whiskey (18 x 24 in.) oil on canvas, by Carol Berry, copyright 2009.I painted Whiskey’s portrait last August at our trailer. Unfortunately it was a really wet summer and rained almost every weekend. Luckily our new home-away-from-home has a large brightly kitchen which easily fit my studio easel and paints. After five years of use […]
Concession 4 in Orono, Ontario (third view)
4th Concession, Orono (11 x 14 in.) oil on canvas, by Carol Berry, copyright 2008 I painted this landscape three summers ago, before we moved our summer trailer to our current campground on Concession 4. Every weekend, from May to October, we had been camping at Emily Provincial Park. On this day we took an […]