Thursday, January 3, 2013

New Kettle

Tea Time, 6 x 6" oil on archival panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

available at Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh



I have a new kettle for my newly renovated kitchen and I bought it because the color is called "Ocean".
It does go well with the new paint color on the walls, which is called "Sea Salt".  Do you sense a pattern here?  You are right if you think that I cannot resist anything which has to do with the beach.  I do tend to choose paint based on the name of the color once I have it narrowed down to three or four options.
I did not get the color just right in this painting, it actually has a little more blue in it. I am enjoying my new cooking space so much, especially after almost a month of eating out every night.
This is my second painting for the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge.  So far so good.

20 comments:

  1. I like the close up of this kettle and the positive and negative spaces,great painting!

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    1. I appreciate your comment, Roger. It is fun to paint negative space.

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    1. Thanks, Dottie! This is really turning out to be fun.

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  3. I love the kettle and yesterdays boots too.

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    1. Hi Sally, thanks for commenting. It's great seeing so many familiar faces in the challenge.

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  4. Hi Fay - great colors in your painting - I, too love anything to do with the beach!

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    1. Thanks, Martha. I am already thinking about summer and sand.

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  5. Love the composition and colors. It is memorable!

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    1. Hi Susan, thanks so much. It sure is great meeting so many artists by doing the challenge.

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  6. Great job with a very "in your face" kettle; wonderful colors too.

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    1. Thanks for your comment, Anne. I love mixing colors, that's the most fun of all.

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  7. Very creative, and fantastic colors - I love EVERYTHING about this piece!

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    1. Hi Claire, thanks for your kind words, this challenge is really amazing, so many great artists!

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  8. I love your painting, Fay. Your stunning (and fun!) composition jumped off of Leslie's page at me. Great work.

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  9. Love this close up! You've given this teapot personality. Great colors, and strong design.

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  10. Thanks for the comment and must say that I love your tea kettle.
    great cropping!

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  11. What a lovely painting!From such a common thing in the kitchen you have made a brilliant painting.I love it, the brush strokes are very nice

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  12. This is such a strong graphic image and great composition. Good luck with the challenge! Thanks for your kind comments about my work, and nice to know your in my neck of the woods. :)

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