Antique Butterflies

Today I've been experimenting with Modeling paste and a Charcoal stick.
These Butterflies turned out pretty good. I love the Antique look!

Aqua Butterflies

Butterflies gives me so much joy…So I'm doing what I love!
I've started to get a little collection ready…

I used some of my favorite blues and greens this time.

Golden fluid acrylics:

Turquois (Phthalo)

Cobalt Teal

Green Gold

Sap Green Hue

Titan Buff

Titanium White

Studio Lascaux:

Cobalt green light

Flashe:

Sapphire Blue

Prussian Blue

Liquitex Ink:

Titanium White

Turquoise Deep

Liquitex Spray Paint:

Titanium White

Chromium Oxide Green 6

Adirondack Alcohol Ink:

Lettuce

Painted on watercolor paper and framed in a Silver frame 40x50 cm.

Butterflies by Night

These Butterflies turned out a lot different from what I usually paint.
I tried to challenge myself by using a lot of black this time…in the end I decided to bright them up with some silver, purple and violet.

Painted on watercolor paper and framed in Silver frame 40x50 cm.

Mariposa

Winter has arrived in Norway. The last couple of days has been cold and snowy.
I have mostly stayed inside painting…thinking of spring and warmer days.

This small painting is on watercolor paper 300g/m2- 140lbs

"Mariposa"

Golden fluid acrylics:

Titanium White

Titan Buff

Transparent Pyrrole Orange

Indian Yellow Hue

Pyrrole Red

Quinacridone Magenta

Quinacridone Crimson

Permanent Violet Dark

Quinacridone/ Nickel Azo Gold

Cerulean Blue Deep

Iridescent Bright Gold (Fine)

Studio Lascaux:

Cobalt green light

Liquitex Ink:

Titanium White

Quinacridone Magenta

Liquitex Spray Paint:

Titanium White

Framed in Siver frame with passe-partout 40x50 cm

First painting of 2014

December was busy. I spent a week in Copenhagen visiting my parents and had a wonderful time. I also finished a painting commission on a large 100x120 cm canvas.

The week before Christmas both our daughters came home from University… Family time!

I'm so happy to be back on track painting again.

This is the first painting of 2014…Butterflies of course!

It's 40x50 cm and framed in an silver frame with passe-partout.

Update

As you may know, I just had my first exhibition.
I’ve had the pleasure of showing off my work in Galleri eM in wonderful Gamlebyen, Fredrikstad. 

My exhibition was called “Ta sats" ("Take flight"), something that I really feel that I've done now.
I must admit that I was terrified on the opening day, but with the support of my friends and my husband Terje, everything went really well.
I had a lot of positive responses and sold ten paintings.

I want to thank all of you who took the time to visit me in the gallery. You all contributed in making this a great experience.

As you can imagine, these past seven weeks have been busy. However, while spending four days a week in the gallery, I still found the time to create some new paintings.

My first exhibition

A small step for art, but a BIG step for me. 

I´m opening my first exhibition October 12th in beautiful surroundings in Fredrikstad Old Town in Galleri eM a part of  Bastion 5 .

Please find below the poster that will be distributed in Norway today announcing this big event.