My Art chosen by art.365.is for the year 2015 Calendar!

The Challenge end.  

I did not make it to enter paintings for the last three days of the the month 

so  will enter this in make up for it and to brag about myself.

And now I have to brag!

This painting of mine was chosen by Art.365.is to be in their year 2015 Calendar, 

where an art work from individual artist appears for each month of the year.

http://www.art365.is/  I was also one of the many artists chosen for the year 2014.

I painted this boat while in Richard Robinson´s workshop, see link to his site below.

http://thecompleteartist.ning.com

Day 27 - Eiðisdrangar

Another one of Eiðisdrangar, a moody grey day today but had fun painting it while I sat in my car.

The time flew by so two hours later I decided to stop.

Day 7- En Plein Air - Suðurey II

Here is another one of Suðurey in a cooler hues as the day was not as hot as the previous day.

Day 4 - En Plein Air - Ystiklettur WIP

Eiðið - Ystiklettur

I have not finished this one yet as the time run out for me but I will get back to it later.

It was a beautiful sunny day!

Day 2 - En Plein Air - Eiðisdrangar

Day 2

Eiðisdrangar

Plein Air 

I sat in my car painting Eiðisdrangar, it was a lovely day but quite windy.

All these paintings are a one hour challenge.

Day 1 - En Plein Air - Neðri Kleifar - A 30 day Challenge

Day 1

I was one day late in starting but intend to catch up later in the month.

The challenge is from http://thecompleteartist.ning.com/group/online-workshop and https://www.facebook.com/joinusinjuneon Facebook, so I thought I would kill two flies in one download.  I thought I might try to do plein air from various places on my island and this is number one.  I used Oil Pastel sticks on Oil Pastel Pad which I decided to practice on and sat in my car while while working one it and it did not turn out too badly I think..  

I wanted to challenge myself even further and try to complete a painting in one hour.  

I did this one in an hour and ten minutes.

Neðri Kleifar

Oil Pastel Sticks

This 30 day challenge is to do a painting in only one hour.

I am new to Oil Pastel Sticks so it took a bit longer.

Morning glow

The Complete Artist

The complete artist

I am a member of this terrific website where Richard is our unbelievable talented teacher, he gives us a project to work on every month.  Tis painting I did was to express "broken light".  I received a very favorable comment from Richard, to my great pleasure!

Steinunn Einarsdottir

And of course I had to brag about it.

Culture night in Reykjavik.

Götusýning 2013

I am so proud that my painting will be one of the five hundred chosen to be displayed in the streets of our city Reykjavik during the Culture nights 20-27th of August, 2013.

South island

This is one of my favorite islands seen from Vestmannaeyjar.

I used these colors intentionally as I found the contrast quite appealing and unusual at the same time, 

I hope you like it too.

Menningarnott í Reykjavik

Eiðisdrangar

This is one of my latest oil painting from one of my favorite spots on north shore of my island, 

I used both brush and palette knife in making it and am I quite pleased

 with the result.

The most enjoyable thing for me is that,  it was selected by www.art365.is

to show in August month on their coming Calendar.

The Beauty of Edisdrangar

"Feel the waves

Feel the softness

Feel the caring of nature"

Plein air "The Three Rocks"

"Hani, Hæna and Grasleysa"

These are the names of the three little islands.

This is one of my plain air watercolor that I did the other day when George, my artist pen friend joined me in our little experiments of plein air painting.

It is much less fuss to carry the watercolor items on location than the oil but, I think I enjoy the oil better even if it takes longer.

It is such a difference painting "plein air" on location than painting in a studio, colors and everything come so to live.

We only spent a few minutes painting as it was too cold to sit for long.

Below is George and I painting, I took the photo myself, I forgot to ask George to take a photo of myself painting...:( 

Summer in Vestmannaeyjar

WIP

Second stage

Complete!
I thought I might share with you my latest painting.
A friend and an uncle of mine asked me to do a painting for him and I thought it might be nice to paint from west of the island and have it in summer colors.
I used mainly brushes but in the foreground I used my palette knife plus a little touch on the Elephant, which is so obvious in the cliff
This is oil on stretched canvas, size 30x60cm.
Well, I have delivered the painting and my uncle was very happy with it and he has it in his lounge room to look at when he is resting.

I hope you enjoy reeding and looking at this my viewers and friends.

Fish Playing Pool

This is my contribution to this week´s WDE.
I had quite a few great photos to chose from, the fish one caught my eye straight away and here is my creation plus a photo to spark my creation.  I also included my chose of colors, they are mostly transparent.  The time I took was just under two hours which I am quite happy with.

A Glorious Morning

South island in morning glory.

It has been a while since I have given myself time to post anything on my blog, mainly because I have been painting for an exhibition,  it was supposed to have been a joint exhibition but now I learned that the other artist wont be able to make it so that makes me come to a stand still at the moment while I rethink my situation.
Anyway, I thought I might show you some of my work and ideas for fun.

This above painting was done in oil with a palette knife over the ground work.

The concept was supposed to be sunrise or sunset, the medium oil and all work measured 30x40 or 40x30cm.
I have used golden colors a lot through my work but also completely opposite hues like cool grayish colors.

I will post more tomorrow and hope you will enjoy and maybe make some comment perhaps.

Vestmannaeyjar

A glorious day!

These are called "Small Islands" They do have a name each of them, like the three bigger ones are called from left Hrauney, Hæna and Hani.  If I do have this in the wrong order then please correct me.

There are many beautiful little island around Vestmannaeyjar and these are only few of them.

Yesterday was such a beautiful day, I was out looking for a painting spot but instead I just stood there and felt like I was not on this earth, the sun, the calmness and the beauty was overwhelming.

I just wanted to share these two photos with you my friends in hope you might feel peace and happiness .

Exhibition at the Country Market in Hvolsvoll

View from Eidi at Vestmannaeyjar

The exhibition starts at 1. May, Labour Day.
I am working like made to have everything finished in time.  Finished painting the last painting of their local Church and one small one of kids running in autumn colors, it came as an after thought, quite nice if I my say so myself.  I will be showing about 27 small and larger paintings.
The painting above got sold this morning but I may enter it in the show, I am really happy with this one as these are the colors we see so often here in Vestmannaeyjar in the evenings.  It is in a three window carton, glass and frame, very attractive finish, don´t you think?  I took the photo after it had been framed so one can see the reflection in the glass, sorry about that.
I will enter some more photos later.


Here are some of my small paintings that will be on the show.

There had to be some animals in this country show.

Skogafoss in a grip of ice

A small painting of their local church

Old friends

Children playing in autumn colors
Painted by palette knife 15x15cm

The Tug Boat

The Tug Boat is back

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My challenge with this painting was to express the beautiful evening glow we often get here on the island when everything is so calm and peaceful.
  I hope I have succeeded.
It is an oil painted on a 20x60 stretched canvas.

Hamarinn

Summer day

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Summer day in Vestmannaeyjar
Oil on stretched canvas 30x40cm
I painted this for a friend of mine for her to give to her son on his fiftieth birthday.
I hope he will be happy with it.

Small island west of Heimaey

Grasleysa

Hani

Hæna

These are lovely little rocky islands west of Heimaey.

They are my newest additional to my art exhibition on 15. December which will be held at the entrance of our Library.  I have been painting like mad and still working on the last one which is another portrait which I really need to finish in time!.