New website…

 Why did the chickens cross the road? To get to the new website! I have an announcement…I have a new website going live later this week! This was long overdue as my old website was not functioning properly and wasn’t updated often enough to be secure. Some of you have sent me messages telling me you’ve encountered issues in the past. So….a new site and a new blog were in order. Going forward I will be blogging through my new site and sending out a newsletter periodically to let you know what’s new. And if things go according to plan I will migrate all you faithful subscribers along with me. I believe the option to unsubscribe remains…but I hope you continue to follow along with my artistic journey. Let’s hope there aren’t too many glitches!  See you on a new platform! 

Workshops

Workshops are happening this summer!

Hello everyone...I’m announcing two classes that I’ll be teaching at Horsford Nursery in Charlotte, VT this July & August. One is a Plein air watercolor floral workshop and the other is a make your own accordion fold sketchbook Garden Journal class.

Saturday July 17 10-4 Pigments, Paper & Plants  $75.00

Saturday August 21 10-2 Garden Journal $55.00

Please send me an email beukwin ( at ) gmail ( dot) com or call me 802.864. 3840 if you are interested and I’ll send you the registration form.

Hooray for Color & Creativity!

 

Spring show

 The. Vermont Watercolor Society has a group show that is currently exhibited at the Gallery at River Arts in Morrisville. I have two floral pieces on display...maybe take a ride through the springtime Vermont countryside and watch the tender greens take hold.

Illustrated technology

 I’m learning how to incorporate my watercolors and digital work together...I painted this hen with her colorful eggs several years ago..but decided to make it into an illustrated recipe for the “They Draw and Cook” website...the white eggs were added in procreate, as was the background to blend with the foreground. Then the text was also added digitally... click this LINK to check out my other illustrated recipes. Happy Easter to those who celebrate 🐣 

Digital poppies

Is it spring, yet? Well...not here in Vermont...but today it is above 40 degrees! I’ve been exploring my iPad and digital painting a bit more and having fun trying out all the “brushes “ & “textures” that come with the procreate app. Just like learning how to manipulate oils, watercolors or any other media this digital painting is in a category all its own!

New Year, new medium

 

Well...it’s been a while since I’ve posted and showed you any art...shame on me! It’s not that I haven’t been creating...it’s just that the blogging has slipped out of focus, since I post more on Instagram...but I really do appreciate all who continue to follow me right here on my blog! I hope this finds you well and weathering our uncertain and tumultuous world. I’ve relied on comfort foods and soul soothing tea-time and learning procreate on the iPad. Digital media is a whole new world...these illustrations were done that way. I’m certainly not abandoning traditional media, but I am enjoying this new way of being creative.

Winter cards

“Seasonal scenes”

I’m back in the studio making card sets...here are some winter/holiday offerings available in 

my Etsy store.

“Birds, blooms & birches”

“Winter Birds”

Send some handwritten greetings and spread the love...snail mail style!

🐌🖋📬❤️

 

Studio birds

Trying to revisit some favorite subjects and reinvigorate my studio practices....if you find yourself out and about you can safely visit Furchgott and Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne and find my work back on their walls for a group show. This painting however is still not ready to fly my studio coop!

 

Inktober with tdac

I’ve been following an online prompt list by They Draw and Cook of their own version of Inktober. I’m filling a watercolor sketchbook page every day with many different food related items. It’s been fun to continue a theme and come up with these layouts. I’m posting them every day on Instagram...if you have a chance check out all the unique takes from so many varied artists!

 

outside fun

Had a nice outing last Sunday with a few members of the Vermont Watercolor Society and we had a Plein Air session! It felt great to get outside and do some painting and chatting! It’ll get tougher as we head for colder temps! Lake Champlain from Charlotte Beach. 11”x15”
 

color your autumn

Hello everyone...I hope this finds you well and staying safe. I’ve been trying to stay creative in order to occupy my mind and my hands...sometimes that’s not easy to do..but galleries are open in Vermont and I’m working on framing some new work to get them out there and on display! Also as you can see by the picture my card sets on Etsy are still available and ready for you to send some color to a loved one. Here in Vermont the fall leaves are putting on quite a show! 🍁 

 

Land & Light & Water & Air

My painting “Fading Farm” is on exhibit at the Bryan Gallery in Jeffersonville for their “Land & Light & Water & Air” group show. 

I dropped off another painting for the show and that sold within 10 minutes while it was leaning against the wall! So if you click the link you will see that painting in the show preview. The above painting replaced that one....

Mixed media

This is my painting “Spring came Regardless” that is part of the Stay home/Stay Safe group show at the Firehouse Gallery until October 10. All pieces are for sale for $250.00 and measure 24”x36”. Mine is a mixed media acrylic abstract. Here is the link to the show with recordings of the artists describing their work. I went last week to check it out and it is an interesting mix of work on a common theme. You can see the show from the comfort of your home, because there is a virtual link as well!

 

the show must go on....

15” x 22” $1300.00

Announcing a show that has been postponed from the spring...”Into the Woods” at the Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. This is a juried Vermont Watercolor Society group show and is happening soon! My painting “Beckoning Birches” was selected. The show will be up from July 23 to August 23. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday 10 - 3.

Paint on!

It is officially summer and the hazy, hot and humid days that go along with that are also officially here! So watering gardens is a priority as is watering myself by staying hydrated. This cosmos piece was done as my demo during my Plein Air watercolor workshop from a couple weeks ago. Painting outside in hot weather with a mask on is certainly a new experience, but it is possible..so keep wearing those masks and paint on! 🖌🎨

A Brush with Nature

Hello everyone...I’m announcing a one day workshop to be held two weeks from today! Yikes! I know this is short notice and will be dependent on many things...the biggest being the weather since it will be entirely conducted outdoors en Plein Air! If you are interested in joining me (from an appropriate distance) to paint at the sprawling Horsford Nursery in Charlotte on Saturday June 20..drop me an email and I’ll get you all the pertinent information, registration is directly through me. 

Limited class size of 9 participants. $75.00 pp

I look forward to painting with you!

🌸🎨🖌🌿

“Art in the Garden” a 2020 summer series sponsored by Horsford Gardens and Nursery, Charlotte, Vermont.

landscape imagination

Hello all! Here’s a colorful imagined landscape to wish you a good weekend and Memorial Day. The weather is supposed to be nice here in Vermont and the sunshine is certainly a mood booster. I need to repack my Plein Air painting bags (one for oil and one for watercolor) and head out there sometime soon.

 Be well.

Studio news

I thought I would check in with you all and see how you are doing? Plus it’s a chance to bring some color to your inbox. I’m also participating in the artist support pledge on Instagram where I offer paintings for sale and if I make enough sales I pledge to purchase another artist’s work. It’s a cycle of support for small artisans. 

“Gathered” 🔴SOLD

Here is an oil painting on cradled wood panel 8”x8” that is normally $395.00 but I’m offering for $200.00 (shipping is additional) send me a message if you’d like to add this to your collection.

Also here are some unframed, unmatted little original watercolors 6”x6” for $100.00 each (plus shipping)

1. “Cuddle”

2. “Gem”

3. “Pure”

4. “Companions”

Above is some new work from current efforts and a rooster from a few years ago...

Be well and I hope we will cross paths some time in the not so distant future in a gallery, a workshop or some other setting...until then we connect virtually!