Sunrise Over Waves

Something new for the New Year. Needed a break from the cold snowy December pictures. Sunrise Over Waves is now available in Artworks Gallery. Acrylic on paper 12 x 24 framed in gold.

Daybreak II

In the middle of winter thinking back to memorable times last summer.

Playing with complementary colors, blue and orange. And looking for a feeling of dance in the clouds with the bird adding to the movement.

15 x 30 acrylic on canvas

Winter Solstice

I tune the hearth song of my soul

loving words upon my lips,

light-giving songs upon my heart,

life-bringing praises upon my eyes,

The music of comfort resound in the

souls of all beings,

preserving them in peace

as the sun and new moon renew themselves

this night.

Winter Solstice is a celebration of the darkest time of the year, when the moon reigns with it’s promise of renewal.  A time for rest, reflection and refreshing, a time to make resolutions for the coming year.  Each falling leaf continues an ancient poem wafting though the cool winter air to drift into our minds and help us make thoughtful choices and aid us in our life decisions.

 The poems used come from a Celtic devotional and the Carmina Gadelica.

Waves I

On Whidbey’s Open Studio Tour I visited an artist who painted the most exquisite waves on silk using an ancient Japanese method.  I wanted to create my own moving waves.  The large waves evolved they became the perfect background for a solitary giant of the ocean and I carefully placed the Orca Whale.

 The Orca whales often traverse the Saratoga Passage on the west side of Whidbey Island, Wa.

Featured Artist

During the month of August, 2010 Judith was the featured artist for Artworks Gallery. She  exhibited her illustrations for "The Legend of the Raven". A book release party and signing were held on First Friday. The book continues to be for sale at the gallery located in Greenbank Farms on Whidbey Island.

Asiatic Lily

A companion to Oriental Lily is: "Asiatic Lily". Acrylic 11 x 14 painting on canvas in gold frame.

Oriental Lily

I think the bulb for this unusual lily came from the 2009 Northwest Garden show in Seattle. The color was truly a surprise. Acrylic on board 11 x 14 painting of this bi-colored lily in gold frame.

On Wings of Night

Illustration from, "Legend of the Raven"

"On Wings of Night" shows Raven hanging the moon.

New! Legend of the Raven.
A Legend of the NW retold with 6 full color illustrations
Available from Green Cedar Studio and Publishing
Contact: judithburns2@whidbey.com $20.00 plus postage

Orchids II

The orchids have grown, the acrylic collage now fills a 30 x 15 canvas. The orchids have finished blooming for this year and now only bloom on the canvas. Orchids II is framed in a dark cherrywood colored frame.

Orchids I

I have always been fascinated by orchids and have recently added a few to our house plant collection. In the beginning stages this painting was based on one of those orchids.

The original is a 14 x 11 acrylic collage on board.

Coming Home

I can almost feel the warm summer sun setting in the West as I look at this painting depicting a trio of sail boats coming home in the last golden glow of a warm summer day.

Acrylic Painting on board 14 x 11 image in gold frame.

Night Fountain

Night Fountain is another painting from the texture collection. It depicts a lighted fountain at night. The bubbles are touched with a light sprinkle of diamond dust that sparkle under a chandelier.

Acrylic / mixed media on Canvas

24 x 12

A matching 11 x 14 matted and framed to highlight the 4 x 6 giclee archival print is for sale.

Rain on Whidbey

Living in the Northwest one quickly learns there are many days of rain. Large rains, small rains and just slight drizzles which are all depicted in this collage with rain falling over the forest of evergreens and over the surrounding oceans.

Acrylic collage on 30 x 24 canvas. NFS

A 14 x 11 giclee archival print is available.

Friday Night

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Friday Night is a celebration shown as a buoyancy of liquid and bubbles floating in or out of a special glass. A toast to a week well done and to the upcoming weekend may it be spent with family and friends.

I added the circles, which might be confetti, balloons or olives.  Take your pick.

 

Acrylic, mixed media on canvas.

24 x 12. 

Ocean Aire

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Ocean Aire is a semi-abstract memory of a wonderful trip we took to the great barrier reef in Australia. We have such a gigantic task ahead of us to guard these wonders of nature from extinction.

Acrylic collage on paper 11 x 14

A 10 x 8 giclee archival print is for sale .

White Peacock

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White Peacock is an artwork inspired by the music of American impressionist composer, Charles Tomlinson Griffes.  I had played the piano version of the White Peacock for years and  enjoyed hearing the orchestral version.  But all the pictures of peacocks I had seen were the beautiful turquoise colored species,  So I did some research on the elusive white bird and decided he would look lovely in the moonlight.  So I placed my peacock in a rather exotic moonlit tree with a few sparkles in his feathers.

Acrylic collage on Canvas

24 x 12 image size in black floating frame with gold edge.

SOLD

Cello Music

A collage of a very abstract cello and it’s mellifluous sound is depicted in this painting.

Acrylic collage on board 11 x 14 in wide gold frame.

Beachcombers

Living on an island in the Puget Sound one often encounters seagulls on the beaches combing for treasure the same as us.

Acrylic Painting on Paper 11 x 14 image with a 16 x 20 tan mat in gray/tan med. color driftwood frame.