Stacy Weitz Minch

"Orange and Wedges" 6x6, water mixable oil on canvas, 1/28/15 First of all I must say, oranges are absolutely delicious this time of year. One of the first things I painted when I started up this daily painting thing back in December was an orange. It seems like a simple enough object to paint, but I found that just wasn't the case for me--the value changes are so subtle and difficult to match, especially because everything is just a slight variation of the same color. I think my painting from last night shows some improvement from the first one I tried, but I suppose I will have to try again in a little while and see if I can increase my color/value accuracy. Here they are right next to each other for comparison. 

"Strawberries, Banana" 6x6", water mixable oil on canvas, 1/27/15

"Pomegranate" 6x6, water mixable oil on canvas board, 1/23/2015 SOLD Ah, it felt good to get back to a smaller canvas after working on that larger landscape piece for a week or so. There's something very satisfying about finishing a painting in about an hour. And pomegranates make me happy. They're as beautiful as they are delicious :)

"View from the Old Faithful boardwalk" 20x20, water mixable oil on stretched canvas, 1/21/2015 I know I haven't been working on this for all that long, but it feels like forever. Things finally started coming together yesterday afternoon. I'm still getting used to the mindset of using layers. The under layers don't always look very good, and honestly I almost completely gave up on the whole thing a couple of times. I'm glad I kept at it, though, because I actually like how it turned out in the end. That being said, I think I'm back to tiny canvases for a few days ;) 

"Chi Chi" 16x20, water mixable oil on stretched canvas, December 2014 In October my parent's sweet little chihuahua left this world. We got him the Christmas that I was 14. We all loved that little guy, especially my younger sister Rachel, who dressed him up and carried him around like a baby for the first few years of his life :)  I had Rachel's name for our annual Christmas drawing this year, and I painted this portrait of our little buddy sleeping on the back of the couch to give to her. We still miss you, little Chi!

"Buffalo Crossing" 6x6, water mixable oil on canvas board, 1/13/15 Another image from our Yellowstone trip in September... it's not Yellowstone if this doesn't happen at least once. And always a great photo-op, of course :) Also, I dropped this painting off my easel no less than twice while I was painting it. Urrrgh. I've got to figure out a better way to hold these tiny canvases on more securely. Fixing smudged paint=not so fun.

"Pear Pair" 6x6, water mixable oil on canvas board, 1/12/15 You wouldn't know it by looking at the painting, but these are miniature pears! And they are just the cutest. Probably about 2" tall each :)