tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68267850152297730662024-03-13T09:31:38.113-07:00Me and My Paintings --Original Acrylic Paintings by Paula Villanova Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-61893119742267457872021-04-29T14:19:00.001-07:002021-04-29T14:19:10.076-07:00"Behind the Easel" 10"x20" acrylic<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2aPqGatWSDzI_Bj3aGSgbDAOOR3Se_ZpwcoSO0UUJKMyT93vDCM0Ec-G8X8biG7VXTGNol1wdx2e4HvG12CdLhm9LWwmCTR6Htzmb2j6ydz83IoG3xrqi3ydEO5BPM6tWNP24yrB57k/s640/BehindTheEasel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2aPqGatWSDzI_Bj3aGSgbDAOOR3Se_ZpwcoSO0UUJKMyT93vDCM0Ec-G8X8biG7VXTGNol1wdx2e4HvG12CdLhm9LWwmCTR6Htzmb2j6ydz83IoG3xrqi3ydEO5BPM6tWNP24yrB57k/w306-h640/BehindTheEasel.jpg" width="306" /></a></div>I can't believe it's been almost a year since I've posted a painting...I have painted, I just don't remember to post to my blog anymore. I need to change that, I used to love looking at other artist's blogs. I will post more often. Really.<p></p>Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-44018320376178297382020-06-04T13:32:00.000-07:002020-06-04T13:33:33.792-07:00Quarantine Blues "24x24" Acrylic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During the start of the "Stay at Home" quarantine period of this COVID-19 pandemic, we spent a lot of time just reading, watching the news, venturing out for walks wearing masks and keeping at least 6' of distance from anyone in public. We are still social distancing, walking in the immediate area, not going into stores, (into the 3rd month of this) and life is still very different than 4 months ago. If nothing else, the environment seems to be happy that fewer cars are on the road along with fewer planes, no cruise ships, etc. Let's hope we all emerge from this healthy and doing the right thing.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-18421098039148026972019-01-31T15:45:00.000-08:002019-01-31T15:46:45.471-08:00"Tete-a-Tetes" Acrylic 10"x30"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-85333272188100845492018-12-30T18:42:00.004-08:002018-12-30T18:43:45.526-08:00"She Loved Getting Flowers"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2018 is coming to a close, and I really haven't posted much this year. I was so happy to receive these flowers last summer, make a painting of them, then sell it at a show at the end of the year. It was a nice way to transition into the upcoming year. Maybe 2019 will bring more paintings that bring other people joy and happiness.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-22907320214248090872018-07-01T11:23:00.000-07:002018-07-01T11:23:41.474-07:00"A Moment of Calm". 16"x20" Acrylic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-39780974558136204522018-06-04T18:21:00.001-07:002018-06-04T18:21:27.024-07:00"Amy's Daffs" 8"x10" Acrylic Gouache on Bristol board<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-14371028649889091392017-09-02T19:26:00.001-07:002017-09-02T19:27:20.129-07:00"Gail's Flowers" 10"x20"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-30718032592331276232017-01-29T10:13:00.000-08:002017-01-29T10:51:29.976-08:00Castle Island Afternoon 12"x12" on panel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Castle Island (seems more like a peninsula) juts out into Greater Boston Harbor with commanding waterside views of Boston and the boats and ships coming and going. Also of Logan Airport and its inbound and outbound flights, some of which feel as though they will land on your head! For me though, the beauty is in the immediate environs of people of all nationalities, cultures, neighborhoods, etc., happily walking and picnicing, grabbing a great hamburger (I think it's less than $5) from Sullivan's and just relaxing. I go there often on my lunch break from work. I chose this painting for this month's "Girls Just Wanna Paint" post "Paint a Quote."<br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing." -Camille Pissarro</span></span><br />
<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-51813067226385855012017-01-01T14:39:00.001-08:002017-01-01T14:41:44.254-08:00"King of Beers" 12"x16"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For our monthly "Girls Just Wanna Paint" challenge with the theme "Frosty." My daughter and I were at a local joint ordering our usual pizza and this sad beer was sitting all alone on the bar. I felt it needed to be painted and it came along just at the right time for our challenge. Happy New Year.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-78283119452754393192016-10-23T06:39:00.001-07:002016-10-23T06:39:33.769-07:00Tasty Burger 18"x24"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today is the "Hingham Arts Walk" and I will be participating with my fellow painters from "Girls Just Wanna Paint" at the Community Center. It's a great event, all the merchants host an artist and it's such a pleasant way to get some art into your afternoon. This will be dispayed as WIP...still want to tweak it, but I like it enough to exhibit it.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-62326497867078131932016-06-03T18:59:00.003-07:002016-10-23T17:45:09.815-07:00Them Apples 12"x12"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a demo I did recently for the Braintree Art Association. I hadn't done a demo in a while so I wanted to keep a basic subject and 4 apples seemed to work.<br />
<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-25898909320066011852016-05-01T18:38:00.001-07:002016-05-01T18:39:10.494-07:00'73 Bronco, On Top of the World 18"x18"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For this month's Girls Just Wanna Paint challenge: "Man's Best Friend," I chose to paint my husband's former Ford Bronco, V-8, 302, 2 gas tanks....it seemed like it could go just about anywhere.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-38533355732116505652016-03-31T20:24:00.001-07:002016-03-31T20:24:19.732-07:00"Kane's In Saugus" 12"x12" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-47746201757944227612016-03-24T19:38:00.001-07:002016-03-24T19:38:48.885-07:00"Lamentation" 24"x36"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For "Via Dolorosa," an exhibit of artistic expressions on the final days of Jesus.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-83815467416278569602016-03-02T19:24:00.000-08:002016-03-12T16:22:57.203-08:00"Vibrant Palette" (Pam's Peachy Place) 20"x20" Acrylic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-25499632599345969072016-01-29T19:03:00.001-08:002016-01-29T19:04:05.200-08:00"Waterside Houses In Gloucester" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started this painting last June in Gloucester near the North Shore Art Association.</div>
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A group of us painters took the day (and a bus) from the South Shore to paint with our counterparts from the North Shore. It was a blast, but I didn't complete this painting until this week.</div>
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Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-8093254410319191672016-01-01T12:11:00.002-08:002016-03-12T16:21:13.908-08:00"Have A Seat" 30"x30"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(added 3/12/16) I changed this painting a bit and reshot it...it looks much beter now. I left the copy from my original post below.<br />
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I really like this painting, but I don't really like the cropping that happens when I post it. The colors are dulled a bit too. Sigh....I'm going to have to get a bit more technical with photographing my paintings, I think. I usually don't have the difficulty I did with this one...I tried it in all kinds of light. Maybe I'll try again.<br />
<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-69177759010084921812015-11-30T18:01:00.001-08:002015-11-30T18:15:54.503-08:00"Glad Tidings" 12x16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Celebrating the Good News in a response to this month's "Girls Just Wanna Paint" challenger of "Celebration."<br />
<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-13374182804081663222015-10-31T18:58:00.004-07:002015-10-31T18:59:10.627-07:00"Bearing Arms" 18"x24" Acrylic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After the Umpqua shooting last month, I was feeling very depressed, feeling voiceless and helpless. It then occurred to me that I have a voice with my paintings, and I belong to a talented group of women painters and challenged them to paint the theme of "gun" for this month. It understandably was not embraced fully by everyone, but some felt it was important and were glad for the opportunity to say something through their art. The loss of life, innocence, and peace is impacting us all, and we must take time to examine our values, individually, and as a society.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-15327407239859045402015-09-30T19:32:00.003-07:002015-09-30T19:37:36.494-07:00"Campbell's Soup Can a la Ros Warhol..." <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This month's "Girls Just Wanna Paint" challenge was "Paint Like a Famous Artist." I almost phoned it in with an existing painting that I could have kinda sorta said was in the spirit of Van Gogh, because it was...kind of. But then a funny thing happened as I was putting away stuff in my studio, I came across a Campbell's Soup can that I keep pencils and small brushes in and I thought...hmmm, I can think of TWO artists to whom I could credit this subject matter, of course Andy Warhol, and my late mentor, Ros Farbush...she painted any old container she found around the house, usually filled with flowers...I tried to paint in her ultra loose style.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-84013071850639395432015-09-06T21:01:00.000-07:002015-09-06T21:01:06.984-07:00Rocky Neck Boats 20"x20"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I painted this while on an outing with a large group of painters from the South Shore of Boston visiting the North Shore Arts Association. It was a wonderful day with great people and many beautiful settings. This was one of my paintings.<br />
<br />Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-36246621690270057922015-08-23T09:09:00.003-07:002015-08-23T09:09:36.033-07:00"Live from Johnny Mac's" 24"x24" Acrylic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was able to enjoy a recent afternoon at this magnificent car show where they allowed me to set up my easel and paint. What a treat to paint this old, old Ford with a sleek Corvette right behind it.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-27817286126737028802015-08-01T06:40:00.002-07:002015-08-01T06:40:58.083-07:00"Pixelated" (In a Fog) 8"x8" acrylic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As a challenge for "Girls Just Wanna Paint" for July, we had to use "Fog" as our subject. I considered painting natural fog, but it didn't interest me so much, then I thought of the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Foggy Bottom, but still not so much. Then, I decided to take it more to the figurative level.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-91267887736722018982015-06-28T20:05:00.001-07:002015-06-28T20:49:28.300-07:00Catching Some Rays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My entry to <a href="http://girlsjustwannapaint.blogspot.com/">Girls Just Wanna Paint</a> challenge for June, "Catching Some Rays" for this month's theme, "Bathing Beauties." I love seeing all the people at the beach, and all the gear we bring.Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826785015229773066.post-25305853587424346392015-04-28T17:43:00.001-07:002015-04-28T17:58:37.132-07:00Beauty and The Beasts 9"x12"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There were 4 legged guests in attendance at my nephew's wedding to his bride on 12/13/14. I thought they'd be a good subject for this month's "<a href="http://girlsjustwannapaint.blogspot.com/">Girls Just Wanna Paint</a>" challenge which is "Bride."Paula Villanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06591055157296767053noreply@blogger.com2