Plein Air in the Backyard

For the past two afternoons, while the kids are at school, I have been experimenting with painting my backyard "en plein air." What amazed me about this process was how interesting my old backyard was once I started concentrating on it! When I first looked at it, I was like, "Ok, I have this enormous 30x30 inch wood panel and nowhere else I can lug it to but the backyard, but it's a shame all I see is green, green green."  Apparently, somewhere along the way, this perception expanded to include some other colors! I am not done with this piece yet, but I will keep you posted. So far, this is a really interesting experiment.

Artwalk 2013

Fellow artist, Demerise, and I had a wonderful time representing The Firefly Gallery yesterday for the Northport Artwalk. It was a great opportunity to meet the many art lovers not just in Northport but in the surrounding towns of Long Island and as well. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the local long island art scene!!

Hello Summer!

 

 

Now at the Firefly Gallery at 127 Main Street in Northport, NY, I'm showing a collection of my favorite summery framed prints!

 Pictured above is "The Boys of Summer."  Many of the prints shown here are available unframed on my Etsy shop: "Day Off," "Spun," "Aloft," and "Hello Summer" as well as others.

I'll Leave a Light on For You

"I'll Leave a Light on For You"

 

I've just added this print to my Etsy shop. It's now available as either a 7x7 print or an 8x10 print. 

Suggestions for Found Art Friday's Next Theme?

"Butterflies at Sunrise" 10x10 inch encaustic painting on cradled wood. Original available at

my Etsy shop & at Caffe Portofino in Northport, NY.

I have been having more fun with violet lately. Even though it is tough to work with, I find the encaustic color to be too vibrant to resist! It was a lot easier to cover 1/2 of a 10x10 panel than 1/3 of a 24x24 one, though. Thank you all so much for your comments on my "Behind the Scenes" post last week. And no one even made fun of my outfit. You are too kind.

THEME IDEAS FOR APRIL's FOUND ART FRIDAY?

And I am still soliciting theme ideas for our next Found Art Friday. So far, I have several GREAT ideas from sMacThoughts (nostalgia) & littlebrownrabbit (Golden, Breeze, Freedom, Whisper). But I'd love to here from more of you out there. Just leave a comment with your suggestion, and I will pick one of them out of a hat this Wednesday as our next theme.

And I am so sorry for the short notice, but I will be on vacation for the last two weeks in March, so our next Found Art Friday will actually be on April 30th. And this is really, really good news because (though the details are a secret), I should be getting a good deal of PR on May 1st for my blog. But I won't reveal the details until then. In the meantime, please help us to create the best Found Art Friday ever by offering your theme suggestions for April! xox

Thank You For Helping Haiti!

I am SO happy to announce that Paintings By Cathy Nichols was able to raise $53 for Haiti last week by donating 10% of sales to the American Red Cross's relief fund!!!! I just made the donation this morning, and it warms my heart that we were able to do our small part to help. Thank you to everyone who supported Haiti this week through my fundraiser and in all other ways. Together I know we are making a difference. Wishing you a happy Sunday!

Let Love Rule

A New Grouping of My Paintings at the lovely Caffe Portofino in Northport. Originals are all SOLD. Prints are available here.

After 3 weeks of waiting, my new shipment of encaustic medium finally arrived yesterday, and I was able to complete all of the paintings I had been designing this month for Valentine's Day. And today I enjoyed a delicious mocha and hung them up at Caffe Portofino. I just love showing my work at this coffee shop (though my coffee addiction is cutting a teensy bit too much into my profit margin)! The paintings are also for sale at my Etsy shop (almost all of them are posted -- I still need to put up the bottom right piece (Kiss Me) and the top left (A Little Bliss).