"Lake Shore II" © #sidebysideexhibit #abstractedlandscape

©2013 Debbi Smith Rourke

Lake Shore II  24"x30"

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

$1300 + sh/h in US
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I painted this from a photograph by photographer Bill Oakey for our 2014 Side by Side exhibition Sept 1 - 30 downtown at the Old Bakery and Emporium Gallery. (Reception Friday Sept 5, 5 - 7 pm!!) I painted a smaller version that was an abstracted landscape with a bit more detail - see "Lake Shore 8x10." As I created this larger version, I simplified the image even further. Isn't that interesting? You'd think you'd put in more detail but I keep trying to simplify everything down to basic shapes. Enjoying this road to further simplification. And digging these colors.

Lake Shore © #SidexSide #bluebonnets #TexasWildflowers

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

Lake Shore 8"x10"

Oil on canvas panel
SOLD

This is the first new work for my next Side by Side exhibit with Bill Oakey this October at the Old Bakery and Emporium. Working on a batch of new works, all based on his photography. You'll have to come to the show to see his image. :-) Love these abstracted landscapes with lots of of thick, juicy paint. Love using the palette knife and mixing in a little brushwork. Fun!!

Wildflower Field Study

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Wildflower Field Study  8x10"

Pastel on paper
NFS

This is a small pastel study I did in preparation for a full size 24x36" pastel I am working on as a commission for a dear friend. The Wallace sand paper that is the base of the actual commission piece is now being permanently dry mounted to the foam core, so I will be able to start the final work in a few days! Yea! 

Charlottetown Colors II

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Charlottetown Colors II  

24 x 36" Oil on gallery wrapped canvas. 
$1080 + $60 sh/h
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Was exhibited at the UT Club April 4-7 and Authenticity Gallery April 8 - May 6th, 2011. Happy to send more photos of this piece or you can contact me to view it in my studio. Was such fun taking another one of Bill Oakey's photographs and doing my own version of it for our Side by Side series. I painted a smaller version of this, 8x10", last winter but this felt much different in the considerably larger size and more horizontal format. This was exhibited at the Butridge Gallery/Dougherty Arts Center for the AVAA "Art of Collaboration Exhibit"  Aug. 5 -28th, 2010. 

Oak in Wildflowers / Texas Exhibit at Austin Art Space

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Oak in Wildflowers  16x20"

Oil on canvas. $400 + tax (TX only) + $18 sh/h. 

Am thrilled to have a painting accepted into Austin Art Space's "What Texas Means to Me" Exhibit. This painting of mine is one of 40 works in the exhibit, which you can preview on the above link. Philip Wade was the juror. Reception is Sat. July 10! Woohoo. Yeehaa. And all those other Texas phrases come to mind.