Parade of Palms #ParadeofPalms #DebbiSmithRourke

© Debbi Smith Rourke 2017

Parade of Palms 12"x16"

Oil on canvas panel

$525 unframed / $625 framed 
Available via ArtfulGalleries.com

More layered work inspired by my trips to South Padre Island. Enjoying the electric colors. #inspiredbySPadreIsland #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #Texasart

Umbrella Time ©2016 DSR #beachpaintings #DebbiSmithRourke

©2016 Debbi Smith Rourke

Umbrella Time  30"x 40"

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

$3000 + sh/h
Available on ArtfulGalleries.com

So excited our annual exhibit at Old Bakery and Emporium is right around the corner. I'll be exhibiting my beach series which is a joy to paint as it takes me to my favorite places. 

Hay Bales Triptych ©2016 #DebbiSmithRourkeArt

©2016 Debbi Smith Rourke

Hay Bale Triptych 12"x36"

Oil on 3 gallery-wrapped canvas

NFS

Finished this triptych a month ago and finally posting. Was a gift for Jillian our daughter-in-law. I love hay bales and plan to paint a bunch more, after my beach series. I love the beach and our farm lands. I am Texan after all.

#18 on West Austin Studio Tour #WEST

 

©2015 Debbi Smith Rourke 

 Moraine Lake 24"x24" 

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

SOLD  

Come see me this weekend at Austin Art Space. I'm #18 on the WEST tour and will be at the gallery THIS weekend only - while my artwork will be there both weekends. Austin Art Space: 7739 Northcross Drive, Suite Q.

I'll be at Due West, the Big Medium fund raiser, this Friday night at Dougherty Art Center. I'll have one work in the group show. Hope to see you there too!

"After the Storm" ©2015 DSR 

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"Canyon Lake" @ 2015 DSR 

SOLD

Kauai ©DSR #debbismithrourke #sidexside

©2015 Debbi Smith Rourke

Kauai  12"x12"

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

$400 + $30 sh/h
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This painting is now part of my "Nature Interpreted" exhibit with photographer Jack Marshall now on display at Bruegger's Bagels in Westlake, ATX through Feb. 27. Join us for our morning Art Opening Saturday, Jan. 23 from 10 AM to noon and grab some bagels, cream cheese, brandy milk punch and apple cider. Check out all the photographs that inspired this series. Hope to see you soon! Thanks for swinging by whenever you get there.

Gondola ©DSR #sidexside #venicepainting

©2015 Debbi Smith Rourke

Gondola 11"x14" 

Oil on canvas, framed in black float frame

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This painting of Venice is part of my "Nature Interpreted" exhibit with nature photographer Jack Marshall now on display at Bruegger's Bagels in Westlake, ATX, through Feb. 27 — 3267 Bee Caves Road at Walsh Tarlton (SW corner).

Light of Day © #abstractoilpainting #DSRabstract

©2015 Debbi Smith Rourke

Light of Day  7"x5"

Oil on canvas board

Here is a kitchen setting with the image framed. Most accurate color is in the top image.

Light of Day  7"x5"

Oil on canvas board
 $130 unframed / $200 framed
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This is another sweet little abstract that I painted in layers at the end of several of my painting sessions using some of the more sophisticated colors derived from mixing colors for a couple of hours. Love the gold, amber and grays. Very inspiring to me. Enjoy.

Emerging Spring © #emergingspring #DSRabstract

©2015 Debbi Smith Rourke

Emerging Spring 36"x48"

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

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I named this latest 3'x4' abstract Emerging Spring because it felt like the earth was busily and happily churning new life energy and then spewing it out as glorious young foliage. My color palette for this abstract painting is one of my favorites. I adore teal, lime green and rusty reds with golds, plus the more ethereal muted tones of each.  Then I found the perfect setting for the painting. LOVE IT! Now "Emerging Spring" is ready to reside in a new home just like this one. Contact me if you are interested in collecting this piece, prefer local pick up, or want to come to my studio to see it. Always an important step.

Mayan Breeze #mayanbreeze #anotherpalmtree

©2015 Debbi Smith Rourke

Mayan Breeze 11"x14" 
Oil on panel. Framed size: 12"x15"
$425 unframed / $525 framed 
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Here is one more palm tree painting in my beach series. This one is a horizontal version. I love painting beach scenes of my favorite spot on the Mayan Riviera, especially when we are experiencing cold temps in Austin! Wish I were on the beach!

"Heart of Art" Exhibit Reception #heartofart #Californiaartexhibit

 Julia O'Reilly, Irenka Kudlicki, Debbi Smith Rourke (me), Nancy B. Hartley and Alina B

Finally posting images from our fabulous reception last Saturday (Feb. 7). Thank you Alina B for hosting the lovely art party!! Nancy Boynton Hartley and I exhibited our contemporary oil paintings, and we had contemporary jewelry designs by Irenka Kudlicki and Julia O'Reilly. Lots of sales, champagne and sweet treats. I have 11 paintings in the exhibit, which will be up through May 2 at Alina B in Blackhawk Plaza in Danville, CA (East Bay). If you are in the area, hope you will stop by!  Here are a few more pics! 

My "Coastal Feeling"  painting in the front window

Here I am with my paintings. 

 Sweets and Nancy's painting / Pic of me, the beautiful and talented Nancy Hartley and the amazing Alina B.

 Nancy's stunning works (and two of mine)

 Nancy and our friend and contemporary artist Deborah Ashley

Nancy's sweet husband Brian serving wine. Nancy and Brian took care of me all weekend. Thank you!

Thank You for 2014! #happynewyear #debbismithrourke

Thank you all for helping make 2014 a banner year for my art endeavors. The paintings below are just some that sold or were commissioned over the last year. The increased interest, commissions and sales were delightful and mean so much. I so appreciate my collectors! And supporters!

Wishing you inspiration, fulfillment, health and joy throughout 2015.

With gratitude!
Debbi  

 

Cedar in Tall Grasses  8"x10"

 

Cloudcroft Spring  8x10"

The Dance 30"x24"

Early Morning Lake View / Vertical 40"x30"

Tropical Breeze 16"x12"

Into the Leaves 10x8"

 

Lake Shore  8x10"  

Garden Tour 5"x7" 

Mount Bonnell Bend  5"x7" 

Thoughtful Girl 16"x16"

 Trial Islands  8"x10"

Into the Leaves © #abstractoil #smallwork #sidexside

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

Into the Leaves  10"x8" 

Oil on canvas board 
SOLD

This painting is a Daily Paintworks Facebook picks of the day today / Labor Day! Yay!
Hope you'll come by our "Side by Side Exhibit" artists reception this Friday at Old Bakery and Emporium (10th and Congress) from 5 - 7 pm. You'll see this work and the photograph by Bill Oakey that inspired this abstract. Well, here you go....Thought you'd love to see my inspiration whether you can come or not.

Creative Possibilities ©

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

Creative Possibilities 12"x12"

Oil on gessoed .5" thick plywood board / unframed

$400 + sh/h in US
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I started this painting in the Sandy Ostrau workshop I attended back in January. But after I got home to my Austin studio, I added the red-orange elements. Now it is a tretrad of blue-green, blue-violet, yellow-orange and red-orange. Yummy. Love the simplified shapes, large brush strokes, mix of brush and palette-knife work and surprises of color where they might not appear in reality. Creative possibilities are infinite!! Love that. What possibilities inspire you?

Snow Shed ©

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

Snow Shed  6"x6"

Oil on 1.5" wide gallery-wrapped canvas

$150 + sh/h in contiguous US
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I painted this from I photo I took on a delightful winter excursion near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Love the little shed tucked into the trees. So enjoying painting snow scenes, even though I am totally ready for hot weather! My feet are cold!!!

Beach Time ©

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

Beach Time 8"x8"x1.5"

Oil on 1.5" wide gallery-wrapped canvas / unframed (no frame needed)

$210 + $15 sh/h 
Available on ArtfulGalleries.com

I painted this from a photo I took while vacationing at on the Mayan Riviera a couple of years ago at Grand Velas. It is an abstracted or simplified representation using techniques I learned from the fabulous California artist and generous instructor Sandy Ostrau. I love my beach time and this painting takes me back to this memorable adventure.

Sprinkles ©

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

"Sprinkles" 8"x10" 

Oil on canvas panel / unframed
$250 + sh/h in contiguous US
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My first donut painting! I have been teaching the most talented 10-year old girl in my still life classes. She loves donuts. She was so excited when I had a set-up for her with this donut, sans coffee mug. She painted a more overhead shot. Was so sweet, I decided to paint it myself, though this is a more straight on view and I added the mug. Pretty fun. And I bought and extra donut for my hubby, which he loved. He named this, by the way. :-)

Teal Hills © / In-Home Studio Holiday Sale

©2013 Debbi Smith Rourke

Teal Hills 24"x 24"

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
SOLD

I am enjoying painting abstracted landscape imagery, particularly of Lake Austin. Unexpected surprises arise when I explore techniques such as multiple layers, interesting new color mixes and a variety of textures.

This Friday and Saturday, December 13 and 14th, I am hosting a Holiday Art Sale in my home and home studio. Email, text or FB message me for my address. The inside of our home is decked out for the season and my paintings are hanging throughout the house — an homage to myself! If you are in Austin, pop by! 

Home Studio in NW Austin

Friday, 12/13: Noon to 5 pm

Saturday, 12/14: 11am to 5 pm