Get Cool, Boy

In homage to that time of year in Oklahoma when hot and cool are in constant conflict. Click on any image to view its source.

Boy, boy, crazy boy, Get cool, boy!*

That's When I Knew. Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 18 inches, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.

Got a rocket in your pocket, Keep coolly cool, boy!

complements by Flickr user Susan Sermoneta.

Don't get hot, 'Cause man, you got Some high times ahead.

Untitled by Flickr user Bill Rogers.

Take it slow and Daddy-O, You can live it up and die in bed!

A Dream of the Sea. Oil on canvas, 120cm diameter by Andrew Salgado.

Boy, boy, crazy boy! Stay loose, boy!

Glass Study. Oil on canvas, 6 x 6 inches, 2013 by Jelaine Faunce.

Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it.

ice on a rope by Flickr user Leo Reynolds.

Turn off the juice, boy!

volunteer park conservatory: succulents! by Flickr user Letha Colleen Myers.

A Huge and Fabulous Ralli from this post on theSri Threads blog.

Go man, go, But not like a yo-yo

Impression, Sunrise. 1873 by Claude Monet.

schoolboy. Just play it cool, boy,

Starlight. Agnes Martin.

Real cool.

* Cool from West Side Story. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Crackers and Bowl

Crackers & Bowl. Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.

I spotted this lone packet of crackers one day at the coworking space where my studio used to be. It looked so pitiful. I thought, don't worry, little packet of crackers all alone. You may be eaten, but you will not be forgotten.

More food and drink paintings will be on display at Delish! this October at Broadway Wine Merchants in Oklahoma City. Dates and details on the way.

Sushi: White Plate

Sushi: White Plate. Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.

Part of my new series Delish!

Acrylic paints have the wonderful property of being either transparent or opaque. Typically I build an acrylic painting using multiple layers of paint, either thinned with water or mixed with a medium such as Golden's glazing liquid. I mostly use Golden's fluid acrylics for their high concentration of pigment in a low-viscosity vehicle.

For this piece, however, I decided to make the background and shadows flat, opaque, and graphic in order to highlight the details in the sushi rolls themselves.

More food and drink paintings will be on display at Delish! this October at Broadway Wine Merchants in Oklahoma City. Dates and details on the way.

Kitty Kitty at National Watermedia Oklahoma

Kitty Kitty Cowboyed Up, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 14 inches, 2011 by Sarah Atlee.

What: 36th Annual National Watermedia Oklahoma juried exhibition

Where: Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City

When: 14 June - 6 July 2013

Join us for an opening reception Friday, June 14, 6-9 pm.

About National Watermedia Oklahoma

The 36th Exhibition of National Watermedia Oklahoma will showcase some of the finest artwork currently being produced in the U.S. This exhibit is known to reflect the wide diversity of watermedia two-dimensional art, from non-objective, abstract, and edgy to realistic, dramatic, and detailed. All entries should be created in some form of watermedia, such as acrylic, watercolor, casein, gouache, or egg tempera, and applied to paper, canvas, panel, or Yupo. Entries may include paper or fiber collage elements.

About the Juror

Frank Francese:  NWS, TWSA Master, WHS, WW, SDWS, WFWS, TWS, CWS

Frank Francese was born in Arizona in 1951 but has resided in Colorado for most of his life.  He has been a professional artist since 1976 and achieved the groundwork for his profession while attending Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado.

Watercolors came to the forefront of Francese's artistic work in 1983.  His liquid style is unique and distinctive.  Frank enjoys working on a very wet surface, letting the pure color mix itself on the paper.  His shapes are large and loose, often disregarding fine detail.  Frank uses abrupt color changes of he same value with the while of the watercolor paper to bring his paintings to life.  The subject matter for Francese watercolors is always varied, reflecting his national and international travels as well as local western Colorado scenes.

Read more about the process behind Kitty Kitty Cowboyed Up.

Breakfast: Peaches, Coffee, Shogun

Breakfast: Peaches, Coffee, Shogun. Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.

Breakfast: Peaches is part of my upcoming solo exhibition Delish!

Shogun, you ask? No, that's not a typo. The object peeking down from the top of the composition is a worn paperback copy of Shogun by James Clavell that I was reading at breakfast that day.

More food and drink paintings will be on display at Delish! this October at Broadway Wine Merchants in Oklahoma City. Dates and details on the way.