todays painting...

the same chicken different palette... : ) I had fun with this one...

a back log of paintings all in one post...

These first three are part of my white on white series (having a bit of fun with the third one : )







and the last one a white chicken on a decidedly NOT white back ground...

todays painting

having fun with the white on white ... this one is called egg and salt

milk - eggs and salt

two more studies...

art auction

I participated in a live paint at an art auction it was pretty fun to see a bunch of my piers and produce a painting in one hour (that's after I have the sketch done and everything is ready set to paint : ) so at 5:45 I started and at 7pm I was putting it in the frame.. I was pleased with the results as was the happy buyer that took it home... : ) a fun evening for sure...

sorry for the low quality photos my i phone is not as good as my regular camera...

more lemons

I will move on from lemons soon I promise... : )
I think the color really cheers me up during these cold rainy days! ...

the morning run with my man : )

and one that's a little more 'abstracted'

and the painting

pink lemonaid

so this ones a bit 'different' - but it's a painting to push me out of my comfort zone... the challenge was to not use any 'local color' meaning the color that the thing is... pretty interesting results...

red and yellow

one more with lemons : ) had to play with the red ...

all my paintings are on my web site and this project cataloged here - "small works"

zesty

one more with the lemons I think I may move on tomorrow but enjoying the yellow in contrast with the hard metal.. : )

all my paintings are on my web site and this project cataloged here - "small works"

getting juiced up - todays painting

getting going on my 30 days of paintings 2 down 28 to go : )

all my paintings are on my web site and this project cataloged here - "small works"

(this piece is 6" x 6" oil on board and is $200)

a thirty day challenge

This is not a diet ... it's an art challenge! I'm giving my self 30 days to create thirty paintings - they will all be 6" x 6" and will be for sale for $200 each.

I'm doing this in an effort to re-focus myself on my art - I'm allowing my self a wide open subject matter but making them all on 6" squares....

the first painting is up on my web site also in the new category called "small works" this will be where I will post daily each painting I do !!

Not to be missed art, food, wine and truffles !!

I'll be having an art opening with all the new paintings I've been posting of late and a few more... The art opening is Friday Jan 27th at the The Hilton Eugene as part of the opening reception of the Oregon Truffle Festival !

If you would like to attend the festival there are still a few tickets left for the weekend experiences and immerse you self in food, wine and truffles for a weekend!



Big Table Farm will be partnering up with Chef/Owner Jason French of ned lud and pairing our wines with this special lunch on Saturday! check out this menu people!

truffled white bean purée, flat bread crackers
celery root, truffled remoulade, hazelnuts
truffle roasted hen legs, braised and charred leeks, jus
vanilla and truffle panna cotta, marsala syrup


(hazelnuts from our old vine pinot)

another painting

'green grass and ham'

Happy New year!!

Hi All I've been way behind the 8-ball with posting I'm sorry I'll get that camera in my pocket again and get you some nice farm photos and more news of what's going on at big table! - I've been catching up big time on all kind of things. Brian and I had a VERY quiet holiday which was sooo welcome - 2011 was a good year looking back but whew it was full... here's snap shot ...



I've also been in the studio here's a new painting just finished tonight the photo could be better it's a bigger painting on canvas and is for a show I'm doing in a few short weeks as part of the Oregon Truffle Festival - I'm the featured artist - Which is VERY nice : ) thanks OTF!!



In Farm news my niece Eliza is visiting which has been lovely she's been working on her art and helping around the farm as well.



And just when I was running low on chicken food - we received a wonderful farm gift from our friends at Ayers Creek of about 700lbs of organic squash which are being enjoyed by the chickens and some as a treat for the cows!! yup who knew?! cows LOVE squash...


(just some of the loot)



and thanks to a very dry winter to date - the boys are still working there way around the lower pasture.. which normally this time of year is far too wet for use - it's quite a luxury to not have to slog up that hill quite yet .... So all in all things are rolling along - I'll be posting more info on the truffle festival in a few days I'm just getting my web site up to date with all the new paintings and then will be doing an official show announcement : ) - in the mean time hope you day hold some peaceful moments - cheers! Clare



I leave you with a photo of curley the bull who had his sex-cation at big table farm this summer/fall - we are crossing our fingers that he got all four girls knocked up for the up coming spring calving season... : ) which will bring our heard up to 12 bovine!!

New Paintings -

I just finished some new chickens for Christmas stockings! I'm offering a holiday special - one chicken is $200, 2 Chickens are $375 and three are $550. As an added bonus I'll pack and ship the birds to you for free! (ups ground) ... the chickens come mounted on dark gray painted blocks ready to hang.

(they are all the same size 7.5 x 7.5 out side dim. with the block they are mounted on and the painting it self is 6" x 6")


(if you are interested in other paintings look over there > on the right on my flicker site)

















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yesterday evenings painting

This one is a little bigger at 11 x 14" ... I will never tire of this lower field - which is good since I live here : )

sneak peek

We are gearing up to bottle in a few short weeks I thought I'd give you a sneak peek at the new line up of label art I've been working on that you will be seeing on the 2010 wines. The wines are just gorgeous we are very excited to get them out to everyone!!! Also as you can see there are a lot more new vineyards in 2010 that you haven't seen before! ... We'll be doing the release in September (and some in April) and you'll get the full scoop then! ...