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Art Weekly No 172 – Blue Chairs, Koroni

Blue Chair21st September 2016

As I mentioned in my recent Newsletter, I will be including some paintings from my #100 Painting Challenge in my Art Weekly mailouts. These paintings are a little smaller than A5, and done in various mediums – if you follow my Jackie Sherwood Artist page in Facebook, or Instagram, you may have seen them when they were originally posted.

I love these blue wooden chairs which seem to be scattered all over Greece! I took this photo when we first arrived in Koroni, and have often sketched and painted them. Unfortunately (for me) now, the building behind has been repaired and painted, very smartly, in a bright mustard colour. It just somehow just doesn’t have the appeal any more!

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Blue Chairs, Koroni
Price: AUD$ 75.00
Size: 17 x 13cm
(Postage and handling included)

 

 

 

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Art Weekly 171 – Fiskardo, Kefalonia

AW-171_Fiskardo-Kefalonia26th May 2016

It seems every time I send out an Art Weekly these days, I apologise for my tardiness! I’ve been working on larger canvasses recently, and the AWs seem to have taken a back seat. However, I’ve now decided to absorb some of my paintings from the #100 Painting Challenge which I’ve been taking part in, into the Art Weekly mailouts. They are smaller, hence the price reduction, and perhaps a little simplified, which I rather like. If you follow me on either Facebook or Instagram you may well have seem some of these!

This one is a small bay in Fiskardo, a lovely Venetian town in the north of Kefalonia. The water around the island is a brilliant turquoise, and I had fun capturing it, using acrylic inks for a change, in an endeavour to keep the freshness. It seems fitting to send this painting out today, as we’re heading to Kefalonia on Monday to meet up with my eldest son James, and his partner Danielle. We plan to spend a few days there, and on Zagkynthos, before coming back down to Koroni. Let’s hope our usual Greek summer kicks in soon!

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Fiskardo, Kefalonia
Price: AUD$ 75.00
Size: 17 x 13cm
(Postage and handling included)

 

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Art Weekly 168 – Petals Underfoot

AW-168_PetalsUnderfoot
10th February 2016

You may have noticed I’ve been including the word ‘Underfoot’ in some of my new paintings just recently. This started way back in 2003 when I did an abstract painting from a photo I took of the ground in a thermal area in New Zealand. I loved the orange and creamy colours and various textures that I saw when I looked down to where I had placed my feet …. hence ‘underfoot! Admittedly, I have for some time, taken photos of the ground, along with rocks, rust and peeling paint – odd I know!  Anyway, this little one was taken outside our apartment over the summer when the good old Greek wind had left me a nice pile of petals and leaves, just waiting to be painted!

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Petals Underfoot
Price: AUD$ 90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)

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Bougainvillea Pathway, Skopelos

BouganvilliaPath_Skopelos

I stumbled across this lovely bougainvillea covered pathway, or set of steps, whilst staying in Skopelos last year.  The pink doorway at the top just seemed to set off the petals amongst the patterns of filtered light.

Details of this painting can be found in Gallery – Greece.

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Art Weekly 163 – Come Inside, Chania, Crete

AW-163_ComeInside-Chania,Crete

16th December 2015 –

A different colour palette with this painting, which was I found a bit tricky as so many of my recent paintings have been in blues and greens.  Strangely too, this painting hails from the lovely Chania in Crete, as did my previous one.  There are so many beautiful little laneways packed with inviting restaurants and bars there, so plenty of exploring required.

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Come Inside, Chania, Crete
Price: AUD$ 90.00
Size: 15 x 21cm
(Postage and handling included)

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Art Weekly 162 – Blue Door, Chania, Crete

AW-162_BlueDoor,Chania-Cret
16th November 2015 –

Finally, back into it……It’s been some time since I sent out a weekly painting as we’ve been on the road yet again – two months of driving around Sicily, Italy, France and the UK – blogs to come soon hopefully!  This painting I had hoped to finish before we left, but it just didn’t quite come together in time.

I took this photo whilst wandering around the back streets of Chania on the lovely Greek island of Crete. It’s just one of the many peeling, battered, doors I’ve photographed over the years, and I suspect it was the peeling blue and orange paint that encouraged me to paint this one.

This door was in what seemed to be in an interesting old Turkish area of the town with the nearby Agios Nicholas church which was built back in Venetian times. It was unusual in that it had an Ottoman minaret still standing, as well as a lovely Greek Orthodox domed bell tower. Wonderful that they have the been able to incorporate all three periods of history and leave them standing for future generations.

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Blue Door, Chania, Crete
Price: AUD$ 90.00
Size: 15 x 21cm
(Postage and handling included)

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Art Weekly 151 – Three Figs

AW-151-ThreeFigs21st October 2014 –

The Greek summer is behind us now, and all the figs have finished. This year seemed to have produced a bumper crop, and I’ve had my full share of figs of all shapes and sizes. My favourites are the yellowish ones (honey figs?) which seem to appear earlish, but for a short season initially. Then for the next 3 months, there’s an abundance of various purple varieties, and again more yellow ones – they just seem to go on forever!  I even managed to grow about a dozen myself, in a pot on the balcony!

If  you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Three Figs
Price:  AUD$90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)

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Koroni Harbour, Greece

Koroni-Harbour,-Greece Details of this painting can be found in Gallery – Greece.

This lovely Greek fishing boat is one of many seen bobbing about in Koroni harbour. They are owned by local fishermen and head off each day for their catch, which is mostly sold to the local restaurants.  Koroni, in the background, is a small town of whitewashed houses tumbling down the hillside towards the harbour. A perfect setting for an artist to live!

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Art Weekly 150 – Spring Olive Grove, Greece

AW-150_SpringOliveGrove-23rd September 2014 –

Its such a pity that most visitors come to Greece in the summer and miss out on the wild flowers during the spring months.  Its a beautiful season, particularly in this area, as all the olive groves seem to burst into bloom with varying coloured carpets of flowers, changing as spring goes on. One day you might see pink or white carpets nestled under the trees, then a couple of weeks later everything will have changed to a brilliant yellow and then onto mauve. Of course, this is also when the poppies start to appear, but in all honestly I can’t really say they form carpets under the trees!  They do often appear in clumps in and around the olive groves though, sometimes accompanied with the beautiful vibrant blue wild irises.

If  you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Spring Olive Grove, Greece
Price:  AUD$90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)