Hockey....all the time

 

Ruth and Rita    16x20

I feel badly that I haven't been painting and posting. I had no idea that moving was going to interfere with my life so much!

For those that are interested, I have paintings for sale at the Key City Theatre Gallery,  November 25th to December 20th and at Artrageous "Holiday Spirits" show Nov. 30th-Dec 31st in Cranbrook.

Opinions please

This is my original painting of "Fred the Fierce".

This is test1 with one window.

This is test2 with no windows. I wasn't that happy with Fred but I wasn't sure why. Now i think it is the background. Once again I have broken the rule of relying too heavily on a reference photo. But I was trying to do something different with the background. I think the three windows are too overpowering. I kinda like the offset one window. I would appreciate your opinions and why.

Thank heaven for photo repair so that I can play with this on the computer before I actually repaint it.

Fred the Fierce

 Fred the Fierce   16x20 acrylic

I liked this hockey players intense look. Let's play hockey!

She scores

 

Yay, the Hockey girls sold. Rats, I loved the look of them hanging in my dining room. Sigh.

Ruth and Rita

Ruth and Rita   16x20 acrylic

A hockey painting headed for Black Star Gallery.

Hey, you can help me out by voting for my paintings by going to:  http://www.bcpondhockey.com/center-ice-art-contest.html  and giving me a vote.

And if  you like this painting, you could pin me on pinterest.

Rink RAt

Rink Rat   16x20

This one was based on a photo of my younger daughter when she was playing hockey. That was when I began to appreciate the game.

I fell (hard) while out walking the dogs yesterday. Now I feel old, stiff and lacking energy. But tomorrow will be a better day. Actually, I might feel better if I go do some yoga!

Marjorie's team

 Marjorie's team    20x16 acrylic

I met a really cool lady by the name of Doreen Lamond in 2008. One of our local papers had posted a photo of a group of 1938 girl hockey players. I tracked Doreen down and received her permission to make a painting of that photo. She came to see the painting when it was on exhibit in Cranbrook and told me stories about how her and her sister had played hockey, borrowed their brothers skates and fallen down a lot, but as she stated "they made their own fun". This painting is based on another photo, the one of her sister, Marjorie's team.