http://artbyvinita.com Nov 10: I'm working on my site, so please excuse the mess! thx, vinita Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:19:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Evening in Oakland is a street scene of the historic little town of Oakland in Southern Oregon. This painting has a lot of mood and mystery to it. [singlepic=60,300,,,center] http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/evening-in-oakland-2/ Farm View won the Best of Show in the Hundred Valleys Exhibit at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association in September 2008. The painting is of an area close to where I live. I really enjoyed painting the typical Oregon sky! [singlepic=59,400,,,] http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/farm-view-2/ Red Dress at Market just won the Grand Prize Award from Mirror Pond Gallery National Watercolor and Pastel Exhibit in Bend, OR. The painting will be on the cover of the Cascade Arts and Entertainment November 2009 issue. Red Dress at Market is based on the fish market in Athens, ... http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/red-dress-at-market-2/ Red Dress at Market just won the Grand Prize Award from Mirror Pond Gallery National Watercolor and Pastel Exhibit in Bend, OR. The painting will be on the cover of the Cascade Arts and Entertainment November 2009 issue. Red Dress at Market is based on the fish market in Athens, ... http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/red-dress-at-market/ Farm View won the Best of Show in the Hundred Valleys Exhibit at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association in September 2008. The painting is of an area close to where I live. I really enjoyed painting the typical Oregon sky! [singlepic=59,400,,,] http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/farm-view/ Evening in Oakland is a street scene of the historic little town of Oakland in Southern Oregon. This painting has a lot of mood and mystery to it. [singlepic=60,400,,,center] http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/evening-in-oakland/ Dinner in Jacksonville is of the historic hotel and restaurant in the quaint town of Jacksonville, OR. I really had fun with the color in this piece, so it has a lot of drama and interest. [caption id="attachment_240" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Dinner in Jacksonville 22"x15" (sold)"][/caption] http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/dinner-in-jacksonville-sold/ Last night was the opening reception for the Mirror Pond Gallery National Pastel and Watercolor Exhibit in Bend, OR. I was thrilled and honored to be chosen for the Cascade Arts and Entertainment Cover Award. The award, worth $1,200 means that the painting will be on the magazine cover in ... http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/grandprizewinner/ Big Field III is the third in a series of paintings I did of a farm close to where I live. I really enjoy the feeling of cows meandering through the field with the background of barns and farm houses. [caption id="attachment_289" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Big Field III 11"x15""][/caption] http://artbyvinita.com/2008/11/big-field-iii/ Yesterday I joined 5 other area artists at the Duck Pond in Roseburg. The clear blue skies and gorgeous fall colors made it a perfect day for painting. I'm not very experienced at painting water, but at a duck pond, what else can you paint? It was an enjoyable day! ... http://artbyvinita.com/2008/10/paintoutyesterday/