Oil paintings by Abbey Ryan

19 September 2012

Three Seckel Pears (& big day coming up)

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I wanted to mention that I have an anniversary of sorts coming up on Sunday. I started my painting a day project on September 23, 2007. For my first "daily painting," I picked a pink zinnia from my neighbor's garden and painted it. :) I'll write more on this in a few days, so sign up here if you want to receive that.

Anyway, just today I enjoyed that Seth Godin wrote about "the simple power of one a day." May not be for everyone, but I certainly find joy in it and recommend both his post AND creatively doing something -- one a day. (I also enjoy visualizing my paintings as molehills. :)

If you enjoy this painting, please leave me a comment.

ENDING SOON!
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2 comments:

Cynthia said...: I like the asymmetry and its warm tones. It also reminds me of a famous icon of the holy visitors at Mamre (also taken for the Trinity), just the way the stems are inclined toward each other.; 9/19/12, 8:21 PM
Carolina Elizabeth said...: I love that! That one first day has so much power. Just the thought of it is inspiring. Thank you for being a trailblazer. You continue to inspire me as I have taken on the challenge of teaching myself to painting in oils. I love my first day. Thanks for the reminder. :)
Carolina Elizabeth; 9/19/12, 8:43 PM

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Inspired by the "A Painting a Day" movement, I started making daily paintings for my blog on 9/23/07.

Five years later, my blog has had over half a million visitors from over 100 countries. More importantly, though, painting has become my meditative time and the best part of my day. Attempting to paint every day speaks to my interest in ritual, practice, classical still life and trompe l'oeil painting, and the complexities of internet globalization. My paintings are usually sold by eBay auctions, and are in over eight hundred private and public collections around the globe.

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