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Author: A M Healey
Professional Fine Artist. Mediums: Pastel, Watercolor and Oils
A rose on every cheek
Little Skills Builders for the containers in containment series. This is a jar of Vegemite, a pewter Koala and its cub, and a wild rose. Vegemite is a rich, sticky, brown paste made in Australia. It is a yeast extract, the residual of the beer brewing process. Yup, it’s edible and, it is popular with […]
Vegemite
As iconic as the Koala and the Kangaroo – yes it is Vegemite. This savory spread is beloved by most Australians and is a rich source of Vitamin B. And while my family has lived in the USA for more than 25 years, there hasn’t been a time when we have been without a jar […]
Marmite
Little Skills Builders for the containers in containment series, the sequel! Marmite versus Vegemite, is there any basis for comparison? They have become comfort foods to entire generations: they exist in some form, in every culture across the globe. Most Brits favor Marmite, Aussies favor Vegemite, for Americans there’s peanut butter, maybe crunchy or smooth […]
Perfumed Peonies in Connecticut
I made a deal with myself to finally enter a couple of national shows. It is always a very scary, intimidating thing to put yourself out there, open to critical review. But I did it, three times in 2019 in three separate national juried shows. Yay! Three pieces in the Pastel Society for Southeast Texas […]
Exciting news!
I am very excited to tell you all about this. Not only are Mark and I headed up to Mass to visit our daughter for her birthday, we are also visiting Mass because I got into a show! Yes, that’s right. The piece below is the one that was juried into the PPSCC (Pastel Painters […]
Happy Fourth!
Hope that you all had a great Fourth of July. I know I certainly did spending some time with family, good friends, and painting. Missing the beach up in Mass and can’t wait to head there this Wednesday. Gotta start packing and make sure I fit my pastels in so I can paint at the […]
Mowry on Unified Color
Unified Color – Reflections on an an exercise proposed by Elizabeth Mowry, PSA. For more details on the original exercise I would recommend purchasing a second hand copy of this publication. The title is: The Pastelists’ Year, see pages 36 through 39. Sadly, this book is currently out of print but you might find it […]
People
Have been attending a portrait session each week for a couple of months now. Very challenging, love the concentration time and not every week produces a good painting. Here is a sample of some that I worked on a little once I returned to the studio. I tend to refine for a couple of days […]
Getting involved in my local pastel society! January 2017.
So, we moved to Houston, Texas a little over two years ago and to try to find ‘my people’ I searched local art societies for Pastel and for life drawing sessions. Success was swift. I found a little gem, the PSST or Pastel Society of Southeast Texas. I went to their meetings, I volunteered to […]