Marie Fox Painting A Day

Red Napkin colorful original oil painting of still life: Botticelli Primavera, pitcher, olives, linen fabric napkin

2009-09-22T12:13:00.009-04:00

"The Red Napkin", version 2. SOLD
Oil on canvas, 16 x 20
Email: marie@mariefox.com

It seems that I'm always reworking my paintings. But that's okay - I do enjoy it and I think there's a good reason to do it. This week, as I repainted "The Red Napkin", I realized that the 2nd go-round is really quite different from the first. When I'm painting the original version, I'm the one in charge, telling the paint, composition, colors, objects what I want them to do. Done. Then weeks go by and the painting starts asking me for more. The second version is the painting talking to me, telling me what needs to be done. Corny, but the process does seem to work this way for me.

By changing the border of the calendar on the wall to a dark red, the Botticelli girls celebrating Primavera (original is at the Uffizi, Florence) assumed more importance in the composition. I like the way their softness contrasts to the hardness of the pitcher but imitates its curves. I removed the potato at the far left and intensified the shadow of the pitcher.

" I would appreciate any details or information you could give me about this beautiful painting. What inspired it? Thanks, Kathleen"

Figurative oil painting, coffee and Matisse, woman reading, large figure drawing, art history book, contemporary painting

2009-12-16T08:00:00.000-05:00

"Morning with Matisse"
Oil on canvas, 24" x 30"
Email: marie@mariefox.com

A woman (artist, perhaps) enjoys a cup of French Roast while perusing her book about Matisse. This is always a jazzy combination for me in the morning - coffee and art history, the perfect stimulants for artistic imagination.

French Memories, oil painting canvas, colorful figurative art, woman at beach, semi-nude female figure Riviera

2009-11-28T11:02:00.009-05:00

French Memories
Oil on canvas, 20" x 20" $425 & shipping
Email: marie@mariefox.com

The original version of this scene struck me as too staid so I decided to create a more colorful, playful version. This is the other girl's younger, more spirited sister who just had to see the South of France for herself.

I Am Here, Figurative Oil Painting 24 x 24 woman at the sea, female figure ocean waves

2009-11-06T09:35:00.006-05:00

I Am Here
Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in. $400 SOLD
Email: marie@mariefox.com

I liked the pose of this figure and eventually arrived at the idea of painting a stormy sky and ocean behind her. It's something I'd do if standing at the edge of the sea on a windy day. It's exhilarating to feel the force of the wind on one's body, so long as there's a sense of safety. Woman, wind and water.

'Asleep' pencil drawing

2009-07-02T20:34:00.003-04:00

Pencil Drawing, 11" x 14"
Email: marie@mariefox.com

I recently returned to my first love (in art)- the human figure. The sketches I'll post over the next days are from a drawing class. The model poses nude, but here I caught her sleeping during a break.

Woman at Beach Reading, Figure painting, original oil 18 x 24 figurative canvas

2009-10-16T20:13:00.007-04:00

"At The Beach"
Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 $450 SOLD
Email: marie@mariefox.com

After completing this painting, I felt it had a very peaceful feeling about it. Perhaps its because I know the serenity of a beach and a book. As winter approaches New England, I trust I'll be spending my imaginative time at the beach with paintbrush in hand. While living in Santa Monica, on the occasional hot day, I'd stay cool by painting snowy folk art landscapes from my memory. Ah, the reality of the imagined....

Cowboy Boots Painting: 24 x 30 oil painting, vintage cowboy boots, still life womens boots, cowgirl red tail birds, butterflies leaves

2009-09-26T12:28:00.012-04:00

"Light On Her Feet", 24" x 30"
Email: marie@mariefox.com

I'm honored that this painting was accepted for the "Boots To Heal" Exhibit at Morton Street Gallery in Richmond, Texas. The show runs through November 14 and benefits the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

These boots make me feel like dancing! I absolutely loved painting these boots. I pretty much painted non-stop for a day and a half on this canvas. The boots are depicted larger than life. Painting big keeps me from tripping over ant-hills of tiny busy details. And up close, the image achieves a certain abstraction. Enough talk - time to go dancing!

Sounds of the Sea, figurative oil painting, 24" x 30", two women & sea shell, Italian landscape & interior, almost nude females

2009-07-10T20:00:00.008-04:00

Oil on canvas, 24" x 30"
Email: marie@mariefox.com
$2400

Good news! This painting was just accepted in the California Open Exhibition at TAG Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. The juror of selection was Michael Zakian, Director of the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University. The show runs from Aug 19 - Sept 5, 2009.

I loved painting this big (for me) canvas of figures. It was fun including some small still life scenes at the edges of the scene, and using essentially monochromatic colors. Somehow the idea came to me to paint the standing figure listening to the ocean in a shell. So I made the landscape out the window rural, suggesting that the sea is far away.

Teenager Asleep in Window Seat, original oil painting of sleeping child

2009-08-19T10:30:00.010-04:00

Oil on canvas, 18" x 24"
Email: marie@mariefox.com SOLD

Three Pears & Knife still life, original oil painting by daily painting artist Marie Fox, fruits, small art

2007-08-13T13:11:00.002-04:00

Oil on Canvas Board, 8" x 10" - SOLD
Email: marie@mariefox.com
Comment by email:
"Gorgeous. Exteme talent here." Suzanne

Flour Scoop: Oil Painting 8" x 10" still life kitchen art, reflective silver, colorful small painting

2009-09-24T12:52:00.004-04:00

"Flour Scoop"
Oil on canvas, 8 x 10 $100 plus 8.95 shipping
Email: marie@mariefox.com

I jazzed up this little painting I'd done before by adding strong pure color to the pieces of paper. I also darkened the table top and added lighter reflections in the silver cup. I do love working on a painting when it is dry. The brush drags across the surface in a wonderful way.

Red Flowers & Valentine Heart: Oil painting 11" x 14" still life, yellow rose gerber daisies, colorful glass vase, painting a day

2009-09-29T19:15:00.003-04:00

"Flowers and Heart", Oil on canvas, 11 x 14
$90 View or purchase at Etsy
Email: marie@mariefox.com

Another remake of an earlier painting. When making the color and composition changes, I'm often oohing and aahing as the color and design elements rearrange themselves to create something entirely new. I'm always amazed at how colors become something other than themselves when placed next to or surrounded by other colors. The mystery of visual perception.

Red Shoes: still life square oil painting by daily artist, colorful

2009-04-14T11:11:00.003-04:00

"The Red Shoes", 12 x 12, oil on canvas
$120 Plus $8.95 shipping SOLD

Cereal Bowl, Sterliing Silver Spoon & Newspaper: small painting still life kitchen art, home decor

2008-04-09T01:36:00.002-04:00

Oil on Canvas, 10" x 8"
$190 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail
International shipping: please email me.
Email: marie@mariefox.com
Yesterday I decided to paint something simple. Not a flower or a glass or fruit. Just a spoon in a bowl sitting on a folded newspaper. Nice and simple. Ha! I could not believe how difficult this was to paint. It all started with that ellipse of the bowl. I couldn't get it right. And then there was the newspaper. Phew! Oddly, it was that lovely red square bending around the newspaper fold that kept me pushing onward.
NOTE: after a week or so, I felt the painting did not quite work, so I changed the background color to blue, and added touches of blue within the newspaper details. I like it better now.

Bowl of Soup & Sterling Silver Spoon:8 x 10 small oil painting, food kitchen daily art still life

2008-04-14T01:30:00.003-04:00

Oil on Canvas, 10" x 8" SOLD
$190 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail
International shipping: please email me.
Email: marie@mariefox.com
I had poured myself a bowl of squash soup and happened to set it on a purplish paper napkin. The gold color of the soup suddenly caught my eye. It glowed yellow-orange in the blue bowl, an effect that lessened when I moved the bowl off the lavender napkin. I moved it on and off the napkin several times and was astounded at how much the purple intensified the yellow of the soup. Ah, complementary colors at work! I ate the soup, poured more and headed out to the studio.

Sugar Bowl & Spoon: 8 x 10 small oil painting on canvas, sterling silver spoon, kitchen art, pottery bowl daily art

2008-04-16T02:23:00.003-04:00

Oil on Canvas, 10" x 8" - SOLD
$190 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail
Email: marie@mariefox.com

Pear on Matisse Art Book: 11 x 14 oil still life painting, dancers fruit on saucer colorful daily art realism

2008-04-18T01:58:00.003-04:00

Oil on Canvas, 14" x 11"
$150 plus $7.95 shipping via Priority Mail
Email: marie@mariefox.com
This was a fun painting because I loved the subject - a pear on a plate set on the back of my Matisse book. I even included the bar code as a spot of color. It was a wonderful exercise to follow the lines of these dancing figures by Matisse.

Red roses & Letters: square oil painting 12 x 12 flowers in cream pitcher, desk still life reds and blues

2008-05-06T18:04:00.002-04:00

Oil on Canvas, 12" x 12"
$275 plus $9.95 shipping via Priority Mail
Email: marie@mariefox.com
I'm currently intrigued by flat shapes such as postcards and letters leading the eye into the painting. The colors feel new to me...which pleases me. I like the darkness of this painting whose objects are lighted from the back. And the roses seem to add just the right amount of intense color and focus.

Rose, Lime & Card, 9 x 11 still life original oil painting fruit flower saucer, home decor daily painting

2008-05-03T00:56:00.004-04:00

Oil on Linen, 11" x 9"
$150 plus $9.95 Priority Mail shipping to U.S.
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Email: marie@mariefox.com
And the lime makes its appearance once more. I like the darker colors of this painting. Oddly, I began this painting by deciding what kind of shapes I wanted to paint, and then found the objects that best suited the shapes and lines. The object that determined the color scheme was the art postcard behind the dish. My grandmother had sent it to me when I was twelve, and for some wonderful reason, I found it recently. So magical to read her words to me. So maybe I added the rose because of that.

Lime & Fork: small square oil painting still life, daily art on canvas, 6 x 6

2008-05-03T00:42:00.006-04:00

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Oil on Linen, 6" x 6"
$130 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail SOLD
Email: marie@mariefox.com

Glass Vase of Pink Roses & Flower Clippers, still life oil painting 11 x 14, rose cutters

2008-04-22T01:30:00.002-04:00

Oil on Canvas, 11" x 14" - SOLD
$375 plus $7.95 shipping via Priority Mail
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Email: marie@mariefox.com

In this painting I had to work hard to stay in control. The beauty of the flowers was overwhelming, tempting me to record every luscious little detail. So I went for a simplified color scheme and strong lights and darks. I'm especially happy with the clippers.

Watermelon Slices Oil Painting: fruit, 11 x 14 still life, vintage towel red and green

2008-04-28T01:25:00.002-04:00

Oil on Linen, 14" x 11" SOLD
$290 plus $7.95 Priority Mail shipping to U.S.
International shipping: please email me
Email: marie@mariefox.com
Yesterday at the market, the gorgeously red interior of half a watermelon grabbed my eye. At home I noticed that the color became even more vibrant when I set the fruit slices on this towel of green, blue and bluish-red squares. So off to the studio we all went - to make art.

Teal Vintage Creamer & Limes: square oil painting, lime wedges slices, fruit, kitchen art, still life

2008-04-30T14:59:00.003-04:00

Oil on Linen, 8" x 8" SOLD
$150 plus $5.95 shipping via Priority Mail
International shipping: please email me.
Email: marie@mariefox.com

Roses & Degas Laundress Postcard: pink flowers in green vintage syrup pitcher, still life oil painting

2008-04-25T01:11:00.003-04:00

Oil on Canvas, 11" x 14"
$350 plus $9.95 shipping via Priority Mail
International shipping: please email me.
Email: marie@mariefox.com
More roses from my yard. This time I set them in a vintage green syrup pitcher - or maybe it's a creamer. It anchors down a card I've long treasured, of Degas' drawing/pastel called The Laundress. I've always loved her expression. She looks up from her ironing as if she has just spotted the viewer. I'm happy with this painting.

Comment by email: Hi Marie, Your painting is magnificent! You have inspired me to do paintings featuring a Matisse and this same degas painting that I have always loved. Jane

Spanish Dancer: 18" x 24" oil painting, colorful tile on linen napkin, green apple

2008-12-13T14:43:00.003-05:00

Oil on canvas, 18" x 24"
My Email: marie@mariefox.com
$700 plus shipping and insurance SOLD

Finally I tried a bigger canvas than my usual 6" x 6" and 8" x 10" ones. It was somewhat intimidating to set a large blank canvas on my easel. But by the time I'd finished setting up the scene I was eager to paint. I'm happy for the hours spent on this painting. However my camera did not quite catch the colors of the completed painting. Isn't that often the story? We struggle to create just the perfect color relationships which are then often lost in the photo or the upload to the blog. Anyway, off to find another big canvas.