Carrie L. Lewis | August 4, 2010
6×8 Original Oil on Gessoed Panel
Colors Used: Colors Used: Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Manganese Blue, Ivory Black
Medium Used: Walnut Oil
The painting session began with a good rubbing of Walnut Oil. I used my hands and rubbed the surface of the painting thoroughly to warm up the oil and spread it over the parts [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 28, 2010
6×8 Original Oil on Gessoed Panel
Colors Used: Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, Transparent Yellow Oxide, Titanium White
Medium Used: None
Buckles & Belts is getting close enough to completion that the sessions are getting shorter and shorter and further apart.
In the week of July 12, I got only one painting session on the painting. Most of that time [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 21, 2010
16″x20″
Oil on Oil Primed Linen Canvas on Baltic Birch
This is Keyodee Star, my latest portrait.
Odee, as he is affectionately known around the stable, is a Michigan bred Standardbred. The day the photograph was taken upon which this portrait is based, he was at Midland, Michigan. He finished a close second at, but was overtaken in [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 14, 2010
6×8 Original Oil on Gessoed Panel
Colors Used: Titanium White, Manganese Blue, dark Palette Gray, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber
Medium Used: Walnut Oil
When I sat down to paint this session, I didn’t intend to do a lot of work or spend a lot of time. It was already eight o’clock in the evening and [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 7, 2010
6×8 Original Oil on Gessoed Panel
Colors Used: Palette Gray, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre, Titanium White
Medium Used: Walnut Oil
This week focused on the only area yet to be finished on Buckles & Belts, the part of the face to the left of the halter and bridle.
The eye had been bothering me for some time. [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | June 29, 2010
6×8 Original Oil on Gessoed Panel
Monday Session
Colors Used: Titanium White, Cerulean Blue, Prussian Blue, Burnt Umber
Medium Used: Walnut Oil/Alkyd Medium
In the first work session, the primary goal was to get back into a rhythm with this painting and to begin putting paint on the panel.
The painting sat idle for seven months. The paint was well [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | June 22, 2010
Many of you will remember this image. Buckles & Belts. It was one of the lesson paintings I started early in 2009, when I was learning the Flemish technique of painting.
Most of those paintings didn’t survive due to paint film failure, support failure or just plain boredom with the image.
This painting wasn’t officially abandoned, but [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | March 4, 2010
Wow! Robins last Saturday. Temperatures in the sixties today. Could it possibly be? Is spring here?
Probably not, but it sure is nice. I set a house plant into a sheltered patch of sunlight yesterday and put a few more out today. They sure do seem to enjoy the fresh air and sunlight and I like [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | February 2, 2010
January proved to be a good month for portraits and painting in general. I entered the month with three portraits in progress and, although all three portraits were still in progress at the end of the month, progress was made on all three of them.
Portraits
Lockkeeper is the longest in progress, which isn’t surprising because it’s [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | January 26, 2010
Keyodee Star took another step forward today with the next glaze. I worked on the background again, this time on the exterior walls of the stall.
I confess to having hesitated getting to this stage. The first glaze went very well and the overall painting has proceeded so well, that there is the fear that a [...]
I am a self-taught artist for the most part. Lots of trial and error in the past forty years! Formal art training consists of a couple of years of high school art, a painting class at a community college, one semester in the Fine Arts program at Abilene Christian University and a couple of local workshops.
I am always looking for ways to better my artistic skills, so I am a permanent student in the School of Trial and Error. I love reading and have been known to spend hours online researching materials and techniques. As a result, I've painted in several different styles, including the direct method (which goes straight for the color) and Classical methods (which involves underpaintings, layering and glazing).
I have exhibited paintings in locations such as Lone Star Park Race Track, Grand Prairie, Texas and Remington Park Race Track, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since the early 90s, I've worked with the Michigan Harness Horseman's Association, donating custom portraits to their annual benefit auction.
In the course of maintaining a growing art business, I have taught myself web design (a skill that will no doubt prove to be a continual learning experience).
I also enjoy puttering around the yard, chasing trains with my husband, Neal, travel and, of course, looking at horses whenever they appear on my horizon.
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