Carrie L. Lewis | July 30, 2010
Original Colored Pencil
Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90 lb. Natural, 16″ x 20″
Colors Used: PS Limepeel, Grass Green, Olive Green, Dark Green, Apple Green, Yellow Chartreuse and Yellow Ochre
I worked for two hours on this piece tonight while Neal was cooking. It was a great work session in spite of the fact that I didn’t feel up [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 23, 2010
Original Colored Pencil
Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90 lb. Natural, 16″ x 20″
Color Used: PS Limepeel, Peacock Green, Grass Green, Dark Green, Chartreuse Yellow, Sepia
I began work on the right side of the painting, starting with the grass at the foot of the trees. I used the colors listed above in a random pattern of application, primarily [...]
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 9, 2010
Original Colored Pencil
Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90 lb. Natural, 16″ x 20″
Color Used: PS Violet Blue, Dark Green
The goal for this session was to get the trees in the background as close to completion as possible. I also wanted to define them a little bit more clearly than I’d done in the past. There are very [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 1, 2010
Original Colored Pencil
Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90 lb. Natural, 16″ x 20″
Color Used: PS Grass Green
It looks like I got a lot of work done in this session and I did. But the bulk of the new color is the first layer of color on a large section of the painting.
I had a limited amount of [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | April 19, 2010
Original Oil Painting
Raphael Belgian Linen Panel, 16″ x 20″
Always in Style is now officially complete! The final touch was brushing up the background with Titanium White and Manganese Blue. That was all it needed.
The portrait was photographed and a digital image sent to the client the same morning and approval has since been received.
The finished [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | April 15, 2010
Original Oil Painting
Raphael Belgian Linen Panel, 16″ x 20″
The painting entered the final detail phase by this point. Most of it is finished, but there are details to scatter throughout the portrait that will bring it to life.
My goal for the day was to get this portrait finished or to get as close to completion [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | April 12, 2010
Original Oil Painting
Raphael Belgian Linen Panel, 16″ x 20″
This time around, I started with Style’s eye and worked around it, color by color, until I’d worked over the entire face and blocked in the forelock, as well. I used almost every color on the palette.
The cool highlights such as those under the eye are mixtures [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | April 1, 2010
Original Oil Painting
Raphael Belgian Linen Panel, 16″ x 20″
By the time the portrait reached this stage, Thanksgiving was upon us. The paint and the artist both got a little bit of time off!
Even though no painting was done, I did take a look at my reference photos looking for a good, secondary image to provide [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | March 29, 2010
Original Oil Painting
Raphael Belgian Linen Panel, 16″ x 20″
The painting is getting to what I usually refer to as the ‘nit-picky stage’. That is, I’m working at finishing each section I work on in a single painting session.
For example, today’s work was centered on the part of the face below the nose band. From light [...]
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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