I was so excited to have won Best of Show

at the Eastern Shore Art Center Grand Festival of Art a few weeks ago.

The title of the work was "The French Influence from Paris to New Orleans"

Next show for this work is at the Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival in Ocean Springs, MS 

 on November 3 and 4, 2012.

Cafe de Florie, Oil, 10 x 8 inches

©Colette Martin Waite

It was great to see so many people at the Fairhope show.

I always enjoy visiting with all of you who have bought my work in the past. I prefer selling my work directly to you so you can know why I created a painting and at the same time I get to know where the painting will take up residence!

I had the two paintings below accepted in the

Colors of the Coast, A Juried Exhibition !

This show is presented by Wintzell's Oyster House and Cathedral Square Gallery

both located on Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile.

The show will open today, Friday June 8 and run through June 29 at the Gallery.

Hustle, Oil, 12 x 18 inches

©Colette Martin Waite

Delta in Living Color, Number 18, Oil 10 x 12 inches

©Colette Martin Waite

Getting ready for the ESAC Outdoor Art Show in downtown Fairhope, March 16-18

This painting has been rolling around in my head ever since I took the photo a few years ago.

Dublin Rain, Oil, 14x10 inches

©Colette Martin Waite

The next painting is a new technique for me. It took me a while to work out how I was going to do this. The idea started with a painting I saw at a bistro in Paris. The painting I saw had a white gesso ground and the edges were left raw with the tacks showing. I am using a raw rough linen and priming  it (sizing, not gesso) so that I could leave some of the linen color showing. I have to credit using this linen to an artist friend Davis Tomasovsky of Ocean Springs/New Orleans. The painting shown here is wrapped but I have done several so that the copper tacks are left showing on the side and the edges are left raw.  A bit labor intensive and more costly too!I like the look. I hope others will too.

Luncheon is Ready, oil on linen, 16 x 12 inches

©Colette Martin Waite
SOLD

And I am still working on chef scenes!

Hustle, Oil, 12 x 18 inches

©Colette Martin Waite