During the last blog post I promised that I would be posting every Monday and Thursday from now on in an effort to bring some regularity to the blog, and even though it's Boxing Day here in the UK, it's also a Monday and I am a woman of my word. So here's the blog and...Happy Boxing Day!
I hope you all had a good Christmas Day - at least I hope it was better than mine, because on Christmas Eve I caught the flu my brother has been suffering from all week, so I spent Christmas Day shivering, aching, unable to breathe or eat properly (I couldn't taste a thing) and feeling completely awful. I now know that he wasn't exaggerating when he said he felt as if he was dying when it was at its worst. You may know that I'm only now getting over a long and nasty cold (2.5 weeks and counting at the time of the onset of the second virus), so I guess my resistance must have already been low. I'm usually the type of person who has maybe one cold every 1-2 years, so to catch two within a matter of weeks is really unlucky! The fever has gone today, and even though I'm still ill and a little weak, I feel a LOT better. I actually have an appetite and can taste food again!
Anyway, I have two new canvas paintings to share with you...
Tree With Goldfinches
Original painting in acrylic on deep-edge canvas. 20x20"
© Natasha Newton 2011 (SOLD)
Flying Swallow
Original painting in acrylic on deep-edge canvas. 20x20"
© Natasha Newton 2011 (SOLD)
These were both commissioned paintings, and are part of a set of four I've been busy creating this year for a local couple who live in a beautiful house set in the most amazing grounds. These are the last two pieces and I'm pleased to finally be able to show them to you. As you can see, I've used 'new' colours (for me) in the Flying Swallow piece. It was quite a challenge as I rarely use yellows or greens in my work, except for perhaps a muted grey-ish green occasionally. I also really want to make more paintings along the lines of Tree With Goldfinches - I really enjoyed working on that one!
In other news, my Etsy shop was featured on Typepad's official blog the other day - that was a nice surprise! You can see the feature here.
Which reminds me - as I took part in the Black Friday Thanksgiving sale on Etsy this year, I felt it was only right to run a special Boxing Day offer in honour of our UK tradition! So from now until 31st December, you can get 20% off your order by entering the code BOXINGDAY11 at the time of purchase (excluding 'RESERVED' items). I've added a few new pieces to the shop recently as well as the archival prints and new postcard sets, so feel free to head over and treat yourself to some new art for 2012! You can find the shop here.
See you on Thursday! Oh, and thanks to those of you who left nice comments after the last blog post - they made me smile. x
Sorry you're not well. I love the tree with goldfinches; and the swallow picture is also lovely, nice to see it as something a bit new with the colours. Look forward to seeing more colour maybe?!
Posted by: Victoria Targett | December 26, 2011 at 07:41 PM
Beautiful new work Natty. So sorry you are sick! I was ill in October and it lasted 2 weeks as well. Hope you kick this latest bout soon!
Posted by: cjy | December 26, 2011 at 08:52 PM
Hope you feel better soon!
These paintings are gorgeous, I really like the new colours.
Posted by: Hazel | December 27, 2011 at 09:34 AM
As someone who's gone from having a tooth infection to a kidney infection within a matter of weeks, I send you virtual tea and sympathy. Looking forward to having more Natasha in my week. Hope that doesn't read as creepy as it sounds in my head.
Posted by: Katherine | December 27, 2011 at 01:24 PM
Beautiful new paintings N, I particularly love Tree With Goldfinches - they're such sweet little birds (even when munching on the cornflowers in my garden!).
Glad to hear you're feeling a little better, hope it goes quickly this time!
x
Posted by: Kirsty | December 27, 2011 at 06:32 PM
Natasha hope you're feeling better soon, I always find berocca to be great after a cold!! Get well soon x ps love the new work!!
Posted by: Sue Bulmer | December 27, 2011 at 09:10 PM
Glad you're feeling better! I think the yellow and green go really nicely with your other colours :)
Posted by: Cally | December 28, 2011 at 04:29 PM
The tree with goldfinches is amazing!! xx {O}
Posted by: Leon Milo | December 31, 2011 at 04:19 PM