Irene Duma - Landscape Painter
fine artist and educator
Hello dear blog that I have ignored the past few months. Me bad. But I will be visiting you again daily as I signed up for the #30paintingsin30days! challenge again.
Yesterday’s painting is a little itty bitty mini oil painting which I am thinking about hashtagging with #miniduma on instagram. If that’s nuts or obscene in any language, let me know.
Look Up!
3×3 inches
oil on canvas
What have I been up to? Well, I’ll write all about it in another blog post soon.
Painted from a photo taken during my walk a few days ago. The busy harbour hums and beeps in the morning, with lots of activity.
That pinkish pile in the foreground is the city’s winter’s salt supply. We go through a lot of salt to keep our hilly roads safe.
Day 23, complete. I have painted every day this month – wowsers! This is a mini painting. Also called ATC or ACEO.
Good Morning, working harbour
Oil on gessoed paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches.
Here is a tiny oil painting of the view from Signal Hill looking towards Cape Spear.
Confession: I just realized that I forgot to paint the lighthouse. I will do that tomorrow when I get some natural light so that I can see where to  place the tiny dot. I mean lighthouse. And also because I am too mad after having camera import problems for the last 2 hours. Tech problems. Waaahh.
#30paintingsin30days challenge, day 22.
Good morning Cape Spear
2.5×3.5
oil on gessoed paper
Good morning sunshine seroes
Good morning sunshine #1, Fort Amherst.
oil on gessoed paper
2.5 x 3.5
New this week, I’ve decided to try painting mini-sized oils. This is a great way to simplify your paintings by not getting into too much detail. And since I like big, gestural bold brushstrokes, this is a great exercise for me.
This small oil is on 2.5 x 3.5 watercolour paper that was primed with gesso. You need to prime the paper as the oil in the paint may react with the paper over time.
Paintings on paper this size are called ACEOs (Art Card Originals and Editions) or ATCs (artist trading cards) and they are a collectible item.
I am going to be holding an art show soon and think these would make great affordable gifts. Next on my list is to find things to mount these onto. Copper? Wood? Bark? Greeting card? I dunno. I will try it all.
Nothing beats living with original art in your home. I have nothing but originals in mine. Many are kitschy vintage works I picked up from garage sales for a dime, but they are real and I love them.
Oh, and I’m starting a series. This one is called Good Morning Sunshine, and it’s paintings of the mornings here in St. John’s, Newfoundland. With our own special timezone, we are the first to greet the morning in all of North America. I’m not a morning person, but it’s making me want to be one. Kind of.
This painting is from a snap I took of Fort Amherst and its lighthouse on my walk 2 days ago at 9 am. I think that’s the earliest I’ve ever been out on Signal Hill.
Day 21 of #30paintingsin30days
One of the pleasures of hiking the East Coast Trail is that it’s well maintained. If you reach a boggy part, there will usually be a raised wooden path to cross on. Often it’s covered in chicken wire so that you won’t slip.
I never liked hiking in Ontario – hot, humid, too many bugs. I’d rather be in the water. But hiking in Newfoundland is another thing completely. Crazy views. Crazy good workout. And no bugs. Did you hear that? NO BUGS!!!
Painted for day 21 of the 30paintingsin30days art challenge from a photo I took in April. For this one I experimented with an underpainting made by using hard pastels, then dipping a paintbrush in rubbing alcohol and painting over the pastel to blend it. Then I used some high intensity pastel on top when it dried. Pretty fun stuff.
Let’s hippety hop on the path
soft pastel on watercolour paper and gesso
5×7