Trinity- Painting, Shopping and Creating



Artist and Desinger Mary Rose Homes is speaking of the use of yellow
Wednesday was our day to paint outdoors this week and whilst we love the ocean and the beach, we all have a strong sense and love for architecture. A day of city painting was decided upon. Sarasota, Florida was the choice.

Mary Rose, Violetta and Helen have been painting for almost twelve years and the friendship is one which is very special and  treasured by all three of us.  As with many close friends  often one will find us finishing each other's sentences.   We all aspire to having a positive attitude in our conversation and in our  time together  and we make every effort to  not contaminate our paintings with negativity.   Our slogan "Tell me you want prayer, but only bring me the good news"  (these words are by Violetta's late grandmother). 

With cappucinos for Mary Rose and Helen and Earl Grey tea for Violetta, easels are set up in historic Sarasota.


Historical area - a Guardian Angel guards over us.
Artist Mary Rose Holmes


Artist Violetta Chandler
Helen Tilston decides on this vista and set up easel

Lunch time and a french restaurant on Main Street was selected.  Our client Madame X arrived and joined us.  She wanted to view our morning's work and also use our expertise in selecting colours for her newly acquired second  home, a three bedroom cottage on the intercoastal waterway.  Madame X having recently renovated her main home, which is a large  chateau style home. This home we are quite familiar  as several of our large paintings and not so large paintings hang here and were carefully commissioned. 


Tranquil blue linen is a good choice for the hot Florida climate



  Violetta point to the variety of textures beneficial in decorating.  The hue, tone and value of colour is discussed. 

Madame X  has determined the colours she wants and a paint order is forthcoming. Art work was also selected and we shall be painting her favourite vistas in the coming weeks.


How do you establish what colours to paint your home?



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

duPont Registry Features Three Friends with One Vision & Giveaway

Image
The luxury magazine, which finds its way into the homes and hands of discriminating buyers has released their September/October 2011 issue.  This is the type of magazine that is retained, hoarded and collected. We are delighted to be featured in this prestigious magazine's Back Page . Violetta, Mary Rose and Helen Tilston, aka The Plein Aire Cottage Artists have been painting together for the past ten years.    Double click on Image to enlarge. We have been very busy painting and travelling this past Summer and Autumn and look forward to exhibiting "Save Our Cottages" Series X in February 2012. Are you familiar with the duPont Registry?  Have you been to Tampa, Florida ? duPont REGISTRY   (Click here for to read article) We are giving away 2 copies of the duPont Registry and 2 copies of Plein Aire Cottage Artists Limited Edition 2012 calendar.   Please leave a comment and we shall random draw names on Thursday October 20th.
Read more

A documentary film "Save Our Cottages"

Image
Helen Tilston, St. Remy-de-Provence, France. Photo Michael Tilston I have just returned from Provence, France where my work took me to research painting and filming venues for  Save Our Cottages:  Artists with a cause, a documentary to be aired on PBS in 2018. Violetta Chandler and Mary Rose Holmes Painting and  at Indian Rocks Beach, Photo Tricia Priest Emmy Award winning documentary film-making team Lynn Marvin Dingfelder and Larry Wiezycki have been filming The Plein Aire Cottage Artists, Violetta Chandler, Mary Rose Holmes and Helen Tilston for the past several months at Indian Rocks Beach, Florida Violetta Chandler & mary Rose Holmes  Photo:  Helen Tilston The second part of the documentary is scheduled for filming in Provence at the beginning of June. We are going to be painting and walking in the footsteps of the fathers of Impressionism in Provence. We are thrilled that this documentary is going to film and will b...
Read more

Angels Abide Here

Image
Helen Tilston painting Guppy's Indian Rocks Beach A favourite expression of my mother's is:  "if a job is worth doing; it is worth doing well"  and "no one will ask how long it took to complete a job but they will ask who did it" words of Kathleen Bohannon Glynn. As you will recall from a previous post  RCS Helps The Gift of Food selected us as the artist for their fundraising card.  Thank you to all who have generously donated, including followers and one specifically namely Carolynn Cecilia who blogs under The Anchor and the Bird . Imagine my surprise to open her blog and note she carried my posting on RCS Helps.   Carolynn Cecilia began her "Days of Deeds" this past May and planned to do one good deed daily for 31 days and to her surprise she could not stop here.  Carolyn Cecilia and I have not met but have become friends through blogging and I am always happy to see her new post.  Carolyn Cecilia you are person of such integrity and h...
Read more