Coral Reef 4 by Marcy Brennan

Coral Reef 4 - 20" x 20" x 2" - oil and cold wax on cradled birch panel - $950

This is the fourth in a series of four oil and cold wax paintings on cradled birch panels. In working this series, I returned to my love of the colors of the waters that surround us where my husband and I live on beautiful Hutchinson Island, Florida. In working the final stages of the paintings, I began adding corals to the blues on two of the pieces, and as I added some textures to the pieces, they reminded me of underwater coral, thus the name for the series.

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Rock on for Ryan

Today's post isn't about art, but about family, specifically my grandson, Ryan.

My daughter Stephanie and her husband Joe Duffy have a terrific son (my grandson), Ryan.  He's 17, loves classic rock, video games, and playing the drums. 

He's also been fighting hard for 17 years to live a normal life.  Ryan was born with a rare genetic birth defect MPS II - Hunter's Syndrome (http://mpssociety.org/mps-diseases/).   

Ryan lives with his loving parents in Port St Lucie, FL.  Stephanie works in the restaurant business and Joey is a Martin County Firefighter.  One of the rituals of living with Hunters is weekly infusions of medication via a port in his chest.

On June 4th, during a procedure to surgically implant a new port, Ryan suffered complications that stopped his breathing.  He was revived and remains in ICU at Miami Children's Hospital (http://www.mch.com/).  It now looks like it will be a long, tough road for Ryan and his family. 

Stephanie and Joey have taken time off from their jobs and are living at his beside as they wait for Ryan to awaken from his medically induced coma.  In the meantime, bills and expenses are mounting for the Duffy family. 

One of Joey's friends has started a crowd funding site on Go Fund Me in order to help defray the costs of Ryan's care.  Will you please check it out and learn more about Ryan and how you can help?

http://www.gofundme.com/rockonryan

Coral Reef 3 by Marcy Brennan

Coral Reef 3 - 20" x 20" x 2" oil and cold wax on cradled birch panel - $950

This is the third in a series of four oil and cold wax paintings on cradled birch panels. In working this series, I returned to my love of the colors of the waters that surround us where my husband and I live on beautiful Hutchinson Island, Florida. In working the final stages of the paintings, I began adding corals to the blues on two of the pieces, and as I added some textures to the pieces, they reminded me of underwater coral, thus the name for the series.

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Coral Reef 2 by Marcy Brennan

Coral Reef 2 - 20" x 20" x 2" oil and cold wax on cradled bird panel - $950

This is the second in a series of four oil and cold wax paintings on cradled birch panels. In working this series, I returned to my love of the colors of the waters that surround us where my husband and I live on beautiful Hutchinson Island, Florida. In working the final stages of the paintings, I began adding corals to the blues on two of the pieces, and as I added some textures to the pieces, they reminded me of underwater coral, thus the name for the series.  This work has a feeling of sky, water and coral under the water.

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Coral Reef #1 by Marcy Brennan

Coral Reef #1 - oil and cold wax painting on 20" x 20" x 2" birch cradled board - $950

This is the first in a series of four oil and cold wax paintings on cradled birch panels. In working this series, I returned to my love of the colors of the waters that surround us where my husband and I live on beautiful Hutchinson Island, Florida. In working the final stages of the paintings, I began adding corals to the blues on two of the pieces, and as I added some textures to the pieces, they reminded me of underwater coral, thus the name for the series.  This particular painting has a feeling of ocean and sky.

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East End Arts - National Juried Show - I'm In!

East End Arts - 3rd Annual Show - The Creative Process - I've Been Accepted!!!

I'm beyond excited that I've been accepted into the East End Arts "Creative Process"third annual national juried show!  The judges were Gerald Peters, owner of the Gerald Peters Galleries of New York and Santa Fe and his NY gallery director, Peter Marcelle.  Both of the paintings I submitted were accepted into the show.  The gallery is located inRiverhead, NY on Long Island, just 15 miles from the Hamptons.

My paintings juried into this show are "Balancing Act" and "Lake Dreams", both 20" x 20" x 2" deep oil and cold wax paintings on cradled birch boards.

 

Balancing Act

 

Lake Dreams

Fort Pierce Library Solo Art Show

Stop in at the downtown Fort Pierce Library on the corner of Melody Lane and Orange Ave during June for a colorful experience!  I just hung 12 paintings, some brand new, at the library today.

New Fiesta Acrylic Abstract Series

When I was in Atlanta a few weeks ago, I had a great time painting some abstracts for my daughter and a whole new color series (in my favorite colors) that I've titled "Fiesta" especially for this show.  The colors brought back memories of the colorful fiestas my husband and I attended when we lived in New Mexico during the late eighties/early nineties.  Our favorite fiesta was Spanish Market in Santa Fe on the main square.  We loved taking a break in a second floor restaurant balcony overlooking the square, sipping margaritas and enjoying the colors, smells, and music of the market.

This series comprises a 36"x 36" and three 24" x 24" paintings.  They are all acrylic on 1.5" gallery wrapped canvases that are ready to hang without a frame.  Since I love using glossy heavy gel medium, they have a nice sheen to them and lots of texture that I included with various texturing tools. 

New Coral Reef Oil and Cold Wax Series

I just finished a new series of oil and cold wax paintings on cradled birch panels.  In working this series, I returned to my love of the colors of the waters that surround us where my husband and I live on beautiful Hutchinson Island, Florida.  In working the final stages of the paintings, I began adding corals to the blues on two of the pieces, and as I added some textures to the pieces, they reminded me of underwater coral, thus the name for the series.  All pieces are 20" x 20" and two of the four paintings are included in the this show at the library.

Also included in this show are two 20"x20" oil and cold wax paintings from my "Wetlands" series, "Morning Mists" and "Wetlands."