HARE & HOUNDS PUBLIC PUB

    Located in picturesque historic downtown. Poulsbo, WA. Is modeled after what you might find in any old town euro pub. You will find an awesome lineup of craft beers from home and abroad.....featuring Poulsbo's own breweries called the "Fab Four & Five".
    This pub dedicates its taps to local, fresh and creative beers. With Nitro taps, Ciders, and a five cask system taken off the streets of London in 1972.

    Food ranging from simple ruben sandwiches to steak dinners to the best fish and chips you can get. Monday's are live local bands playing right on the sidewalk. Hare & Hounds sits across the street from the Bluewater Artworks Gallery where this painting is on display.

    The painting is of the bar inside the Hare & Hounds, very old style and inspiration was the feeling of being in a London Pub..... such a beautiful thing..... here goes the brush again.....

I took the pictures of the painting in process in stages. This was truly a fun painting and what a joy to paint. Painting is in oil and took a little over two months to paint. Though while waiting for it to dry I did paint two more paintings in acrylic.... oil is so different and fun to work with....



  

    The finished painting.... Oil on canvas 20x40.

Canvas is gallery wrapped with quality.

Painting will be framed in a floating frame , mat black with very small hints

of red coming through the black. Sides will be about 3 1/2 inch thick....

River Dreams On Canvas

I love the beauty of nature and that alone seems to inspire me putting it all on canvas or paper. The Animas River is just one of the most beautiful rivers.  During the early fall the landscape is full of colors , like an artist palate bright in all shades of paint.  Painting the "Animas River" was one of many paintings that made me feel like I was writing a book, only the words came through the brush rather than the pen.

The Animas River  painting took second place in the Helen Norris Open Art Show May 6th 2012



"ANIMAS RIVER, COLORADO"

 Canvas painting are three separate canvases to create one painting. Each canvas is a 12 x 12

 Painting medium is Acrylic

PUBLIC MARKET ON CANVAS

Here are three acrylic canvas paintings of the "Pike Place Market" in Seattle.

 I took these pictures on St Patrick's day walking around the market area with my cousin Shelly.

 So much color and a lot of fun painting them. 

The Public Market has so much history not to mention a few ghost who haunt the place.

That's another story..................

"Market Flowers"

 Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA

Acrylic on 24x24 canvas

"Public Market" 

 Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA

Acrylic on 12x12 canvas

"Market Grill"

 Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA

Acrylic on 12x12 canvas

Pike Place Market History

On opening day August 17, 1907, eight farmers brought their wagons to the corner of First and Pike — and were overwhelmed by an estimated 10,000 eager shoppers. By 11 a.m., they were sold out. Thousands of shoppers went home empty-handed, but the chaos held promise. By November 30, 1907, the first Market building opened, with every space filled.

In 1914, Goodwin had the four-story, labyrinthine Main Arcade built, which descends from Pike Place to Western Avenue. It provided 100 spaces for merchants and farmers, and for a printshop, restaurant, creamery, butchery, and grain market. Two years later, Goodwin redesigned a building at First and Pike to add 65 stalls and stores, including a wholesale sugar operation and dime-a-dance ballroom. He named it the Economy Market because damaged goods delivered by cargo trains below were sold at discounted prices. These buildings are still the main Market buildings today.
By its 10th anniversary in 1917, the core of the Market looked much as it looks today. In addition to the Main Arcade and Economy Buildings, the Corner Market Building (1912) and Sanitary Public Market — so-called, some say, because horses were not allowed inside — to its north were in place. The Market continued to expand as a center for food retailing and served as a social center as well. It became the place to see and be seen. In 1926, the Market flourished as 627 farmers were issued selling permits to be used in only 500 stall spaces. Over 25,000 people were coming to the Market on weekdays, and that number doubled on weekends. Those down on their luck during the Depression found low-cost food and friendly surroundings at the Market. The LaSalle, Leland, Livingston and Fairmont Hotels offered affordable rooms by day, week or month
After many years of lobbying, public education, and fundraising, a group of Market defenders calling themselves Friends of the Market mounted an extraordinary public initiative, collecting 25,000 signatures for a ballot measure to "Keep the Market." They organized thousands of volunteers, and against all odds, won the vote on November 2, 1971. It is thanks to this effort that we can enjoy the Market today. 

                 SELF-GUIDEED WALKING TOURS

MAP OF THE HISTORICAL PIKE PLACE MARKET

Mastering The Medium Of Acrylics On Canvas

    Studying the Acrylic on canvas, with having the ability of using my watercolor techniques, the acrylic medium is so much a joy now.

    Long hours of reading and studying the medium I feel I have accomplished this medium very well as to what I want to convey on canvas.

    This piece was painted on three canvases of 10 X30 each to form one painting of the Hana coast in Maui.  I have hiked the Hana Mountains and have so much enjoyed every part of this destination for travel.  I would have to say, that this is my most favorite place on the Hawaiian Islands from an artist point of view.

"Coastal Rain on the Hana Coast"

"Contemporary Art"

Maui’s Hana coast is the tropical side of the island with spectacular waterfalls, tropical
rain forests, and isolated beaches. As with the saying “Life is a journey, not a
destination”, so too is Hana as much of the scenery lies along the long and winding road
in. Hana is the rainy side of the island with over 100 inches of rain a year. While spending
time there I found this generally a pleasant rain and had more than enough sunny days
to spend along the coastal beaches.

Green, tropical Hana is a destination all its own, a small coastal village that's probably what you came to Maui in search of. Here you'll find a rainforest dotted with cascading waterfalls and sparkling blue pools, skirted by red- and black-sand beaches. Beautiful Hana enjoys more than 100 inches of rain a year -- more than enough to keep the scenery lush. Banyans, bamboo, breadfruit trees -- everything seems larger than life in this small town, especially the flowers, such as wild ginger and plumeria. Several roadside stands offer exotic blooms for $1 a bunch. Just "put money in box." It's the Hana honor system.

The Hana coast is rich in Hawaiian history and the scene of many turning points in Hawaiian culture. The ancient chants tell of rulers like the 15th-century Piilani, who united the island of Maui and built fish ponds, irrigation fields, paved roads, and the massive Piilanihale Heiau, which still stands today. It was Piilani's sons and grandson who finished the heiau and built the first road to Hana from West Maui, not only along the coast, but also up the Kaupo Gap and through the Haleakala Crater.

  

SOMETHING ABOUT THE BEACH

Something about the beach is rewarding to all of us.

Most of us have a connection with the beach ,we find peace, tranquility, process a lot of thought and escape a busy life for a day or two or three or four or.......

The smell of the saltwater air, the salty air breeze on your face, and the sand between your toes.

What I find at the beach as well, is a sense to create and bring the beach back home with me through the brush.

POINT NO POINT LIGHTHOUSE, WASHINGTON
WATERCOLOR ON 140lb ARCHES WATERCOLOR PAPER

IRISH COAST, DINGLE IRELAND
 ACRYLIC ON A 12X12 CANVAS

“A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun-drenched beach and does not send a card.”

--Farmer’s Almanac

“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.”

--Isak Dinesen

Wet-into-Wet Watercolor Painting

 This was a fun experiment, with painting on smaller 140lb cold press arches watercolor paper and using the wet on wet approach .

      Working with a lot of water, I needed to still keep the painting bright, yet not have the painting  fade out as it dries. 

Painting in acrylics these last several months, I needed to get back into my watercolor touch, by keeping the painting fresh and loose.

Watercolor painting can be tricky and exact.

Watercolor paper and pigments can be unruly at best and unforgiving at their worst.

Fine Art America

Just finished up posting some of my work to "Fine Art America".

Took a little time, but it's there....

I hope to blog soon again on some new works...

Marti-green.fineartamerica.com

Lavender

Acrylic on a 12x12    1  1/2 inch side canvas.

It's been cold and the only thing I can't wait for, is Spring.

Painting  and posting this painting, added a little warmth to my day.

Please Stop by and see my site at Fine Art America.