Welcome to Margie Guyot's updated blogsite! I do plein air landscapes plus studio paintings of still lifes in oil. You may still visit my older blog (greatlittleoilpaintings.blogspot.com) to see everything painted prior to 2010.
I'm running woefully behind on my blog posts! It's been quite a busy summer. One of my friends shot this photo of me at the opening of my show, "On a Vintage Cloth", on Saturday, August 20th, up at 3 Pines Studio and Gallery, in Cross Village, Michigan.
People ask me what my favorite color is. I'm not sure, but everybody's sure it's orange!
The painting I'm standing in front of is titled "Butterflies and Lemon Pie" (or some such title -- it's all a blur at the moment).
"Looking South -- Lightfood and State Roads" -- plein air field study -- oil on canvas panel -- 8x10" -- Margie Guyot
We'd had days and days of high winds and rain here, making me itching to get out and do some plein air painting! This morning I had to schlep 2 paintings up to Crooked Tree Arts Council in Petoskey, then take several others up to Three Pines Gallery in Cross Village. Quite a haul. But I had my thinking cap on and had all my painting gear with me.
Every time I'd come back from Three Pines Gallery, I'd see this road. Finally I was able to stop and paint it! The wind was bearable. The clouds were quite interesting. It wasn't too hot or too cold. In other words, it was a perfect day to be out painting!
Seems like every painting I've done with a road has sold. Wow -- a light bulb finally came on: I need to paint more road paintings!
Woke up at 4 this morning, got up at 4:30 and am about to get my bike ride in. Then I'll load up the car and drive south, towards Bellaire. Last week I saw an old tractor in a field of goldenrod. Let's hope it's still there!
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