"Harnessed"

         By: Mary C. Aikens, Artist

     Try to imagine of what it feels like to see or maybe be a man (or woman) wearing an orthodontic headgear while he (or she) is posing by that special pet horse while wearing an equine harness at the same time. Well either way, it does take much courage and quirkiness for that person who is wearing the orthodontic headgear in public - especially for posing before going out on a horse-riding venture with friends for that day.  I also put the horse's surprised facial expression to see his owner who is also wearing a harness.  For some time I wanted to see or paint a picture of somebody with a mouthful of orthodontic braces who is wearing a headgear and posing by his or her horse wearing an equine harness.  Voila!  I can now say that I see this particular scenery even though I have painted it myself.  

     Since my preteen years, I admit about my fascination about seeing people who are very brave enough to wear that orthodontic headgear due to their need of having their teeth corrected.  Although, I never went through all of the experiences of wearing a mouth full of braces - leave alone a headgear, I wore retainers which were known as "Orthodontic Appliances" in the past.  However, if I were like that young lady who wore that orthodontic headgear in this painting,  it would not be unusual if I did that same thing while standing by a horse wearing a harness.

Title: "Harnessed"

Artist: Mary C. Aikens

Media: Mixed-Media (W. Acrylic) on pine board

Size: 10" W X 5 1/2" H X 1/4" T

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"Open field Near Dawn Circle"

By Mary C. Aikens, Artist

     This is an overlooked place that has been seemingly tucked away in the Hidden Valley Community in the northeastern part of Charlotte, North Carolina.  For some odd reason why I call this painting as "Open Field Near Dawn Circle is because that there is an overgrown driveway that leads to that particular field past the old oak tree up to an old house. However, I never had the bravery to enter onto that property believing that I will be paying for the consequences in one form or the other.

Title:  "Open Field Near Dawn Circle"

Artist: Mary C. Aikens

Size: 14" W X 11" H X 1" T

Medium: Acrylic on Stretched Canvas

Price: $81.00 (USD)

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"Love"

"Love"

By: Mary C. Aikens

     Love is always in the air, especially around Valentine's Day.  This particular painting will make an ideal gift for that particular sweetheart for Valentine's Day.   Here is a unique way how to write that word "LOVE"  out this way in an artistic style.  This "LOVE" sign has the letter "O" in a heart-shaped style. which has been an inspiration to me by my husband by his writing "L<3VE" to me in numerous cards and notes to me as well his doodling.

* This particular art-sign is different from the other sign pieces in this shop mainly because

    it is actually a framed painting.

*  There are both highlights as well shadowing on the letters.

*  This painting was done in acrylic and Mixed-Media on hardboard.

*  The picture frame was done in acrylic on yellow pine.

*  Measurements: (Picture)  16" W X 12" H x 1/8" T

                                  (Frame)   16" W X 12 - Hole for for this picture

                                                    1 1/2" W X  3/4" T  (Frame leg width & thickness)

                                  (Overall Measurements)  18 1/2" W X 14 1/2" H

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Saturday At Lake Norman

"Saturday At Lake Norman"

 

 

Wow!  It has been quite a very long time since I have done any en plein air painting since I can really remember since the late 1980's.  I wanted to do some outdoor paintings for some time, and the weekend of August 8-10, 2014 (a couple of Saturday's ago) was on my plans to do just that even when the weather was very iffy.  I also learned how to pack much lighter for this particular type of excursion since I was riding with my husband in his two-seater convertible (Pontiac Solstice). We finally arrived at Jetton Park, which is about twenty-five miles north of Charlotte, NC.  Jetton Park has both beautiful and rustic landscapes, and it is a place where my husabnd goes during the week to "soak" in all of that scenery enough to call it his "outdoor office".  He also goes there to have his little picnic and make various work-related telephone calls. Now, I can really understand why he loves coming up to Jetton Park enough to inspire me to do this en plein air painting. 

 

 On that day, I found out that there were so many scenes to choose from between passing boats, scenes with houses in the distance, scenery closer up, and the passing clouds. I just began doing at least a couple of crude sketches before I started painting on a hardboard panel.  Usually, I prefer my hardboard panels to do pallett-knife paintings, however, I painted this painting in acrylics which I start off painting in a watercolor style.  It dawned on me that the hardboard was literally absorbing the fluid part of the paints during my applicactions. I thickened up the paint and received better results.  Recently, I have been having an "itch" to improve my painting style by watching demonstrations on "You-Tube" and observing other artists' styles of the ones that I want to implement into my paintings.

 

 

Title: "Saturday At Lake Norman"



 

Medium: Acrylic on Hardboard Panel

 

Size: 8" W x 6" H

 

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