"Black Walnut Shell Basket with Acorns and Berries" Original Oil Painting by Mary Ashley

4" x 6" Original Oil Painting on Gessoed Hardboard

 By Mary Ashley

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"Blue Glass Bottle and Clementine" Original Oil Painting by Mary Ashley



5" x 7" Original Oil Painting

on Canvas

by Mary Ashley

 

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"Clementine and Blue Willow Plate" Daily Painting Oil on Canvas by Mary Ashley

 

 

5" x 7" Original Oil Painting

on Gessoed Hardboard

By Mary Ashley

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"Clementine and Raku Pottery Bowl"

I love painting Clementines, the many colors of Red and Orange, along with a handmade Raku pottery bowl, a perfect pair.

6" x 8" Original Oil Painting on Canvas 

By Mary Ashley

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"Full Moon over Mountain Home"

This is a street heading into town on a wonderful fall night. The Moon was so bright you could drive without the lights on! Of course my passengers screamed with fear when I did. Painting from a photo reference and a vivid memory!

5" x 7" Original Oil Painting on Canvas 

 By Mary Ashley

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"Treasures From the Sea" Original Oil Painting by M. Ashley

They are treasures from a summer at the beach. The old Blue bottle has the sand with the tiny shells, pieces of sea glass, rocks and and the dried sea fish that is forever preserved. If you happen to be on the beach at around 6am, as the tide is going out, you will find treasures like this waiting for you! On one trip to Gasparilla Island in Florida, the shells were knee deep in places.

8" x 10" Original Oil Painting on Gessoed Hardboard Daily Paintings By Mary Ashley

"The Treasure Box" Oil on Gessoed Hardboard 8x10"

A little tin box with a little boy's treasures from a summer filled with wonderful finds. The box is an old tin box with chipped paint. There are two marbles a broken Robin's egg, and a tiny basket that Gramps made from a walnut shell. Inside is a small glass jar, a rock from a camping trip on the river, and other mysterious wonders.

8" x 10" Original Oil Painting on Gessoed Hardboard

By Mary Ashley

"Old Stoneware Jug and Egg"

This is a old handmade jug I found at a tag sale long ago. I love the drippy glaze and natural shape it has. My setup for this was a single 40w overhead light and the egg is real and rather translucent but picking up the light shining on the table.

8" x 8" Original Oil Painting on gessod hardboard

 By Mary Ashley

"Bluffs on the Buffalo River"

This is an awesome river! It's light is magical and sounds of the river are calming. If you have never been you should take a trip to float it or just spend the day beside it. This is a small study done with a pallet knife.

5" x 7" Original Oil Painting on Canvas

By Mary Ashley

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"Arkansas Black Walnut Fall"

The walnut this year are going to be huge! Some have already dropped from the tree. These are the first Walnuts for this fall.

5x7 Oil on Canvas

By Mary Ashley

 

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"Empty Nest and Robin's Egg"

 

They work so hard to make such a perfect little home and then when the babies are grown and fly off on their own, the parents go on vacation, and the perfect little nest, adorn with baby feathers, is abandon.

5" x 7" Original Oil Painting on Canvas

By Mary Ashley

"Old Bottles and Robins Egg" Original Oil Painting

A couple of old bottles surrounded by seeds, nuts, berries and a Robin's egg. I have shelves full of these old bottles and when I'm in the mood to paint glass. The largest one is probably an old whisky bottle that was dug up somewhere around Chicago. It has a film of calcium deposit on the inside that makes the blue glass really glow under overhead lighting.

8x10" Oil Painting on Ampersand Gessoed Hardboard

By Mary Ashley

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"Nardello Italian Heirloom Peppers"

I have go to the Farmer's Market on the square every Saturday morning now to buy these wonderful peppers all tangled up in baskets! They hold back the really gnarly ones for me. They have to be painted quickly because they start turning in color and shape!

The Reds used here are Magenta, Cadmium Vermilion and a touch of Cadmium Orange.

Oil on 5x7" canvas panel

 

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"Flow Blue Cream and Sugar"

A favorite Blue and White Cream pitcher with some sugar cubes. Still a challenge to paint but I love it! Painting the old pitcher I used Ultramarine Blue, Magenta, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, and White.

7x5" Oil on Canvas Board.

Latest oil painting by Mary Ashley "Old Bottle with Seeds"

"Old Bottle with Seeds" still life 7x5

I been working out some issues with the materials I've been using. I have discovered you really have to know how to use these new oils, varnishes and mediums because it does make a difference in your painting.
This is a painting of one of my old bottles from my collection with some seeds from the field out back.

 

"Lilacs in Silver Vase" 8x10"

The Lilacs are in bloom and they are beautiful! The air is warm and scented with them everywhere you go. This is one of a series off flowers from my cottage garden I'll be painting.

"Moon Dog" Original Daily Painting by Mary Ashley

 

While I have been painting some commissions I have been wanting to do some landscapes that have been on my mind. I love to paint night scenes and this is one of the old farms on the Buffalo River. The moon rising had a ring around it which is call a "Moon Dog" and was so bright there was no need of a flashlight!

I thought of naming this painting "Arkansas Moonshine" but then I thought about the connotations of that title!

Oil on 8x10" Canvas Board

By Mary Ashley



"Three Pear" Daily Oil Paintings by Mary Ashley

 

I love the way the pears turned out in this painting, but the back ground just didn't make it. So here it is darker with a warm foreground.

8x10" Oil on Canvas

By Mary Ashley

"Three Pears" Daily Paintings By Mary Ashley

I love the way the pears turned out in this painting, but the background just didn't make it. So here it is darker with a warm foreground.

Original Oil Painting On 8"x10" CanvasBy Mary Ashley

"Rembrant Tulips" Oil Painting 20x16"

 

One of the commissions I've been working on this month. It's different for me to paint this size and a light background! The colors are never the same in the photo but close.

Now I will start back with the smaller paintings.

 

20x16" Stretched Canvas Oil Painting

by Mary Ashley

"Raku Turquoise Bowl and Clementine"

"Raku Turquoise Bowl and Clementine" 

 

I love this bowl with it's many challenges of crackle and color to paint! It make painting the Clementine a breeze! 

 

7" x 5" Oil on Canvas

By Mary Ashley