Trio of Bees

A friend of a friend was in town, and was brought to my studio for a tour. After selecting a few paintings to be shipped home, she mentioned that she wanted a grouping of three small pieces to hang together on the same wall. Sunflowers are her favorite, so I took a request to make a sunflower & bee painting. Another small painting with a bee & flower complete the group. I'm looking forward to seeing all three framed, and hopefully I'll get to see a photo of them hanging together.

Teresa's Sunflower
9x12"

Bee With Flower
5x7"
Trio of Bees



New and Upcoming

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4"x4", Oil on canvas
©2010 Giselle Gautreau

SOLD


Grouping of 4"x4" canvases


Trio of 4" paintings

Coming soon:
More 4" paintings.
Images of beautifully framed paintings of mine that are in a friend's collection.
A painting to support the Loma Public Education Fund, available at the fundraiser Gala.
New encaustic paintings.
California landscapes.




Free to a Good Home

Choose one of these little lovelies to take home... (see below)


Exit Stage Right, 2x2" oil on canvas

Little Bee: Yellow
2"x2"

Little Bee: Blue
2"x2"

To sweeten the deal: Acquire any one of my available paintings and choose one of these mini paintings to keep as well. Oil on canvas, measuring 2"x 2".

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound
4x4", Oil on canvas
©2010 Giselle Gautreau

(canvas is on 1 1/2" stretcher bars so has a little depth when hanging on the wall. Sides are painted, so no need for framing.)

available: $125

Grasses
photo taken with my iPhone

Summer Update:
My kids are out of school for the summer, which means squeezing in painting when I can. I have a few small projects and commissions in the works, but mostly I'm following my inspirations and personal goals. I have a large canvas that I'm finishing up, as well as a series of small scale pieces all in various stages of completion. There are more bees, as well as a chicken portrait or two. I've been playing with my iPhone and enjoying the images that I'm creating with a fun little application called Hipstamatic. Some of these will likely translate into paintings. I am always on the lookout for imagery to use in my paintings, forever collecting photos to reference when I am back in the studio.

I've recently created a Facebook Group page. If you're on Facebook, be sure to join the group Giselle Gautreau: Paintings. I'll post new images there as well as have updates that relate to what's happening in the studio.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=137643769587819

Happy Summer!

Open Studio

Open Studio

I'm hosting my first open studio since moving here. Mostly it will be friends from the local school and neighbors. If you're in the neighborhood, feel free to come by! I promise to have plenty of coffee on hand.

This Wednesday, June 2nd
10am-1pm

Santa Cruz Mountains
Los Gatos, CA

Chickens will be in attendance
Email for directions

Peep

Peep

3"x3", oil on canvas
©2010 Giselle Gautreau

collection: the artist

(note on the painting: this little cutie grew up to be our own little Fluffball, the infamous chicken that went on a 5 day walkabout in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She's got street cred. amongst the hens. Fluffball is a Silver Laced Wyandotte.)

Cinco

Cinco
12"x12", Oil on canvas
©2010 Giselle Gautreau

note on the painting: This portrait is of Cinco, the fifth chicken that we picked out last Spring. She's an Ancona hen. When she was small, she was "tasted" by our Black Lab, Bella. Cinco lived to tell the tale, but she wasn't very happy to see our dog for a while after the incident. Cinco is one of our smallest chickens, and she generously lays one small white egg for us every day.


My model.


Five Hens

Five Hens
5"x7", Oil on panel
©2010 Giselle Gautreau

note on the painting:
This little painting is of our original flock of hens. Last spring we got 5 baby chicks, and within a few short months they were soon outside and free-ranging around our property. This began our adventure in the joys of raising chickens. This year we're enjoying fresh eggs, and have added 5 new chicks to our flock.