Beverly Zajac Larsen

Lemon blueberry Cup

2013-08-30T14:35:00.000-04:00

8 X 8 Oil on Canvas.

This painting was wiped clean twice before the paints and I came to an agreement. I do like the softness and sort of duo color of this painting.

John's Pepper's

2013-08-30T14:29:00.000-04:00

5 X 5 Oil on Canvas

A small quickie I did of some veges from my friends farm.

Orange Kiwi Cilantro

2013-05-17T16:57:00.000-04:00

8" X 8" Oil on Canvas

Another rainy day painting while in Florida. Oh well if I couldn't be at the beach at least I could paint!

Lemon Slices

2013-05-17T16:53:00.001-04:00

8" X 8" Oil on Canvs

This is one of the small paintings I did while down in Florida. It was a rainy day so I thought what better than to paint lemons!

One Bad Apple!

2013-04-23T15:16:00.001-04:00

One Bad Apple! 6" X 6" Oil on Canvas

Still painting small right now, but I may graduate soon to a larger surface. Its been so long so I am trying to get back in painting shape!

Little Green Apples

2013-04-23T15:14:00.000-04:00

Little Green Apples 6" X 6" Oil on Canvas

Orange Slice

2013-04-17T22:36:00.002-04:00

6" X 6" Oil on unstretch Canvas

Another small study painting. I am trying really hard to keep these around 2 hours!

Strawberries

2013-04-14T21:50:00.003-04:00

6" X 6" oil on canvas

Another painting I am calling a study. I painted this on unstretched gessoed canvas. I am finding it very toothy and not sure I like painting on this. Still I am happy with the finished product.

Tomato Brothers

2013-04-14T21:46:00.003-04:00

16" X 12" Oil on Canvas

The photo I took of these handsome guys have been in my painting cue for a long time. I finally found the time to paint them.

Apple Tea

2013-04-11T18:24:00.000-04:00

6" X' 6" Oil on Canvas

A small study to help get me back in painting shape. I have been away from painting for sometime now. My time was consumed with creating leather handbags which was and still is very fun and rewarding! I really missed painting though and I am now going to divide my time more evenly. I tend to be a bit obsessive when I do things. LOL!

Three Is Better Than Two

2013-04-11T17:21:00.000-04:00

Its been long time!

16" X 12" Oil on Canvas

Three trees that have been calling me to paint them for a couple of years! This past fall they had a great show with their leaves and I finally got the time to paint them!

Big Apple

2011-08-10T17:41:00.004-04:00

"Big Apple" 28" X 22" Oil on Canvas

The second painting of my fruit series. I am trying to keep the simplicity in my life and not worry about the detail so much, but the important things like the lights and shadows.

Cherry Lemon-Aid!

2011-07-15T15:12:00.002-04:00

12" X 12" Oil on Canvas

A very wet painting I just finished. With summers bounty I want to take advantage of the beautiful still life it can create. I do like to paint food - all kinds! LOL!

Magnolia Tree

2011-06-06T22:15:00.002-04:00

"Magnolia" 10" X 8" Oil on Canvas

This is a small study for a larger painting I plan on doing. I wasn't really sure how I was going to paint a magnolia tree. I was asked to paint the tree as a commission so I decided to paint it small first to work out the composition and how I was going to go about it. I think I like it, but I am still not sure. I want to keep it loose without to much detail. I really am striving for a feeling.

Lake Huron From the Deck

2011-01-25T21:43:00.002-05:00

10" X 8" Oil On Canvas

Simplicity. I am trying to find simplicity in my life and my work. I have finally cleared my cluttered life enough to slip a painting in! I haven't painted for over a year now and it really effected my balance. I thought this would be a great first painting.

The painting is a view of Lake Huron from the back deck at the house of my friend who lives in Pinconning Michigan. Yes, the home of Pinconning cheese! A girls weekend is held there at least once a year and we bask in the views, dine on wonderful cheese while enjoying a cocktail or two or three or....

This represents the simplicity, peace and tranquility I hope I can find in my life.

Laguna Beach

2009-10-05T15:46:00.004-04:00

Laguna Sunset 20" X 16" Oil on Canvas

Another sunset from my Laguna Beach Photos. I really wanted the glow of this amazing sunset to be featured along with the vibrant color in the clouds and sky. Wish I was there right now! Catalina Island in the distance. This a view from the opposite direction of the last painting post.

Catalina Sunset

2009-10-01T13:09:00.004-04:00

Catalina Sunset

14 X 11 Oil on Canvas

This past January I was in California and took a picture of the sunset at Laguna Beach. On the horizon is a faint outline of Catalina Island. The sunset is sooooo beautiful there. I was apprehensive about painting this scene because the beauty is so intense. Here is my effort.

Yellow Stone Landscape -Heiner Hertling Workshop!

2009-09-28T12:52:00.004-04:00

11" X 14" Oil on Masonite
Yellow Stone Park, Grand Tetons (Day 02)

14" X 11" Oil on Masonite
Yellow Stone, (Day 01)

Heiner Hertling Workshop
Your Brush With Nature

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to take a 2 day workshop with Heiner Hertling, the artist who hosts the PBS show, "Your Brush With Nature"! It was such a great learning experience. We worked on landscapes and techniques to prepare us for plein air painting. This is something I really would like to start doing. We completed a finished piece each day. These are the paintings we completed. Both are scenes from Yellow Stone National Park

What I loved about this workshop was learning to paint with a large brush and not worry about the details. We focused more on shapes, color and values.

Main Street Art Bev Larsen Featured Artist!

2009-09-18T15:50:00.003-04:00

This month Main Street Art in Milford, MI will be featuring my paintings in their front window!

I am very honored & excited to have my art work displayed in their gallery . If you haven't seen any of my original pieces and are in the area please stop by and check them out. Its a great gallery, filled with wonderful artwork by local and national artists along with framing, art supplies and great gift merchandise.

Main Street Art is located at:
432 N. Main Street
Milford, MI 48381
248.684.1004

Sprinkle Row

2009-09-09T16:03:00.005-04:00

10 X 8 oil on canvas

This is my submission for the DSFDF challenge. It really went along with my theme of recent paintings! I was a bit nervous about attempting this one, but once I got started it was much easier than I thought. I am glad I did it. Like I said before, DSFDF challenges me to paint things I would never have considered. It is such a great learning and expanding excersize!

Strawberry Row

2009-09-08T23:05:00.007-04:00

Strawberry Row 22" X 16" Oil on Canvas

I had so much fun painting the apples that I thought I would do same with these strawberries. Its a little smaller painting, but I still like the graphic boldness to it. I may continue doing this as a series. I am working on the DSFDF project right now with the cupcakes, which incidentally is in the same fashion as these last two paintings! I may have to add it to my series!

Apples

2009-08-30T01:39:00.003-04:00

I finally got a break this weekend and was able to do a painting! These beautiful red apples were just calling me and they wanted to be big! So these are painted on a 28' X 22" canvas. It felt really good to get a painting done. I have been very busy with my graphic design business (which is also not a bad thing), but really needed to to chill out and do a painting. I really like they way it turned out and this one is definitely one of my favorites!

P.S. I ate the apple on right when I finished!

Cats Out of the Bag!

2009-08-09T00:02:00.004-04:00

Yes, its true! The Cats out of the Bag! Just thought I'd share some funny pictures of my cat, Toonsis and his sleeping habits!

Sorry I don't have any paintings right now, I am in an art festival this weekend and will be back painting after next week. Its been crazy this weekend with lots of rain! Hopefully tomorrow will be better though the temps are supposed to reach in the 90's!

See you in a couple of weeks!

Tea with Grapes!

2009-07-27T16:13:00.006-04:00

6" X 6" oil on canvas

Those darn grapes just keep popping up everywhere! LOL! Another quick study on canvas. I'm not sure if I will even call this done. I wanted to limit my painting time so I stopped here. I kind of like it right now, but I will decide tomorrow. Sometimes you need to step a way for awhile to really get an idea of what it needs or if its fine. Because this is small, I really didnt't want to much detail and I wanted it to be more expressive.I think I am really starting to favor the hardwood boards to paint on instead of canvas now!

Blueberries

2009-07-26T21:21:00.006-04:00

"Blueberries"

7" X 5" Oil on Canvas

This is a quick little study I did this morning on another one my most favorite fruits! Doing this on canvas right after painting on the masonite is an adjustment. Because there is so much tooth to the surface quick paintings seem to have a more painterly look. Here I forced myself not to blend to much which is really hard for me to do.