Daily Painter Amy Hautman

Ivory Chicken, Portrait in Oil

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:57:00 +0000

Fine Arts League of Cary is having it's annual members show at Page Walker Arts & History Center in downtown Cary.

The jurors gave this "Ivory Chicken" an award. Thank you!

Oil 8x10
Available $300.

Rooster Portrait

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:01:00 +0000

So how did the Picasso show influence my painting? There are no words scrawled across the canvas, although I was tempted. There are no black outlines, oh, but it is very orange and white.
Thank you Pablo.

Oil 8x10
Available $300.

Picasso Orange and White

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:54:00 +0000

I visited "Picasso and the Allure of Language"at
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University . Every Picasso show I have ever seen I am blown away by the scope of his work. Here was a whole new dimension to explore- the influence of language in his work, particularly his early years in Paris when he was hanging out with Gertrude Stein and company. The guy certainly was prolific! It is not surprising he didn't do well in his personal relationships. Oh, yeah, this blog is about art.
After a powerful visual experience, I like to pay attention to how it effects my painting. Most striking was a series of lithographs from a book of poems LE CHANT DES MORTS for Pierre Reverdy. Several of the wall of the gallery were painted in this brilliant red orange offsetting the simply framed pieces. The overall sensation was spectacular. I didn't want to leave.

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Lavender Iris Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:40:00 +0000

I am still working away on a large canvas with five big chickens under a fig tree. On days when the bigness feels overwhelming. These little baby watercolors are a perfect remedy.

Spell check is letting me say "bigness"?

Watercolor 3x4"

Orange & Golden Leaves of November

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000

Our many windowed house sits in the middle of a beautiful woods. So right now, the first day of November, I am nestled in a world of warm autumn colors. Yellows and oranges against a clear blue sky makes for a fine palette.

Watercolor 4x7
Available $150.

Heavenly Blue Morning Glory Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:05:00 +0000

When most of the veggie garden has been forgotten, these beautiful volunteer Morning Glories twisted around the fence are still delightful.

Watercolor 6x8

Scarlet Tulip Garden Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Red Tulips.

White & Yellow Tulips on Blue

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:35:00 +0000

Usually, I start laying strokes on the paper and see what happens. But occasionally I like to paint in a very deliberate manner, knowing exactly where every stroke will go. It's good therapy when life gets a bit hectic. I can always find order in painting.

Watercolor 5x7
Available $150.

"Elegant Art" Group of Artists at Triangle Town Center, Raleigh, NC

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:07:00 +0000

Here is the Elegant Art tribe. Denise Lincon, Susan LaMantia, Jillian Goldberg, Michael Grohs, Elke Brand, Amy Hautman,Natalie Winters and Kathryn Casper.

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Apricot Peach Lily Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:57:00 +0000

Like so many other flowers this time of year, this comes completely from memory.
The gardens are pretty much a mass of green right now. I just planted pansies which will make it through the winter here. How did they get their name?

Watercolor 3x5
Available $100.

Golden Chick Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:56:00 +0000

This began as a graphite drawing. I left the pencil lines after painting because they became an important part of the piece.
I hope you can see the gray lines and the Arches paper embossing which is kind of neat looking too. I often wonder how much of these subtleties come across on computer screens.

Watercolor 5x8
Available $150.

White Petals

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:54:00 +0000

As any bumblebee can tell you, it is beautiful in the center of a flower.

5x6 Watercolor
Available $100.

Yellow, Pink and Purple Tulips Growing in a Bowl, Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:43:00 +0000

Last week I posted a large painting of tulips in a vase. I had several inquiries from people thinking it was a smaller piece. I considered that a challenge and painted this tiny painting using a #8 watercolor brush (medium size) with a fine point. I am now plagued with a stiff neck from the contorted position and intense focus such an undertaking demanded. When painting I get in such a zone, I barely notice the ergonomically dangerous positions I hold myself in.

Watercolor 5x8

Available $150. + ($125 chiropractic bill ;)

Wood Duck Painting by Robert Hautman

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:08:00 +0000

My brother Bob, painting this beautiful acrylic painting of a Woodie to enter in the 2010 Federal Duck Stamp Competition. Hautman Duck Stamps

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"Red, Orange, Yellow Tulip Trio" Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:57:00 +0000

The furnace is started up and I am wearing my first turtleneck of the season. I don't like the cold so I am enjoying eternal spring in my studio by painting tulips.
Watercolor 5x12Available $200.

Russet Red Fall Leaves

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:11:00 +0000

The leaves are just starting to turn from green to red and yellow all playing against the gray blue sky. What a perfect palette from which to work!

Watercolor 4x6
Available $100.

Pink & Purple Tulip Bouquet in a Vase

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:07:00 +0000

Russet October Leaves

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:12:00 +0000

I painted this last fall and yesterday I took it out of the frame to add one little thing. Then I saw another little thing and another little thing and at the end of the day- it barely resembles the original painting.
I think it is much better.

Oil on Canvas 8x10
Available $300.

Two Golden Polish Chickens on Blue & Gold Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:02:00 +0000

This painting is called "Chickens Deciding" but SEO (Search Engine Optimizer) experts seem to be showing up in my life lately. Is it the new fad job after Consultant and Web Designer? Anyway, they say that in order for people to find a painting in any database a title needs to be descriptive. So the title of the blog is not the title of this painting. Fair enough? ... I can't decide.
I could have called it "What is Important and What is Not? But art and chicken lovers would never see it. Is that important?

6x7 Watercolor and Graphite
Available $200

Nasturtium Study Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:29:00 +0000

We delivered art to the 64th Watercolor Society of North Carolina Juried Exhibition in Calabash, NC. which will be unveiled next weekend, October 10th, 2009. The show will take place at Sunset River Marketplace which is an impressive 10,000 foot gallery filled floor to ceiling with original artwork from the Carolinas.

After soaking up a little sun on Sunset Beach, (the most southern beach along the NC coast) we visited Silver Coast Winery and Gallery tucked away on Ocean Isle Beach, NC.

There are so many fun things to do and see and taste and feel, it is hard to find time to paint. But I always do!

3x7 watercolor

Available $100.

Pink & Red Floral Watercolor

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:43:00 +0000

A group of ten Triangle artists has opened a gallery for one month only, in the mall at Triangle Town Center in North Raleigh. Jillian Goldberg and friends decided that when life hands you lemons, make lemonade and in that spirit they approached the management of the mall where several stores are unoccupied due to the current recession. Their proposal to light up a store with beautiful, accessible paintings, photography and ceramics for one month, until a long term tenant was found, was met with an enthusiastic response.

Members include Natalie Winters, Amy Hautman, Elke Brand, Michael Grohs, Denise Lincon, Kathryn Casper, Susan La Mantia, Kim Greene and Carol Foox.

Elegant Art

Triangle Town Center Mall

5959 Triangle Town Boulevard

Raleigh, NC 27616 US

When:

Sunday, October 18, 4:00-6:00

Phone:

919-637-1675

Join us to celebrate fine art at our new gallery, Elegant Art. The gallery is open for one month only, October 2 until October 31, 2009. This cooperative venture amongst 10 Triangle artists includes fine paintings, pastels, ceramics and photography. Artists include Jillian Goldberg, Natalie Winters, Katherine Casper, Denise Lincon, Elke Brand, Michael Grohs, Amy Hautman, Susan LaMantia, Kim Greene and Carol Foox.

Please come out and bring your friends to our reception on Sunday afternoon, October 18, from 4-6 p.m. Enjoy refreshments and live music by internationally known Celtic fiddler and flautist, Rob Sharer.

Wild White Chicken on Green

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:45:00 +0000

I can't help it. A little self portrait comes through in every painting. Our daughter just left for school in England and I'm feeling a little frazzled but maintaining an air of calm.

She will be fine. It is just hard to watch her go.

Oil 8x10

Available $300.

Rooster with Feathered Hat, Oil Painting

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:42:00 +0000

Lulu's crown feathers drape down over her eyes so I really can't see what she looks like, but I imagine her to have an expression something like this.

The girls are finally five months old. This is the magic age when hens usually start to lay eggs. So we open the nesting box each morning with great anticipation, but nothing yet. Lulu and Grace are so skittish they will probably freak out when that happens!

Oil 8x10

Available $300.

Rooster with Nice Red Cock's Comb, Oil Painting

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:51:00 +0000

He's still wet, so forgive the shine. Posting daily paintings requires photographing wet pieces, so you get to see fresh new paint, but it is impossible to capture without the glare.

Oil 8x10

Available $300.

Cock's Comb

amyhautman@earthlink.net (Amy Hautman) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Painting the chicken's red comb is my favorite part. I load the brush with white, pink, orange, red and black and try to get the whole thing to happen in one or two strokes. Usually I wipe it off and try several times before I get a good one.

Have you wondered what this big blob of red in the middle of a chicken's face is for? This fleshy knob is a cooling agent as well as a means for attracting the opposite sex and an indicator of health (a good thing for the mate to know).

Reading about cock's combs has seriously cut into my painting time but there is some relevent stuff, like, "Throughout history cock's combs have been thought to have mysterious powers including medicinal uses. Currently, there is an FDA approved drug for the treatment of facial wrinkles and folds. This drug comes from the combs of specially bred roosters." http://www.amerpoultryassn. com

Oil 8x10

Available $300,