I’ve mostly moved inside the studio for the winter – here are a couple of paintings from back in the fall.
Neighbor’s Tree
Tree at Scienceworks
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  | About once a year I decide I need to get seriously organized and I go through the studio finding pieces that I’d like to find a nice new home. These are pieces I love but don’t have plans to show and so I’d much rather get them to folks at a great deal instead of store them indefinitely.
I’ve just posted a BUNCH of new work in my SALE section on my Etsy site. Some are sketchy, some are fairly resolved. I’ve been super focused on landscape this year, so there are quite a few landscapes there, along with some still life and figurative work. I really appreciate your reading my blog, so please use the coupon code SPECIALTHANKS to get an 40% off. Keep in mind that code works for the entire shop, so if you find something at regular price, use the code for a sweet deal. This coupon code will expire Jan 1, 2017. And hurry — the sale is super good, so get your faves before they’re gone!
Filed under: For Sale, Landscape, Paintings, Still Life, Uncategorized Tagged: 2016, Paintings, Sale! I still can’t quite believe it, but my mother, Mariah Hegarty passed away at age 61 on September 15, 2016. She had a very aggressive cancer that overtook her very suddenly. She was a model of how to leave the world with grace and I’m so grateful for the time we had and that she was my mom. My mom has always been such a supporter of me in life and as an artist. She introduced me to art and to making art when I was very young by having a great collection of beautifully illustrated children’s books and by not allowing me to have coloring books or television and providing me lots of paper and crayons to draw as much as I wanted. Both my parents encouraged me to experience and observe nature which is a vital part of being an artist and a student. My mom also taught me, especially at the end to forgive others and yourself, which frees you up to experiment and make mistakes. She always let me take all the art classes I could find and just allowed me to pursue what I was interested in. She loved beauty and our home was always an amazingly beautiful place. It was never cluttered or crowded, but had old and natural things, nice light, natural fibers. Simple, straightforward beauty. She taught me that beauty is found everywhere and this profoundly affects my choice of subjects when I paint.
Mariah Michele Hegarty — 3/18/55 – 9/15/16 Every Place I Ever Lived tore my heart with its beauty when I left. My final week in Florida I steal away At dawn the long smooth waves are bolts Dolphins pierce the liquid platinum Splayed across the sand that will not be transformed. * Rumi – Mariah Hegarty Laurel at Huckleberry Design Studio created a beautiful ebook highlighting art you can buy through Etsy and she included my shop! She really is a fantastic designer and it’s very inspiring to see what she’s put together.
Check out the Ebook at huckleberrydesignstudio.com and use the code ARTISTGIFTCOPY to receive it free!  The heat of the summer will be coming to an end soon and we will be entering the fall landscape painting season! I am teaching a landscape painting course at the Ashland Art Center for both experienced and beginning painters. As usual, drawing is fine for the whole session if you prefer. Oil paints are what I use, but if you prefer watercolor or acrylic or pastel or xyz, that is just fine; the principles remain the same, even as the material changes.This class will be useful for both plein air and photo reference painters. We will cover specific issues of landscape painting — light, color, perspective, drawing, composing. Three classroom sessions where we discuss fundamentals, see demos and slides of various artists applying the principles in their own unique way. Two field sessions will be opportunities to see me paint and ask specific questions as well as paint alongside and get personal feedback. The field sessions will be held in a shady place. Feel free to bring your chairs and get comfy. As usual, the class will be chock full of things to think about, things to challenge you and will be fun and encouraging too. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions at [email protected].
To sign up, follow this link or visit Ashland Art Center. They are open Daily 10:00am to 6:00 pm at 357 E. Main St, Ashland, OR 97520. 541-482-2772. Filed under: Uncategorized Phew! Three weeks of painting and connecting with other painters in New Hampshire with the Hudson River Fellows. Here is the fruit of my labor. These paintings are in completely random order. You can click on any image to see it more clearly.
We painted everyday and the bugs were ferocious. Early on I figured out that I could absolutely not paint in the sun, even with an umbrella, because if you are painting outside most of the day, you must be moderately comfortable or else it is just not possible to continue. We were in the very beautiful, lush and green area of Jackson, New Hampshire, in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. I also got to visit the Portland Museum of Art in Maine as well as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum plus the Boston Public Library which has some really wonderful murals. Anyway, I’ve been home a week and am still processing everything. I got off the plane and hit the ground running and have been spending my time catching up with family. Three weeks is a really long time to be away from home. I’m sure glad I did it though! It was invaluable to be exposed to a different group of accomplished and hard working painters. They tended to be from the Grand Central Atelier and heavily influenced by the Hudson River Painters of the past. It may be obvious if you have seen my work that I don’t really focus on detail much, and while I may not change my ways, I could feel myself being stretched and influenced by the group, and that was truly valuable. Plus I discovered some really nice Hudson River paintings. There was an Asher B. Durand book floating around and we saw some of his paintings in the museum and they are really wonderful. I’m still a Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins and Edward Hopper girl at heart, but there’s room for some of these others too. And we shall see what kind of affect this has as time wears on.
Filed under: Uncategorized  Grizzly Peak with Cumulus Clouds by Sarah F Burns So much work is out and about this summer! Yay! Public House Ashland — Treat yourself to some amazing cocktails and small plates and view my New Landscapes. July 14 – September sometime. Southern Oregon University Stevenson Union Gallery Ashland Smithfield Pub and Pies Ashland — A favorite place to go. They have really great pies, salads, pub trivia, music. English Football etc…. The Great Southern Oregon Paint Out Show at Paschal Winery — Talent, OR National Telephone Museum – New Hampshire And by coincidence, I am getting ready to go to New Hampshire for the Hudson River Fellowship. As one of the fellows, I will be spending three weeks drawing, painting landscape in the historic Mount Washington State Park. So while in New Hampshire, I will check out the Telephone Museum. So, have a great July and I’ll be posting images from the Fellowship when I get home.
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This spring has been outstanding for painting outside. I’ve been experimenting with connecting my landscapes for a few years. Not perfect, as you can see, but would suffice to use as fodder for a larger studio piece, should I take that on. And they work individually. This is my favorite place to paint right now. It’s a ditch trail by my house and I never see anyone there, plus it’s like 30 seconds away. Eventually I’ll probably make a 360 degree radius because it’s such a good place to paint. I shouldn’t share my plans in case they don’t work out. But, whatever.  Wagner Butte and Blackberries  Ditch Trail  Chicken Shack with Cascades
Filed under: Uncategorized Landscape Painting by Sarah F Burns I’m teaching a short series on landscape painting this fall. It will consist of three classroom sessions and two field demos. We will:
Principles apply to both studio and plein air works. Class time will consist of lecture, demo and critique; students will work independently and bring their work in for feedback. There will be two field days where students can observe me painting and ask questions or can paint as well. Locations of the field days will be announced later. Wednesdays, September 21, October 5 and 19 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm in the Ashland Art Center Main Classroom and Field Days 9:00 am on Friday, September 23 and October 7 – Location to be announced. Cost is $125 per student To sign up: click here or pay at the Ashland Art Center front desk. Ashland Art Center
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