Ann Grimaldi's Painting Journal

Daily Paintworks

2012-01-28T12:35:00.000-08:00

I am happy to announce that I have just joined Daily Paintworks! This is a website that features a gallery for each artist and is a marketplace for the artist to sell his/her works. Currently, I only have three paintings featured, but stay tuned as I will be adding more. Please check out my gallery if you get the chance...you can click on the icon for DPW on the right hand side of my blog.

Small study from Air Force Museum

2012-01-21T13:35:00.000-08:00

This small study is of some WWI or WWII (not sure which) airplanes from the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The painting generated a lukewarm response from my husband.
Enough said.

Beach Cloud

2012-01-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

Recent beach scene painting from a reference shot I took at Cape Hatteras, NC last year.

Another 5 inch squared painting

2012-01-09T13:54:00.000-08:00

This is another one of my 5x5 inch paintings that I did for a show back in late November/early December 2011. Hope you like it.

Latest commission

2011-12-26T05:27:00.000-08:00

This is a recent portrait commission of a young boy. Smiling portraits can be difficult, but I felt this pose captured him best.

5" Squared Landscape

2011-12-24T05:29:00.000-08:00

Now that I no longer have my website up, I've made it a new goal to be more active with my blog. This is a recent painting from the fall, a plein air I did back in late September. It is 5"x5" and I recently had it in a small works holiday show at a nearby coffee shop/art gallery. Unfortunately, it did not sell, but I am happy to hang it here at home and remember my experience painting it on location.

Pink Lady Apple with Wine

2011-07-03T10:50:00.000-07:00

Just another small still life.

Sorry for the glare.

Outer Banks Dunes

2011-06-24T07:28:00.000-07:00

This painting was done recently in my studio from a photo I took on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was a fun painting to do, but painting a landscape in the studio from a photographic reference just does not compare to painting on location!

Memorial Day Plein Air

2011-06-22T09:32:00.000-07:00

I painted this small study about a month ago on Memorial Day. For those who know the Cincinnati area, this was painted over in Ault Park.

New still life

2011-04-14T09:15:00.001-07:00

So I finally got around to finishing this larger still-life that I actually started last year. For some reason, I often get 90% of the way through a painting, and the last 10% becomes the most grueling to get through. But I thought it was worth finishing, if at least for no other reason than to discipline myself to finish what I've started! :)

Portrait study

2011-03-28T07:37:00.000-07:00

This is a model from my Thursday night sketch group last week at Cincinnati Art Club.

Sea & Sky

2011-03-24T08:34:00.000-07:00

A recent studio painting done from a photo I took at the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

Plein air painting in winter

2011-03-04T10:38:00.000-08:00

I posted this image on Facebook over a month ago. My intention was to post it to my blog as well, but a few days after this photo was taken of my set-up from a short stint painting out of doors in twenty-six degree weather, my husband went in for emergency double-bypass surgery. So, needless to say, I'm way behind in posting this to my blog! I decided to post it anyway, as a reminder of painting in cold weather and some of the "warm" memories it brings back (ha, ha)! Now that it is March, I'm hoping for some "fair" weather to paint outside again!

Portrait of Robert

2011-01-12T08:00:00.000-08:00

This is a recent portrait of my son Robert, from a photo taken about 2 years ago.

Oscar

2010-12-28T06:34:00.000-08:00

I haven't done many pet portraits in recent years, but I did manage to finish up this portrait of a beloved dog that my cousin and his wife lost about two years ago. I'm currently waiting for the painting to dry, and I'll then varnish it and send it off to them. They have seen the photo of it, and are thrilled. Doing a commission that makes a client happy is very much worth the effort!

Lunken Airfield Study

2010-11-28T12:43:00.000-08:00

I am finally getting my blog up and running once again after a long absence! I look forward to posting new work and writing about my process. This small study was a recent plein air painting that I did in October. Although there are no colorful trees in this piece, I did see a lot of fall color in the grass and distant foliage.

Lemons

2010-02-11T10:26:00.000-08:00

This is another one of my still lifes where I continued to explore the use of reflection as a compositional device.

Pear Reflection

2010-02-03T13:46:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile...too long actually, so I'm posting some recent artwork. Over the Christmas holidays and into January, I had an opportunity to paint some small still-lifes, which I really enjoyed. With this one, I experimented with reflection. I had a lot of fun with it!

New portrait study

2009-11-23T11:33:00.000-08:00

So let's see, it been oh...four months since I last posted a painting. I've been very neglectful of my blog and am trying to be disciplined to post more paintings. This is a recent one of a model from my weekly figure class.

Summer Peaches

2009-07-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

I'm short on time this summer, as both of my sons are out for the summer and require quite a bit of attention! However, I've managed to squeeze in some small still-lifes. Here is a recent one of some summer peaches.

Hyde Park Observatory

2009-07-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

This building is near where I live and is a landmark in Hyde Park, a neighborhood in Cincinnati. It's a great observatory and unique building!

Still Life with Copper Kettle

2009-05-30T05:36:00.001-07:00

Okay, so this one is not one of my "small" paintings...it is 14"x18"...but thought I would post it anyway. I did this one last fall.

Another portrait study

2009-05-25T08:18:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,

I finally have a new painting to post! This is a recent head study that I did in oil for my portrait/figure class that meets once a week.

Recent oil portraits from Thursday night class

2009-03-24T13:50:00.000-07:00

Here are some recent oil portraits I did from my Thursday evening sketch class. Both done from models who sat for approximately 2 hours.

Trio of Apples

2009-03-15T16:18:00.000-07:00

I'm finally getting back to my own painting, now that my son's big school project is behind us. I painted this simple still life of Macintosh apples recently. I really like the color variation in that type of apple.

I hope you enjoy the painting as much as I enjoyed painting it.

Outer Banks Cloud Study

2009-02-24T11:27:00.000-08:00

I haven't had much time lately for my painting due to a school function and project I am involved with for my son's school. So, I am posting a small pastel painting I did at the Outer Banks in North Carolina last summer. I sure wish it was summer right now!

Portrait of Ebony

2009-02-13T08:09:00.000-08:00

This painting, or oil sketch, is of a model "Ebony" from my Thursday night figure class. This one was hard to do. I'm not sure that I'm happy with it, but I like some aspects to it.

Two hour head study in oil

2009-02-08T15:09:00.000-08:00

I did this painting awhile back - nearly a year ago to be exact. I go to a figure/portrait class every Thursday evening (one of the 'open session' - meaning no instruction - type of class). It was hard to race the clock, as I only had two hours to complete it, but it was tons of fun to paint!

This model is known to fall asleep during a pose. I'm thankful he didn't this time.

Floral Still Life-Sold

2009-02-02T13:44:00.000-08:00

This is my first post on my new blog. This painting is a still life that I did awhile back. I sold it to one of my husband's co-workers, who loves flowers.