admin | August 18, 2009
A couple of years ago my husband and I went to South Dakota on a motorcycle trip and this is one of the beautiful rivers that we saw. I believe the atmosphere is what attracted me to this scene. I’m ready to go back to see Mount Rushmore, Iron Mountain…
admin | May 14, 2009
I’ve really enjoyed using my palate knife lately. I love impressionalistic paintings so I’ve been working on painting with less “crispy” lines and using more paint. Not really sure if I’m finished with this one but this is where it is right now. I took…
admin | February 4, 2009
I had a few goals in mind before starting this painting: one day to paint itPAINT BIGpile the paint onsubject matter was treesSo I jogged over to some trees next to our house and snapped a reference picture and began painting. It was such a beautiful d…
admin | November 28, 2008
12 x 16 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 This painting was a little harder than I thought it would be–as usual! The sunset was so beautiful and I really had a difficult time capturing it. Wouldn’t it be great to see this scene every evening? If that was the case, would one take it for [...]
admin | November 21, 2008
My reference for this painting was a small snapshot taken while on vacation in Mexico many years ago. My husband and I were in a boat also and we passed this boat with an adorable little boy with the white hat. I love the palm trees and the bank of the river as the back [...]
admin | November 9, 2008
Our opening was last Friday night, November 7, and before it began, Faye and I were taking a few pictures. I am standing in front of a long wall that was devoted to my works of art. Faye’s art was on the other wall. I would like to say a big “Thank You” to Lynn [...]
admin | October 30, 2008
16 x 20 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 This painting is of the Fountain in Downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky. I was on the square for a musical event one night and took a night shot of the Fountain and really liked the way the buildings had a golden glow behind it. There is a lot [...]
admin | October 18, 2008
12 x 16 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 This was from my trip to New York City last February, it was at dusk so that’s why it’s a little grey, at that point in the day when you finally turn on your headlights. What’s a good title for this one? I know you can do [...]
admin | October 12, 2008
8 x 10 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 This is a little plein air painting called “enchanted forest” that I painted in Murray Kentucky. This one really has a lot of mystery and atmosphere in it. I haven’t painted plein air in a while and I really enjoy it so I don’t know why I [...]
