Here’s a little peek into what I’ve been doing in the studio lately…
Tea and a Book, 11x 14 oil, Sandi Hester
Mountain Reflections, 5×7 oil, Sandi Hester
Trio of Birds, 8×10 oil, Sandi Hester
Winter Day, oil, Sandi Hester
8×8, oil, sandi hester
Pink Water Pitcher, 8×8 oil, Sandi Hester
Three Finch, 12×12 oil, Sandi Hester
For those in Nashville, you can now purchase my art in a little shop in Glenbrook shopping center in Hendersonville! My art is in an unlikely place – it’s in a hair salon’s gift shop. BUT it’s not just your standard salon gift shop – the new owner’s of Rodelle’s Salon (soon to be called Colour Salon Suites – how appropriate is that for my art?!) have transformed the boutique into a beautiful space that has handmade items for sale all from Tennessee. They have soaps, candles, jewelry, lip balm, ect. and ART!
I will be changing out the paintings regularly and my goal is to post the new paintings so you can see what’s available for purchase. There are a couple of other paintings up now on the wall other than these in the picture. Below are a handful of the paintings up close – click on any of them to see more detail. For those that have wanted more access to my art I hope you will stop by the boutique!
6×6 oil
Well, if you haven’t picked up on this yet I like to paint birds. I’m trying my best to get caught up on all the paintings I have to share with you – I’m WAY behind, so I thought I’d share a cluster of my bird paintings with you. I’m still working on getting good at photographing my oil paintings so I apologize because some of these didn’t photograph very well but I just didn’t take the time to redo them. Most, if not all, of these birds are finches. Click on any of them to see them larger.
This oil painting was done more like my sketches in my sketch books. I like doing simple line drawings with notes and I thought I’d see how that would turn out on a canvas and I like how it looks. I did another one of a single bird but can’t find the picture of it – if I find it or decide to take another picture of it I’ll post it.
8×8 oil
I don’t know what it is about this bird but I’ve painted it a lot – in watercolor, acrylic, and oil (you’ll have to wait to see it in oil – I’m going to post all my acrylic paintings first). I should show you the photo I’ve been painting from – it’s in some old bird book I found at a used book store. I just love the colors on him – that blue beak just calls to be painted! You’ll be seeing a lot more versions of this little guy – I’ve painted him a lot.
Sandi Hester 