Gentian Blue: New Oil in Progress

 

The Yellow Butterfly

The Yellow Butterfly, 2021, Oil on board, 10" x 8", $800. For Sale.

By Patricia Miller Uchello

Very recently, I copied a small area of a Vanitas painting by the Dutch Master, Jan de Heem. Vanitas paintings include insects, decay of leaves and flowers, etc., to show the inevitable passage of time and decline of anything and everything in nature. 

Beauty is fleeting.
 

Paul Revere Pitcher with Apples

                                                 Paul Revere Pitcher and Apples

I painted this still life painting this Fall, and spent far more time than usual finessing the details. This oil painting was chosen for a juried show at The Art League, shortly after completion. Sometimes, it pays to slow down, park my impatience and work my eyes long and hard.

For sale. Inquire for the price on comments section.

River Farm One Woman Art Show 2012-13

Back to Basics: Patsie Uchello shows the basics of starting a painting

Night-Blooming Cereus

The Night-Blooming Cereus is highly valued in the Far East, especially in Thailand and Burma.

The night-blooming cereus takes awhile to bloom, but suddenly sprouts a bud, which opens and glows with promise for one day only. How fleeting is its beauty.
It unfurls, then shrivels in the warmth of daylight.

I have gone outside with a flashlight to view and inhale its fabulous aroma many times, in my back yard.

The life of a gardener: we care for our plants all year long just to see that quick moment of incredible beauty. It is all very much worth it.

Your imaginary Friend,
Patsie

Metropolis

Dear Imaginary Friends,

     I thought you might enjoy a glimpse of my new oil painting.       What makes this unusual is that I generally do not paint abstracts. However, it was much like a palette cleanser, after painting scores of realistic still lives. For your pleasure, an amuse bouche. "Metropolis" is a large abstract, with vibrant colors and a sense of activity, witnessed by its bright colors and brushstroke movement. It has the rhythm of the city.

"Metropolis," Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", for sale

Now on Display at River Farm, My Very Newest Painting

Marigolds, Carnations and Mango

How sweetly do these flowers sing? I had a lovely time painting these common flowers in my pretty vases. They feel so fresh and alive to me. The Mason jar is also quick and seemingly effortless. (Although I can promise you, no painting is ever effortless.)It is the goal of any artist, whether playwright, actor, or ballet dancer, to make the difficult look easy.
Please come and visit this painting in person!

Your imaginary friend,
Patsie

New Paintings on Display, River Farm, Alexandria, VA September 28, 2018 to April 2, 2019

Blueware with Asian Plums
Original oil, 8” x 10”, 2018

Copyright Patricia Uchello

Happy New Year!

Dear Imaginary Friends,


A new year -- 2018 -- is upon us, and we are invited to take stock of ourselves, examine our lives, and search out meaning. A timely self-analysis is in order. What have we accomplished in 2017, and what remains unfinished?

Getting serious, and going deep is always a little scary. It requires discomfort, and truth telling.

How have we succeeded, and how have we failed?

May you find peace, joy, and continuous self-improvement. We grow better, every day, in every way.

Your imaginary friend,
Patsie

Cuba, December 2017

Elegant dining aboard Viking Sun, en route to Cuba

Infinity Pool aboard Viking Sun

                                                                       rural Cuba

                                                          Poster in Cuban Museum

Cuban doggie

Bay of Pigs Museum, Cuba

Bay of Pigs Today

Viking Sun Docked at Cienfuegos Bay

 Cuba is a nation trying to transition. Literacy is high but so is the poverty level. Jobs are scarce, and pay very poorly. Even doctors make only $25 per month. 

                                                                    In Havana

Hemingway During His Cuban Years

The old architecture of Havana and Cienfuegos is gorgeous. Yet, there is no freedom of the press, freedom of information, freedom of travel. Castro's regime stole money from their people and it is virtually bankrupt.