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

Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends,
I hope that 2017 has been as good to you as it has to me. I sold about 14 oil paintings at my show at the beautiful River Farm, which will close January 2, 2018.
More details to follow!
Best,
Patricia Uchello

Tulip, Eggplant and Garlic

All Things Natural, Big and Small

Red Bell Peppers

Flowering Quince

Daffodil Study

Great Falls

Grace Gathering Shells

Coffeepot Rock

Love Triangle

Red Roses

Van Gogh's Chair

Lake Okeechobee

Harmony in Blue and Orange

Amethyst Waterlily

Waterlilies Squared

Dear Imaginary Friends,

When I signed up two years ago to have a one woman show, I promised to produce a body of work that contained at least 45 original oil paintings that were all natural, i.e., florals, fruit, vegetables, gardens, seascapes, landscapes, and the grounds of River Farms. I ended up painting four paintings specifically of River Farms and grounds, and seventy-two total to hang on the walls of every room of this magnificent historic building.

I am most assuredly a prolific painter. However, the architectural paintings were slow and deliberate. I kept adjusting over and over again little aspects of proportion, color, shadow. The fruits and vegetables were more loose and free. Not so, the landscapes; I have a hang up about painting trees. For me, it is like speaking in a foreign language; just my little quirk.

Of the above paintings, the one that took me a month was Grace Gathering Shells. I kept changing the little girl and the shoreline, as well as the color of Lewes Bay, to make it interesting and unexpected.

Your Imaginary Fast Painter,
Patsie

What's Fun to Do and See This Weekend?

Six Irises

Miami Deco

I am so glad that you asked! Please head on down to Green Springs Garden Park, off Duke Street in Annandale, Virginia. I have a new show, open this weekend, with thirty oil paintings of all things related to nature.http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/gsgp/

Harmony in Orange

Wall in One of the Two Tea Rooms

The show fills two large rooms in the Historic Tea Rooms in the Manor.//www.gardenvisit.com/garden/green_springs_gardens_park

The old manor house was built with old boards, some of which were salvaged from a bordello! 

It is a lovely space, and it is all Uchello work for the next two months. They are open Wednesdays through Sundays.

Please take a peek, and have a cup of tea, while you are at it!

Your Imaginary Friend,

Patsie

River Farms

This is one of the paintings that I plan to exhibit at River Farms, home of the American Horticultural Society in Alexandria, VA, September 2012 through January 2013.

There will be 45 paintings all told.  That is a big goal for me! Sixteen vats of iced tea should give me the caffeine I need to make it there.:)| Plus the sugar rush of a case of Twizzlers.

Your Imaginary Friend,

Patsie

Now on Display!

Daffodil Study, approx. 16 x 20", Oil, $550

Dear Imaginary Friends,

I have seven, yes, count them!paintings on display currently at the lovely gallery/shop A Show of Hands, on Mt. Vernon Avenue in Alexandria. What are they, you ask? Here goes!

Cherry Pie, 8 x 10", Oil, $350

Lewes, Delaware, 10 x 8", Oil, $300

That gives you a taste. Next blog, the four other paintings.

Don't you think the cherry pie is also a cheery pie? :)

Your Imaginary Artist Friend,

Patsie

Please come to the opening at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Friday, May 6

EXHIBITION  & SALE

OF FINE ART BY

ST.PAUL’S ARTISTS

Reception to Meet the Artists

Friday, May 6, 2011

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

228 South Pitt Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

(703) 549-3312

Exhibition Hours

Friday, May 6, 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

                                                    Saturday, May 7, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 8, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Cash or check only, 20% tax deductible

I will be at the opening, and hope to meet you, my imaginary friend.;) 

Your Imaginary Buddy,

Patsie

The NIH Postcard

This painting, Sit Still, is featured on my new postcard for the NIH show. It will also, most likely, be shown in the Elan Magazine article.