by Shelly Wierzba | Sep 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is 82 degrees and I’m up and out to do some color studies before the sun screames against my skin. Cove Harbor, Rockport, Texas. A dolfin at my feet below the wooden platform palapa that where I have set up my easil. Some gray pelicans have greeted the...
by Shelly Wierzba | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last week I got out with a painting buddy for some boat studies. We went to the Rockport and since it was pretty windy we set up with our hatch backs raised to get protection. We painted across the road from the docked boats and the bait shop. I left the bait shop out...
by Shelly Wierzba | Mar 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last week I went out painting with a friend and we found this bluebonnet patch in a neighbor’s front yard. It was too irresistible to pass up. This was my first outing with my new DayTripper easel, which I really like! As for the time out, it became too hot very...
by Shelly Wierzba | Mar 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I helped hang my show at the Wind Way fine art gallery in Rockport. Here’s my wall. I also have a large painting in the front window and one facing into the gallery behind the window painting.
by Shelly Wierzba | Feb 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Earlier this week I taught a fun “play in the paint” class for artists and non artists at Port Aransas Art Center. We painted a grid of 5 x 7 rectangles that can later be cut and pasted on 5 x 7 card stock and used as original greeting cards (which were...
by Shelly Wierzba | Jan 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
I had a mishap about 2 months ago and lost my heavy duty plein air tripod that holds my easel when I’m out plein air painting. I have replaced it with a lighter version of the same brand, and really like it. I used it for the first time yesterday at Conn Harbor...
by Shelly Wierzba | Oct 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’ve never really had a “painter’s block” until now. Over the past year we have traveled and moved into another time zone. I’m now pretty much settled in our new home and studio, but don’t have a lot of desire or energy to paint. I...
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