Jo Bradney

Warm Pears in Burgundy | oil | 8×8″

Day off for you today. This one named itself as the pears slowly toasted under the hot studio light and filled the room with their delicious autumnal scent. Not at all the thing for a cool spring day!

All these new paintings will be out and about the first weekend in June.

I shall be at Art on the Avenue – Bloomfield Ave, Caldwell NJ – June 1st 10-5pm
and at SOMA Studio Tour 1978 Arts Center, Springfield Ave, Maplewood NJ – June 2nd 11-5pm

Phew! and then I shall be sitting down for a nice cup of tea

oil on board . 48×24″

it’s signed
it’s varnished
AND I made the stretcher before the frame arrived.
I have been feeling very smug and ahead of the game

RATS!
I made the stretcher half an inch too short and now it falls out the back of the frame.
So I have just spent the morning hacking the old one into bits and constructing a new stretcher to fit properly.
At least I ordered the right size frame!

Cheez Cascade just doesn’t quite fit the bill as a title. Nor does it’s working title “Big Ass Doodles”, although that is what you get if you eat the whole bag in one sitting. See if you can come up with a better title and win a print.

??? . oil . 12×9″

20 new paintings, 10 without names, 2 weeks to go
HELP!

So whilst I am in the basement varnishing the newbies, I am going to be relying on you to whip up a batch of delicious titles. Just leave a comment or email if you are shy – jo[@]bradney.com. Any that spark my imagination will win a free 8×10 print, shipped anywhere in the world. So crack open the thesaurus and get the creativity flowing. -  actually, maybe you should pop to the bakery before you begin to harvest some firsthand inspiration.

Right, charcoal filter mask on. Let the Darth Vadar impersonation commence!  (this thing totally freaks the dog out)

Blueberry Rinse . oil . 8×8″

At LAST! the juicy new oil paintings are making their way out of the studio, onto the scanner and out into the wwworld. They are gradually making their way down to the basement for a coat of varnish, ready for framing for the summer art fairs.

I have about 20 new pieces to share with you over the next few weeks, and I might be needing just a wee bit of help with all those titles.

This little chap got a head start into a frame and out into the real world. Blueberry Rinse will be part of TEN, an exhibit to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The South Orange, Maplewood Studio Tour. (psst – I’ll be sneaking in as an honorary Maplewoodian again this year)

May 23 – Saturday, June 23, 2013
TEN
Pierro Gallery
5 Mead St. South Orange, NJ 973.378.7754
pierrogallery.org

Red Velvet Ruffles : oil painting : 8×8″

The Small Wonders show in Annapolis, MD is a great spot to pick up something for your special someone, even if they are impossible to buy for. For instance,  I bet they haven’t got a cute hand knitted spider sweater. I’m told it’s what all the best dressed arachnids have on their Christmas list this year

November 30 – December 28, 2012
Reception: Thursday, December 6th, 6-8pm
Small Wonders
MFA Circle Gallery
18 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
mdfedart.com

Hand knitted spider sweater, by Jen Liu