Pink Chair Exhibit

Pink Chair Installed at the Exhibit in Topsfield

At the first of several exhibits of the pink chair paintings the chair sits under a favorite piece and just beyond, "Daisy Love " that you saw yesterday. The stories are posted with each painting. With the chair itself is a board with post it notes where people write a love note to someone they miss. On the table is a journal with longer reminiscences.  

I leave you with this, because I am leaving in the morning on a 2 week painting trip to Maine where I probably won't have computer access so I can't post. It will also be good for me to be off line for a while. I will take it up again as soon as I return. 

Remembrance -The Pink Chair Project #9 - "Daisy Love"

Remembrance -The Pink Chair Project #9 - "Daisy Love"

DAISY LOVE

Oil on Canvas

18X24

Available for delayed sale

$780

Mom loved daisies - and she also wrote poetry. Daisies were on the cover of the program for her funeral service, and little girls wove them into garlands for their hair at the celebration of her life. She said she wanted a party! I just had to honor her with this painting. Here is one of her poems:

The Daisy

I remember in my childhood,

I was walking one nice day

With my mother, in a garden,

Where the flowers bloomed so gay!

I bent down to pick a rosebud,

(‘twas a very lovely hue)

but my mother said "Don't pick it,

for it's not the thing to do."

As we were heading homeward through a field of daisies fair -

I was filled with joy and pleasure

at the great profusion there.

And my mother smiled and told me

that since these were only weeds

I could pick as many "flowers"

as would fill my every need...

by Carolyn Schulte

This image is available as a 5x7 blank greeting card for $3.75 each plus shipping; send an e-mail to me. Also available as a giclee in a range of sizes, on paper or canvas. Click here for information.

I am now sharing my current show with my readers and daily paintworks viewers. This show is currently traveling and will be available for purchase after the travel is completed, around mid-2014. Art work may be held until then with a 10% down payment. E-mail me or see my pink chair project blog, for details

This exhibit tells the story about painting a pink plastic Adirondack chair. The chair represents my mother, Carolyn Elizabeth Pedersen Schulte, of Rochester, NY, who passed on June 5th, 2011. She was a wonderful woman, full of love for everyone around her, and she loved this bright color pink. She was proud of me as an artist and would love what I am doing. I take the chair to favorite places of hers and to places or situations I know she would have liked. It is a way for me to grieve and to celebrate her life. I talk to her as I paint and make sure that she would want to be where the chair has been placed. 

Remembrance - The Pink Chair Project #2 "Between Sunlight and Shadow"

Between Sunlight and Shadow

12x16

Oil on Panel

$565 Delayed Sale

available 

I was taken at how the chair sat on the line between light and dark in the yard and decided to paint it there. I had been reading Alla Prima, a Richard Schmid book on painting, at the cottage, and I decided to follow some of his advice to create a strong painting. I took a lot of care with this painting, doing an under painting first, so I could check the composition and value areas. I was not prepared for what happened. As I carefully started to paint the pink chair into the work, all of a sudden I sensed the presence of my mother. She was there! in the chair! And she has stayed with me through this adventure.

The underpainting I did first

I completed the painting on site but later touched it up in the studio. When you first do a plein-air painting, there often are areas that are missed or need enhancing. It is a delicate dance to touch up without losing the original feeling. As I sat there ready to work on this piece in my studio, I felt again the sense of Mom being there.

I am now sharing my current show with my readers and daily paintworks viewers. This show is currently traveling and will be available for purchase after the travel is completed, around mid-2014. Art work may be held until then with a 10% down payment. E-mail me or see my pink chair project blog, for details

This exhibit tells the story about painting a pink plastic Adirondack chair. The chair represents my mother, Carolyn Elizabeth Pedersen Schulte, of Rochester, NY, who passed on June 5th, 2011. She was a wonderful woman, full of love for everyone around her, and she loved this bright color pink. She was proud of me as an artist and would love what I am doing. I take the chair to favorite places of hers and to places or situations I know she would have liked. It is a way for me to grieve and to celebrate her life. I talk to her as I paint and make sure that she would want to be where the chair has been placed. 

Remembrance - The Pink Chair Project #1 "Incoming Tide"

Incoming Tide

8x8

contemporary thin maple frame

$275 (delayed sale)

Available

AI had only one day to unpack from my mother's funeral and repack for my planned trip to Maine to paint. Along with my clothes and art supplies, I took a heavy heart to a beautiful cove in Cushing, Maine. Solitude is good for both grieving and for making art. After getting settled and getting acquainted with the area and places I wanted to paint, I started painting. I was in for some surprises. After painting away from the cottage, I decided to paint off of the back deck. But first, I enjoyed the view for a while, sitting in the pink Adirondack chair in the back yard. It matched the shutters of the house. As I rested, I thought of how much Mom would have loved that chair. It was her color, an intense knock-your-socks-off pink. Not thinking much more about it I painted it into the small piece “Incoming Tide” The chair looked good there, adding a touch of color. Little did I realize that the title I gave it was foreshadowing what was about to happen.

I am now sharing my current show with my readers and daily paintworks viewers. This show is currently traveling and will be available for purchase after the travel is completed, around mid-2014. Art work may be held until then with a 10% down payment. E-mail me or see my pink chair project blog, for details

This exhibit tells the story about painting a pink plastic Adirondack chair. The chair represents my mother, Carolyn Elizabeth Pedersen Schulte, of Rochester, NY, who passed on June 5th, 2011. She was a wonderful woman, full of love for everyone around her, and she loved this bright color pink. She was proud of me as an artist and would love what I am doing. I take the chair to favorite places of hers and to places or situations I know she would have liked. It is a way for me to grieve and to celebrate her life. I talk to her as I paint and make sure that she would want to be where the chair has been placed.