Tomorrow On Wescover

Check out this listing tomorrow, 4/30: https://www.wescover.com/items?q=catherine%20twomey

“Beaver Skull, Winter Light”, 9/5 X 9/5” Contemporary fresco. Having visited this favored beaver skull before, this time I used a new medium (watercolor), new board (Aquabord) and winter light. For whatever reason, this time the beaver's smile became more apparent. I have a feeling she will be painted again. Framed in a beautiful handmade burlwood frame, ready to hang.

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"Soul Of The Deer"

Thanks much to Woolworth Walk Gallery at 25 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville for the sale of this original oil, "Soul Of The Deer." The work is 9 X 12", infused with copper. Thrilled! #painting #painting #oil #nature #twomey #catherinetwomey #flow #contemporary #contemporaryart #award #awardwinning #internationalart #galleryart, #woolworthwalk #contemporarygallery #collector #collectors #artcommission #deerpainting #deerskull #deeranatomy #animalportrait #ashevilleartist

Now Showing, Woolworth Walk

Happy to announce that historic Woolworth Walk, 25 Haywood Ave. in downtown Asheville, is now featuring some of my work. Hope you can make it by!

"Oil" At Auction Now

Current auction on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/126546743866

“Oil” oil on panel, 6 X 8” original art

"Mood of the Onion" Auction Original Painting In Oil by Catherine Twomey

Live Auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/126533736748

About This Piece

An intimate portrait of an everyday object, this is a study of lights, darks, value and personality. The drama of the lighting falling across the rounded, detailed shape of the onion was what held my attention. Painted on an exquisite, oil primed, archival linen canvas, the volume of the onion leaps from the surface and commands the eye. A January kind of painting, when the days are shortened but ever so slowly lengthening, it speaks to our inside lives and a new year.

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Studio Sale! Catherine Twomey Art - Until 12/1/23

Just a few of the pieces now on sale in my store on Etsy:

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25% off, original pieces.

"Pumpkin Diaries: The Shadow Knows"

As fall descends, so too do the pumpkins. I teach horseback riding to autistic children on Saturdays. The farm grows a big patch of pumpkins that they sell at local markets, so I nabbed this extraordinarily lyrical one to paint. There was something so lovely about the interaction between the blues and oranges. This piece is unframed, 8 X 16" on archival Ray Mar panel, in oils. It marks the rapidly changing seasons on a Friday the 13th. So appropriate.

"Lemon Levitation" by Catherine Twomey

Painted plein air in the garden, Palm Springs, CA. I've never spent this much time in the desert and it's really starting to grow on me. Daily I gaze at a lovely, full lemon tree. The looming mountains still have snow at the top, yet down below it's 70 degrees and sunny. Coyotes roam the neighborhood and follow my dog and me on walks. I've been so influenced by this lemon tree, I'm now dreaming about the lemons and this inspired this piece. And p

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Open Studio Tour! Oct. 8 & 9, 1 Plymouth Court, Asheville!

Hope you can come and meet me at 1 Plymouth Court, Kenilworth, Asheville this Saturday and Sunday. Starting at 10, ending at 5 - it would be such a pleasure to meet you! I’ll have originals and prints, snacks & spring water. The weather is going to be PERFECT! See you there, and thanks.

"Lilified 1.0" by Catherine Twomey

“Lilified 1.0” 6 X 6” custom framed, ready to hang. Oil on panel.

This richly detailed portrait of a home grown lily from my garden is 6" X 6", an oil. It is in a floating, custom frame that gives weight and additional beautiful to the original painting. There's something about these lilies that spells "summer" - can you imagine the insects flitting about; the sun's heat on your arms; the bright burst of yellow that lasts but one day? This is it. The frame is a stunning greenish-grey, with a copper inset that edges the painting panel. The frame's border is 3", making the painting about 14" X 14". It is backed, wired and ready to hang.

Work In Progress by Catherine Twomey - Pink Gladiolus!

Original oil painting in progress; this piece is 16” X 20” archival canvas on panel. It is such a joy to watch these glads spring from bulbs and gradually make their spectacular showing. I have now done reds, yellows and here are the pinks.

THANK YOU ASHEVILLE! Successful Kenilworth Artists Asso. Show!

I've finished an accounting of what I sold at the Kenilworth Artists Association Open Studio Tour - and I am so thankful for the support and interest! 31 pieces sold, some that I've had in the studio for over a decade, but that I always liked and that now have good homes! Thank you very much and I hope to really see you next year, when COVID is hopefully just a bad memory. Alright, back to replenishing the inventory.

Art Exhibition! Save the Date - Oct. 9 & 10!

I know it's early, but you know how time flies! If you're in town, I would love to meet and greet at 1 Plymouth Circle, Asheville on Oct. 9 & 10. It's going to be an EVENT with original art, prints, food, drinks and the kind of people you'd like to know. Save The Date! & thanks. #kenilworthartists

Mother's Day Sale on Etsy, Catherine Twomey Art

I'm having a Mother's Day Sale at my Etsy shop - thanks for your interest! Here is the link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/catherinetwomeyart?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

"Dogwood Herd No.4" Work In Progress by Catherine Twomey

Another day, another group of dogwoods - and how fun is that? Getting down to the nitty gritty on this commission just as the dogwoods are really blooming. Have an excellent day!

"Dogwood Herd #4" Work In Progress

This oil painting commission is moving along. This is the second layer of oil paintings, so adding more detail and adjusting colors and values.

'Dogwood Herd" Commission In Progress

Work In Progress! This is the first layer.

It has been delightful to work on these four paintings (at once) of the spring blossoms of the flowering dogwood. They will grace the wall of a historic home in Charlottesville, VA once finished. I am so grateful to the commissioner - what a wonderful way to enter into spring. May you all be safe.

High Chroma Vs. Low Chroma: Never Stop Learning

High chroma vs. low chroma - I've deviated from my standard, higher chroma palette to introduce earth colors. A revelation! The top painting was a struggle to knock back the bright colors and took twice as long to do. The lower painting was eye-opening: I discovered colors I never would have otherwise found in half the time. I LOVE Terra Rosa! Anyway, so much excitement for one session; so little time.

"Cosmos & Company" New Work, Catherine Twomey

These are cosmos, zinnias, black eyed susans and more; home grown in my garden. The focus is on the glorious, translucent color that saturates every bloom. The canvas was started with a beautiful two-tone layering of burnt sienna and then a cooling green/blue. Gradually the layers were built up, thinking first about how one color would interact with another before seeking out the shapes.

This series will continue the abstract nature of this interest in color. It's about understanding what makes an exciting, complex and interesting painting above all else. The emotional component, of course, is the work that went into not just the painting, but my first attempt at planting seeds from scratch. The cosmos were so incredible - they grew to over six feet tall and lasted well into the fall. This is homage to them and to their magnificent colors that brought joy to all who knew them.

Waterlilies in Oil - Catherine Twomey, Work In Progress

Enjoying gobs of water lilies this afternoon; looking to balance abstraction and reality in the same moment. Done at the Biltmore Estate waterlily pond; a gorgeous summer afternoon work in progress.