This was a busy weekend! On Friday night we went to my art opening at CHASE, which was great fun and went really well. Here are a couple photos of my section of the show (thank you Heath!).

 

Saturday was my son’s 5th birthday! I can’t believe it! He’s an awesome kid, and these 5 years have flown by.

 

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Bright and early Monday morning I went down to CHASE Gallery (808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane WA) for the May-July show setup. It was a great experience and the show looks fantastic! I hope you’ll be able to come to the opening on Friday.

“Chase Galllery will be hosting a reception for Betty Hageman, Ellen Picken, Kathleen Secrest, and Jessie Lee Rasche on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. during First Friday! Hope to see you here!” – Spokane Arts Commission

The 4 artists (including me), Karen Mobley of Spokane Arts Commission and one of Karen’s co-workers, whose name I really wish I remembered, all worked together for a couple hours to get the show up on the walls, and in the end it looked amazing. This photo is of some of my paintings, halfway through the decision making process.

 

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Snow Cows – landscape painting by Jessie Rasche

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Snow Cows / oil on wood / approx 12 x 20 in. / available in my gallery of available paintings / inquire / Love It guarantee This is a painting of a snowy landscape in central Washington, halfway between Seattle and Spokane off I-90. There are some cows grazing and standing close to each other. [...]

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Earn some good Karma! Take Jessie’s short survey.

April 16, 2012

I’ve had this blog for almost 4 years now, and I really want to know more about my visitors! Please take a minute to answer these questions.

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Watercolor Color Chart & easter party news – painting tips from Jessie Rasche

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Aren’t color charts beautiful? I did this color chart for my watercolor paints. I have six colors, and each one I mixed with each of the others. The colors with the “*” on them are pure. I had some funny surprises. Three of these colors are relatively new to me – I’ve been using them [...]

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Reading – watercolor painting by Jessie Rasche

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Here is the “finished” watercolor sketch of a father helping his daughter read and paint. I’ve started a new page where I’ll make ‘sketches’ available for $35: jessiesfineart.com/sketches.html. These will be paintings or drawings that are incomplete ideas, but that really like and want to “put out there.” If there seems to be interest, I’ll [...]

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Scoters – landscape painting of the ocean and birds by Jessie Rasche

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UPDATED photo. In this painting I was going for a that feeling where you can almost see something but not quite… This one is a bit more abstract that the paintings I’ve been doing lately. What do you think? If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe to my blog. That way, you’ll never miss a post! [...]

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Self Portrait – watercolor painting by Jessie Rasche

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Here is a watercolor self-portrait painting of me and my son walking in the park. I’m going to hang onto this one for a while – maybe keep it for my upcoming show at CHASE gallery. For available paintings, see my art gallery. Yesterday was so fun. We bought some inflatable swards at Target and [...]

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Blossoms Flower Painting – art gallery of Jessie Rasche

March 23, 2012
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  NEW:  I will be making some sketches available, unframed, for $35, on my sketches page: jessiesfineart.com/sketches I’ve been painting some flowers set up in my window again… And in the process I pulled out some of the first flowers I painted. Here they are! Above: Blossoms / 6×8 / oil on canvas / Visit [...]

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Dad and Daughter Painting

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I got quite a ways on a new watercolor painting today. I’m putting it aside to ruminate on the background. I’m loving their portraits too much to be objective right now. (I’d love your comments!) The last several weeks I keep starting and starting and starting – sometimes with great starts. But I haven’t been [...]

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Orcas Island Sheep – landscape painting by Jessie Rasche

March 14, 2012
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Orcas Island Sheep / 8×12 in / oil on wood / available in my gallery of available paintings / inquire / Love It guarantee Here’s another painting that I just love, but it took me months to get a decent photo of. I finally have my setup so that I can get a good photo [...]

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Orcas Island in Purple – landscape painting by Jessie Rasche

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“Orcas Island II” by Jessie Rasche Approx. 12 in x 18 in / oil on wood / available in my gallery of available paintings / inquire / Love It guarantee I love this painting, but the original photo I took of it was terrible. I think this shows it a little more accurately. It’s pretty [...]

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Pink Love – figurative painting by Jessie Rasche

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Update: I’m saving this painting for my upcoming show at CHASE gallery. If you enjoyed this painting or post, please subscribe to my blog! Pink Love / approx 10×8 in / oil on canvas/ available in my gallery of available paintings / inquire / Love It Guarantee

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Trio – figurative painting by Jessie Rasche

March 6, 2012
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Trio / 6×6 in / oil on canvas / This painting isn’t available yet – but here are my available paintings of people. I’ve darkened up the background in Trio to make it a little stronger. It’s still pretty abstract (it’s 3 boys on a tire swing). I’m not sure it’s done yet – but [...]

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The network for artists with kids – HOW KIDS CHANGE ART

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Saturday through Thursday I’ll post new paintings. On Friday, there will be a network post. Hopefully you’ll find it interesting. :) I’d love to know what you think. 2: HOW KIDS CHANGE ART. The network for artists with kids. Join the network! CHALLENGE 2: Let us know how your kids have changed how you do [...]

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Baby Carrier – a watercolor painting in Jessie Rasche’s art gallery

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Baby Carrier / by Jessie Rasche / 3.5 x 5.5 in / available in my gallery of available paintings / inquire / Love It Guarantee This is my first completed watercolor painting since the workshop I took last weekend with Stan Miller. What Stan taught about composition really resonated with me, and I’ve realized how [...]

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The network for artists with kids – INTRODUCTIONS!

February 24, 2012

The network for artists with kids. 1: INTRODUCTIONS! Join the network: Comment a “Hello” or more!  Hello fellow artist-parents! Let’s talk about juggling being a mom/dad and being an artist. I’ve already collected months worth of tips and am excited to share them! We’ll talk about finding time, studio management, finding energy, loving parenting techniques, [...]

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Piggyback 2 & Goals

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I’m working on a watercolor painting (here’s a detail) and really working on the composition. What do you think so far? I had forgotten how much I love watercolor. My business goal right now is to get people to sign up for my newsletter. Please sign up! You’ll get news about my latest paintings, and [...]

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Workshop last weekend

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I took a painting workshop last weekend by the great watercolor artist Stan Miller. It was a really specific workshop: how to deal with backgrounds in watercolor portraits. I’m playing with the ideas and will post some new work soon. I already feel like a better painter.

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Backlit Bouquet

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I’ve been busy re-making my web site and doing the business end of painting – so I am posting a painting from a while back. I painted this one really quickly, and it came out nice and warm. It shows back-lit yellow flowers stretching up to a warm sky. Here is another flower painting. “Backlit [...]

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