Saving Simsbury's Open Land
We are blessed to have many acres of preserved land in Simsbury thanks to the Simsbury Land Trust. This is a painting of the Land...
Painting the Figure
Along with abstraction, I have been wanting to paint the figure. Always up for learning something new, I took a workshop at WHAL with...
Moving Toward Abstraction as Artist in Residence at Farmington Valley Arts Center
"Red Barn in the Fall" is the first in a series of realistic abstracts I am planning while working as an Artist in Residence at...
"The Stigma"
"The Stigma" was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's iris paintings. Van Gogh painted irises when he was hospitalized at the asylum in...
Connecticut's Historic Garden Day Poster Contest Winner
We are pleased to announce West Simsbury, CT artist Lori Racicot-Burrous as the winner of its 2015 Historic Gardens Day Poster Art...
Last day of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days - "White is for Love"
Well my last painting is not the typical 5"x7" that I have been creating for the challenge, but I finished this piece - a 12" x 12"...
Day 29 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - "Naked Bosc"
Study of a peeled Bosc pear. All of my paintings, for the challenge, are painted on 5" x 7" canvas board. I am selling them, unframed,...
Day 28 of the 30 Day Challenge " Standing Out in the Crowd"
A study for a Valentine's Day painting. The red rose was a bear to get proportioned correctly. At first, I painted it way too large,...
Day 27 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - "les marguerites" a redo of "Coneflowers at Colon
Tonight, after looking at all of the paintings I have created over the past 26 days, I decided to redo "Coneflowers at Colonial...
Day 26 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - "White Onion and Garlic"
Today, I used a limited pallet to paint the daily painting. I posted pictures of the initial block-in of the onion and garlic and the...
