June 8, 2019 3:54 pm

A Few Alcohol Ink Mini Paintings

by Jenny Armitage in Uncategorized

These are my very first alcohol ink paintings. The process is fast and exciting if not exactly controllable. Each of these paintings was completed in under thirty minutes working on Yupo with an eyedropper, cotton ball, cotton swab, gravity, and a mister. The good news it creates beautiful glowing results almost by magic. The bad news is that over half the painting made this way are fit only for the trash. These are the winners:

Blue Mountains I, Small Original Painting, by Jenny Armitage

Blue Mountains I (alcohol ink 5 x 6) Available

Blue Mountains II, Small Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Blue Mountains II (Alcohol Ink 5 x 7) Available

Blue Mountains III, an Small Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Blue Mountain III (alcohol ink 5 x 7) Available

Blue Cliffs, Original Alchohol Ink Painting by Jenny Armitage

Blue Cliffs (Alchohol Ink 4 x 7) Available

Coastal Moon, Small Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Coastal Moon (alcohol ink 4 x 6) SOLD

Cliff Dwellers (alcohol ink 5.5 x 7) Available

These paintings are available in reproduction and on various products here.

tags: abstract, Abstract mini painting of mountains., alcohol ink, Armitage, blue, blue cliffs, blue mountains, cliff, cliffs, coast, dreamscape, green hills, impressionist, landscape, moon, mountain, mountains, ocean, sand, sea, seascape, semi-abstract, silver

May 23, 2019 1:56 pm

Saint Jost Church

by Jenny Armitage in Uncategorized

Saint Jost Church, Original Painting of Cesky Krumlov by Jenny Armitage

Saint Jost Church (watercolor 10 x 23) Available

The Saint Jost bell tower in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic.

tags: Armitage, bell tower, cesky krumlov, church, Czech, Czech Republic, jenny, Saint Jose, Saint Jost Church, street, street scene, tower, town, village, watercolor

1:53 pm

Pantheon Spotlight

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Pantheon Spotlight, Watercolor Painting by Jenny Armitage

Pantheon Spotlight (watercolor 12 x 17) Available

The dome in the Roman Pantheon is open to the sky. It provides all of the natural light in the church. The result is slowly moving spotlight, picking out first one wall than another in the Pantheon.

May 8, 2019 8:22 pm

Looking Towards Home

by Jenny Armitage in landscapes,prints available,sold,watercolors

Looking Up Towards Home, Original Watercolor by Jenny Armitage

Looking Up Towards Home II (watercolor 13 x 19) Sold

Walking home from a morning walk in the woods we looked up the hill towards our house into magical morning light. I’ve done my best to capture that light in this pair of paintings.

Looking Up Towards Home, Original Painting of Light Through Trees by Jenny Armitage

Looking Up Towards Home I (watercolor 13 x 19) Sold

These paintings have sold, but you can still purchase prints here.

tags: firs, forest, hill, hillside, landscape, light, Morning, painting, shadows, trees, trunks, watercolor

8:18 pm

Spring Snow On Croisan Trail

by Jenny Armitage in for sale,landscapes,prints available,watercolors

Spring Snow on Croisan Trail, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Spring Snow on Croisan Train (watercolor 14 x 19) Available

We walked Croisan Scenic Trail all this winter, rain, snow, or shine. It is beautiful in the snow.

tags: Armitage, Croisan Scenic Trail, forest, mud, Oregon, painting, path, Salem, slush, snow, snowy, trail, watercolor, wood, woods

8:13 pm

Segovia Monument

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,sold,watercolors

Segovia Monument, Original Painting of Spain by Jenny Armitage

Segovia Monument (watercolor 14 x 18) SOLD

tags: Armitage, buildings, cityscape, europe, green, impressionist, pink, Renaissance, segovia, Spain, square, stairs, statue, street scene, watercolor

8:10 pm

Empty Nest IV: Breaking Out

by Jenny Armitage in Abstract,for sale,watercolors

Empty Next IV, Abstract Watercolor by Jenny Armitage

Breaking Out: Empty Nest IV (watercolor 18 x 21) Available

Another painting based on my empty nest.

tags: abstract, broken eggs, eggs, empty nest, Jenny Armitage, leaving home, nest, turmoil, watercolor

6:28 pm

Seville: City of Color

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,prints available,sold,watercolors

To The Cathedral, Watercolor Painting of Seville, Spain by Jenny Armitage

To the Cathedral (watercolor 15 x 19) SOLD

Santa Cruz in the Barrio on a street leading to the Seville Cathedral.

This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.

tags: Barrio, cathedral, cityscape, europe, landscape, lane, road, Santa Cruz, Seville, Spain, street, watercolor

February 15, 2019 6:23 pm

Wings From Home: Empty Nest III

by Jenny Armitage in animals,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Wings From Home, Watercolor by Jenny Armitage

Wings From Home: Empty Nest III (watercolor 23 x 17) Available

Another painting based on the empty nest I found in our yard.

tags: crows wings, empty nests, feathers, nest, nests, painting, raven wings, watercolor, wings

February 5, 2019 7:54 pm

Looking Up

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Looking Up, an Original Painting of a Gothic Cathedral, by Jenny Armitage

Looking Up (watercolor 12 x 17) Available

Looking up from the nave of Salamanca Cathedral, Spain.

tags: Arch, basilica, cathedral, church, column, columns, europe, Gothic, nave, Salamanca, Spain, Spanish, temple, upwords, window

7:47 pm

Waking Forest

by Jenny Armitage in for sale,goddesses,prints available,watercolors

Waking Forest, Original Painting of a Nymph by Jenny Armitage

Waking Forest (watercolor 13 x 18) Available

A Columbia Gorge nymph emerges out of the landscape.

tags: Columbia, demi goddess, dryad dryads, girl, goddess, landscape, muse, naiad, naiads, Northwest, nyad, nyads forest, nymph, nymphs, Oregon, potameides, pre raphaelite, river, sprite, sprites, stream, surreal, sylph, sylphs, waterfall, woman, wood, woods

7:39 pm

Empty Nest II

by Jenny Armitage in for sale,prints available,still lifes,watercolors

Empty Nest II, An Abstract Painting by Jenny Armitage

Empty Nest II (watercolor 15 x 19) Available

Reflections on becoming an empty nester, via abstract variations of a bird’s nest I found in my backyard.

tags: abstract, abstract realism, birds nest, birds nests, empty nest, empty nester, empty nesters, empty nests, feather, feathers, modern, poured, watercolor

7:29 pm

In Salamanca

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

In Salmanca, Original Painting of Spain by Jenny Armitage

In Salamanca (watercolor 12 x 17) Available

tags: alley, backstreet, cityscape, europe, lane, old town, Salamanca, Spain, Spanish, street, tourists

January 14, 2019 3:36 pm

Empty Nest

by Jenny Armitage in for sale,still lifes,watercolors

Empty Nest, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Empty Nest (13 x 15 watercolor) Available

We had Juncos nesting under our deck last spring. After the birds had left, I stole the next to paint.

tags: avian, birds nest, feather, Junco, Juncos, nest, shadow, watercolor

3:34 pm

Freight at Dusk

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Freight at Duck, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Freight at Dusk (16 x 21 watercolor) Available

I drive through Albany on my way to Art in the Valley several times a month. Crossing over the railway bridge I admire the trains, but there’s no place to pull over and stop. So last month, I made a point of pulling into the station and walking up the bridge to photograph the trains. I may do it again at a different time of day.

tags: afternoon, Albany, cargo, depoit, dusk, freight, freight train, late afternoon, Oregon, railroad, railway, station, sunset, train, trains

3:33 pm

Birth of Venus One and Two

by Jenny Armitage in figures,for sale,surrealism,Uncategorized,watercolors

Birth of Venus Two, Original Watercolor by Jenny Armitage

Birth of Venus One (18 x 24 watercolor) Available

Birth of Venus Two, Watercolor Painting by Jenny Armitage

Birth of Venus Two, (18 x 24 watercolor) Available

Botticelli’s Birth of Venus is stunning, but it never captured the delivery part of birth for me. Botticelli’s Venus is serene. She is arriving at the shore, the messy birth process long behind her. My Venuses are actually in the process of emerging from the sea foam.

tags: aphrodite, art deco, art nouveau, beautiful, beauty, birth venus, female, fish, foam, goddess, greek, Jenny Armitage, lady, love, ocean, rising, Roman, sea, sea foam jelly fish, surreal, venus, wave, woman

3:31 pm

Light House Stairs

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Lighthouse Stairs, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Lighthouse Stairs, (18 x 13 watercolor) Available

Looking down the stairs at Yaquina Light House in Newport Oregon.

tags: art nouveau, coast, light house, lighthouse, looking down, Oregon, spiral stairway, spriral, stairs, stairway, Yaquina Lighthouse

November 6, 2018 5:59 pm

Perhaps Persephone?

by Jenny Armitage in figures,prints available,sold,watercolors

Persephone in Autumn, An Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Perhaps Persephone (watercolor 16 x 22) SOLD

Initially, this painting was inspired by a bird’s nest left over from last Spring. Looking at the nest, the woman with bird’s nest hair and the whitewater dress rising from the ground just came to me. She became Persephone as painted her. Now she is drowsily sinking back into the earth before her return to Hades and the Underworld. She’ll be back in the Spring.

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tags: art nouveau, autumn, birds nest, Eleusinian mysteries, Fall, girl, goddess, greek, Hades, myth, nymph, Ovid, Pesephone, Proserpina, roots, stream, surreal, woman

5:58 pm

The Heart of Salamanca

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

The Heart of Salamanca, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

The Heart of Salamanca (watercolor 19 x 23) Available

This is early morning on the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca, Spain. In a couple hours the Plaza will be full of umbrella tables. But right now the coffee drinkers are inside enjoying the warmth.

tags: arcade, arches, bell tower, europe, European, golden, Jenny Armitage, Morning, people, plaza, Plaza Mayor, Salamanca, shadows, Spain, Spanish, square, winter

5:56 pm

Mudejar Pillars

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available

Mudejar Pillar No. One, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Mudejar Pillar No. One (watercolor 10 x 14) Available

Mudejar Pillar No. Two, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Mudejar Pillar No. Two (watercolor 10 x 14) Available

These two capitals come from the Nazrid Palaces in The Alhambra of Granada, Spain.

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tags: Alhambra, andalucia, architecture, capital, europe, European, Granada, Islam, middle ages, Moorish, mudejar, Nazrid Palaces, palace, pillar, poured, Spain, Spanish

5:53 pm

Visiting the Trujillo Cathedral

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Trujillo Cathedral, Watercolor Painting by Jenny Armitage

Trujillo Cathedral (watercolor 10 x 22) Available

This is the cathedral in Trujillo, Spain, also known as “Our Lady of Peace.” I’ve painted her from the side, as a neighbor might walk to her. But she presides over Trujillo’s Plaza Mayor.

tags: "Our Lady of Peace", alley, Andulacia, Catedral, catholic, church, europe, Jenny Armitage, lane, old man, poured, purple, sidestreet, Spain, Spanish, street, tower, Trujillo, way

September 10, 2018 3:44 pm

Ahambra Muse

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Alhambra Muse, Original Painting of Spain by Jenny Armitage

Alhambra Muse (watercolor 17 x 23) Available

This is one of the first courts in the Palacios Nazaries of Granada’s Alhambra.

tags: Alhambra, Andulacia, arches, courtyard, Granada, horseshoe arches, man, mudejar, palace, palacios nazaries, poured, seated figure, watercolor, woman

3:22 pm

Backstreet Granada

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Backstreet Granada, Original Painting of Spain by Jenny Armitage

Backstreet Granada (watercolor 14 x 23) Available

tags: Albayzin, alley, Andulacia, Armitage, cityscape, Granada, groceries, lane, shopping, Spain, Spanish, street scene, watercolor, woman

August 27, 2018 11:13 am

The Yellow Church in Zahara

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,Uncategorized,watercolors

The Yellow Church, Watercolor Painting of the Torre del Reloj by Jenny Armitage

The Yellow Church (watercolor 16 x 23) Available

This is the Plaza Mayor in the village of Zahara, Cadiz Province, Spain. The village is one of the more picturesque pueblos blancos in Andulacia. The church I’ve painted is known as the Torre del Reloj (Yellow Tower), and it dominates the square.

tags: al fresco, Andulacia, bell tower, bells, Cadiz, cafe, church, Jenny Armitage, pueblos blancos, sidewalk dining, Southern, Spain, Spanish, Torre del Roloj, village, watercolor, white town, white towns, yellow tower, Zahara

11:02 am

Miranda del Castanar

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,sold,Uncategorized,watercolors

Via Miranda, Original Painting of Spanish Village by Jenny Armitage

Via Miranda (watercolor 9 x 19) Available

From Miranda del Castanar, all the views are vistas but all the vistas are framed by narrow streets. This little half timbered village, with a population of less than five hundred is a joy to wander.

The View From Miranda, an Original Painting of Miranda del Canastar by Jenny Armitage

The View From Miranda (watercolor 11 x 19) SOLD

tags: alley, Castille, Francia Mountains, half timbered, hill, houses, lane, Leon, Miranda del Castanar, mountains, road, rural, Salamanca, shacks, Sierra de Francia, Spain, Spanish, street, town, view, village

August 17, 2018 5:17 pm

Strolling the 1929 Expo

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available

Strolling the 1929 Expo, Original Painting of Sevilla, by Jenny Armitage

Strolling the 1929 Expo (watercolor 23 x 17) Available

This is Seville’s Plaza de Espana where Spain held the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. Seville went all out for this World Fair venue. The plaza is a beautiful mix of Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance Revival, Spanish Baroque Revival and Neo-Mudéjar styles.

tags: 1929 Expo, Andulacia, arcade, Armitage, couple, Espana., europe, loggia, Maria Louisa Park, mudejar, pavillion, Plaza de Espana, Renaissance, Sevilla, Seville, Spain, Spanish, strolling, The Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, walking, watercolor, world fair, world's fair

4:44 pm

Leaving Segovia

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Leaving Segovia, Rainy Night Painting of the Aqueduct By Jenny Armitage

Leaving Segovia (watercolor 23 x 16) Available

Driving out of Segovia’s old town ends with a spectacular view of the aqueduct. Driving out on a rainy night, is like driving into an impressionist painting of the aquaduct..

tags: ancient Roman, aquaduct, Armitage, evening, impressionism, impressionist, lights, night, nocturn, painting, pavement, rain, rainy, reflections, road, Roman, ruin, segovia, Spain, Spanish, spring, street, streetlights, town, watercolor, wet, winter

4:25 pm

Mudejar Arch

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,prints available,sold,watercolors

Mudejar Arch, Painting of Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija by Armitage

Mudejar Arch (watercolor 13 x 18) SOLD

During our trip to Spain, I fell in love with the mudejar horseshoe arches. This particular arch is in the Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija in Seville. The Palace is an architectural hodgepodge, with mudejar and Renaissance elements and ancient Roman mosaic floors.

This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a fine art print.

tags: Andulucia, Arch, arches, Armitage, calligraphy, carved, colorful, Countess de Lebrija, courtyard, detail, Espana., green, horseshoe, impressionism, impressionist, Lebrija Palace, Moor, Moorish, mudejar, museum, orange, Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija, poured, purple, Sevilla, Seville, Spain, Spanish, violet, watercolor

August 13, 2018 12:03 pm

April on the Plaza Mayor

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

April on the Plaza Mayor, Original Painting of Spain, by Jenny Armitage

April of the Plaza Mayor (watercolor 15 x 23) Available

tags: afternoon, April, Armitage, atmospheric, Castillo, cathedral, church, city, cityscape, old town, plaza, Plaza Mayor, poured, Renaissance, segovia, shadows, Spain, Spanish, spring, square, tourist district, tourists, town, urban, watercolor

11:38 am

Hanging Out at Opal Creek

by Jenny Armitage in for sale,landscapes,prints available,watercolors

Hanging Out at Opal Creek, Oregon Painting by Jenny Armitage

Hanging Out at Opal Creek (watercolor 13 x 22) Available

This is our favorite lunch spot on Opal Creek. It’s just below the falls and about half way around the pretty looping trail to Jawbone Flats.

tags: aqua, Armtiage, blue, canyon, creek, Douglas Fir, evergreen, evergreens, fir, firs, gorge, green, Jawbone Flats, Northwest, Opal Creek, Opal Creek Trail, Opal Creek Wilderness, Oregon, rocks, rocky, Santiem, stream river, tree, trees, valley

August 6, 2018 8:33 pm

Alcazar Window

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,prints available,sold,watercolors

Alcazar Window, Original Painting of Seville, by Jenny Armtiage

Alcazar Window (watercolor 11 x 19) Sold

This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.

tags: Alcazar, andalucia, Armitage, castle, europe, jenny, man, mudejar, palace, Salem, Sevilla, Seville, silhouette, Spain, Spanish, window

8:31 pm

Aqua Falls

by Jenny Armitage in landscapes,prints available,sold,watercolors

Aqua Falls, Original Painting of Opal Creek by Jenny Armitage

Aqua Falls (watercolor 16 x 23) SOLD

No these falls aren’t actually named the Aqua Falls. I don’t know their name. I think of them as the aqua falls, because the water is the most beautiful aqua color there. There being the first falls on the Opal Creek Trail, east of Salem, Oregon. If you hike the trail you’ll find them just as you reach the abandoned mill machinery. You have to scramble a little off trail down some rocks to reach this view of them. The good news is you’ll probably have them to yourself.

This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a fine art print.

tags: aqua, falls, forest, impressionism, impressionist, national forest, Opal Creek, Oregon, waterfall

August 2, 2018 10:55 am

Morning in Toledo

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Toledo Morning, an Original Painting of Spain by Jenny Armitage

Toledo Morning (watercolor 14 x 22) Available

The streets of Toledo are shaded by canvas sails and lit by hanging lanterns.

tags: canvas sails, Castile, cityscape, dark ages, europe, European, lane, lanterns, man, medieval, middle ages, Morning, narrow, Spain, Spanish, street, Todelo, way

10:32 am

Over the Rooftops

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Over the Rooftops, Original Painting of Caceres Spain by Jenny Armitage

Over the Rooftops (watercolor 10 x 17) Available

Caceres, Spain as seen from the cathedral roof.

tags: castle, city, europe, European, Extremadura, fortress, impressionism, impressionist, Jenny Armitage, medieval, middle ages, roofs, rooftops, Southern, Spain, Spanish, tower, town, walled city, watercolor

10:11 am

Breaktime Caceres

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,prints available,sold,Uncategorized,watercolors

Break Time Caceres an Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Break-time Caceres (watercolor 11 x 13) Sold

This is old town Caceres.

This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.

tags: afternoon, breaktime, Caceres, city, cityscape, europe, European, Extremadura, impressionism, impressionist, Jenny Armitage, lunch, man, noon, old town, poured, pouring, shadows, Spain, stucco, town, wall, watercolor

July 11, 2018 6:04 pm

A Doggie Moment in Caceres

by Jenny Armitage in animals,buildings and bridges,Europe,figures,for sale,prints available,sold,watercolors

A Doggie Moment, Original Watercolor of Caceres, Spain by Jenny Armitage

A Doggie Moment (watercolor 12 x 19) Sold

One more painting from my Spring trip to Spain. This is Caceres, Extremadura inside the medieval city walls.

This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.

tags: Armitage, Caceres, city, city wall, city walls, dog, dog walk, doggie, Extremadura, landscape, lane, medieval, middle ages, puppy, purple, silhouette, Spain, Spainish, street, street scene, towers, town, village, violet, walled city

June 14, 2018 7:25 pm

Church of San Martin

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,prints available,watercolors

The Church in San Martin, Watercolor of Spanish Mountain Village by J. Armitage

The Church in San Martin (16 x 23 watercolor) Available

San Martin de Trevjo is a sleepy mountain village in Extramadura, Spain. I spent a happy couple hours wandering among the half-timbered homes there.

tags: bell, Caceres, church, Espana., Extremadura, half timbered, houses, lane, mountain town, road, Saint Martin, San Martín de Trevejo, Spain, steeple, stone, street, town, village

6:08 pm

Visiting Sky City

by Jenny Armitage in Europe,figures,for sale,prints available,watercolors

Visiting Sky City, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Visiting Sky City (watercolor 12 x 19) Available

Acoma City, a pueblo in New Mexico.

tags: Acoma, adobe, girl, homes, houses, New Mexico, Pueblo, sky city, southwest., young lady

5:55 pm

This Hips Don’t Lie

by Jenny Armitage in Europe,figures,for sale,prints available,watercolors

The Hips Don't Lie, Orignial Painting of Flaminco Dancer by Jenny Armitage

The Hips Don't Lie (watercolor) Available

Flaminco dancer in Seville.

tags: Andulacia, Cadiz, dance, dancer, dancers, Espana., female, flaminco, girl, lady, red dress, Sevilla, Seville, Spain, Spanish, Spanish tile, woman

5:38 pm

Barcelona Gothic

by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,for sale,sold,watercolors

Barcelona Gothic, Painting of the Pont del Bisbe by Jenny Armitage

Barcelona Gothic (watercolor) Available

tags: Barcelona, Bari Gotic, Bridge of Sighs, bridges, Catalonia, city, cityscape, Gothic, lane, middle ages, old town, Pont del Bisbe, Spain, street, street scene, tourists, town, watercolor

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