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July 14, 2017 10:59 am

Morning in Le Marias

by Jenny Armitage in biography,composition,Europe,prints available,sold,watercolors

Morning in Le Marais, Original Paining of Paris by Jenny Armitage

Morning in Le Marais (17 x 23 Watercolor) SOLD

My husband, daughter, and I spent a pleasant morning walking through the Le Marais district in Paris, on our way to the Pompiduo Modern Art Museum. The Le Marais was once inhabited by the French aristocracy and later become center of the Jewish community in Paris. Post WWII, it is once again inhabited by traditional Jews. I found the Jewish men’s back hats and suits striking against the back drop of more casually dressed tourists.

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

tags: city, cityscape, europe, France, impressionist, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Quarter, Jews, Le Marais, paris, street, tourist, tourists

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July 13, 2017 5:10 pm

Dining Canalside

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by Jenny Armitage in buildings and bridges,Europe,figures,pastels,watercolors

Dining Canalside, Painting of Amsterdam by Jenny Armitage

Dining Canalside, (17 x 22 watercolor and pastel) $600

This is eating out Amsterdam style. The painting is mostly watercolor with a few pastel accents.

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tags: amsterdam, cafe, Canal, Central Europe, coffee, dutch, europe, European, Holland, mixed media, netherlands, pastel, restaurant, watercolor

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May 16, 2017 3:24 pm

A Girl’s Best Friend

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by Jenny Armitage in Bicycling,Europe,for sale,prints available,Uncategorized,watercolors

A Girls Best Friend, Bicycle Painting by Jenny Armitage

A Girl's Best Friend (13 x 17" watercolor) $400

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tags: amsterdam, Armitage, bicycle, bicycling, bike, biking, blue, bricks, cycle, cycling, europe, girls, netherlands, orange, shadow, women

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January 24, 2017 4:29 pm

Old Kirk

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

Haarlem Kirk, original painting of The Netherlands by Jenny Armitage

Haarlem Kirk (16 x 23 watercolor) $700

We spent our last day in the Neatherlands in Haarlem. Haarlem is just just under a half hour by train from Amsterdam, but feels like it’s miles away because where Amsterdam is large and lively, Haarlem is small and quiet.

The young women in the foreground were adding more chalk to a square already covered in graffiti. None of it was pictorial and all of it obviously washes off with each night’s rain.

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tags: Central Europe, church, dutch, europe, Kirk, Old Kirk, square, The Netherlands, town, villiage

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November 26, 2016 1:32 pm

The Stairs To Cesky Krumlov

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

Stairs to Cesky Krumlov, Painting by Jenny Armitage

Stairs to Cesky Krumlov (12 x 22 watercolor) $600

Cesky Krumlov is a magical town of twisting streets, nestled in a river bend. The castle, churches, and residential neighborhoods occupy the hill about town. This is the view is the from the residential neighborhood above the river. The “street” down into town is actually a stairway.

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tags: brick, castle, Central Europe, cesky krumlov, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, europe, stairs, stucco, town, village

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1:29 pm

Bridge to Cesky Krumlov

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Bridge to Cesky Krumlov, Watercolor by Jenny Armitage

Bridge to Cesky Krumlov (13 x 17 watercolor) $350

Cesky Krumlov sits in a bend of Vltava River in the Czech Republic. It is a walkers town. And if you walk, you eventually cross the Vltava. All the bridges are charming and walkable.

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tags: Armitage, bridge, Central Europe, cesky krumlov, church, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, europe, European, houses, village, watercolor

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September 1, 2016 3:59 pm

Horsing Around With Accordions

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

Horsing Around With Accordian, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Horsing Around With Accordions (watercolor 17x20) SOLD

Buskers with wearing horse-heads and playing the accordion are standard Vienna fare. We heard these three coming to and going from The Leopold. They were loud, enthusiastic and good, playing both traditional folk and a few pop pieces. But mostly they are just visually fun.

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

tags: accordion, accordions, Armitage, Austira, busker, buskers, europe, folk music, funny, graphic, horse, horse heads, horse masks, horses, humorous, instruments, joke, music, musician, musicians, poster, trio, vienna, watercolor

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August 9, 2016 1:15 pm

Cafe Snapshot

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

European Cafe, Watercolor Painting by Jenny Armitage

Snapshot Cafe (watercolor 14 x 23) $600

Despite the lack of canals and only a single bicycle, this is Amsterdam on a summer evening. But it could be anyone of a number of European street scenes.

The title is a bit of a pun. I painted the picture from a series of snapshots, and girls in the foreground are sharing a snapshot. I hope the atmospheric nature of the painting has little to do with snapshots.

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tags: amsterdam, atmospheric, bicycle, cafe, city, cityscape, dutch, europe, European, evening, girls, golden, green, impressionism, impressionistic, late afternoon, light, long shadows, netherlands, pedestrians, restaurant, sidewalk, snapshot, summer, tourists

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February 13, 2016 11:17 am

Three Towers

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

Three Laccan Towers, Watercolor Painting by Jenny Armitage

"Three Luccan Towers" (17 x 19 watercolor) $500

Another Italian painting, this time of Lucca. The view is from a window in yet a fourth tower. I will have to paint the tower we climbed. The oak trees growing from it’s roof give it a surreal feel.

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tags: afternoon, city, cityscape, europe, European, Italian, Italy, Lucca, medevial, painting, tile roofs, tower, towers, Tuscan, Tuscany, urban, village, watercolor

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November 9, 2015 12:31 pm

Evening at the Louvre

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

Evening at the Louvre, Paris Painting by Jenny Armitage

Evening at the Louvre (watercolor 14 x 22) $500

The glass pyramid as seen through one of the Louvre’s arches.

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tags: Arch, archway, city, cityscape, courtyard, dramatic, europe, evening, France, Louvre, orange, paris, passage, purple, pyramid, tourists, twilight, walkway, woman

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December 31, 2014 4:25 pm

Village Stairs

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

Village Stairs, Painting by Jenny Armitage

Village Stairs (19 x 12 watercolor) $500

This is a back “street” in Riomaggiore where the streets are not only likely to be too small for cars, but may include staircases. I loved the light at the end of the tunnel effect and the contract between the brightly painted wall and the natural stone stairs. The woman was both beautiful and big.

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tags: Armitage, big, Cinque Terre, europe, fat, figure, green, Italian, Italy, jenny, orange, Riomaggiore, round, stair, stairs, starcase, tourist, village, woman

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December 28, 2014 5:15 pm

Divide and Conquer or the Power of the Scissors

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by Jenny Armitage in Bicycling,composition,Europe,for sale,mistakes,prints available,sold,watercolors

Italian Heat is not my first attempt at that painting. It is the second. I made several mistakes with the first painting, most of them having to to with composition. I left too many people from my reference photos in the image, and that took away from the real subject, the biking couple at the end of the street. Having reached the conclusion that the painting was a failure, I played around with photos the spoiled painting before sketching out the second version which ended up in the blog entry below.

That left me with a poor complicated painting with great color but no real focus. So I set the failed painting aside for a while. Then a few weeks later, I got out the mat corners (“L” shaped pieces of mat board used for visual cropping) and singled out the two bicyclists. The result is Florence Bikers.

Florence Bikers, a Watercolor by Jenny Armitage

Florence Bikers (9 x 16 watercolor) SOLD

Having rescued one painting I looked at the remainder and found Three Italians.

Three Italians, Painting by Jenny Armitage

Three Italians, (9 x 21 watercolor) $125

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tags: alley, bicycle, bicyclers, bicycles, bicyclists, bike, bikers, bikes, europe, Florence, gang, group, heat, Italian, Italians, Italy, purple, road, street, summer, three men, tourists, violet, yellow

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September 3, 2014 7:24 am

Oregon State Fair

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by Jenny Armitage in biography,buildings and bridges,Europe,landscapes,sold,Southwest,watercolors

I had a stellar week in the Artisan Village at the Oregon State Fair. I sold seven originals. Three of Riomaggiore on the Italian Med:

An Italian Jewel, Painting of Cinque Terre by Jenny Armitage

An Italian Jewel (16 x 23 watercolor) SOLD

A Slice of Riomaggiore, watercolor by Jenny Armitage

A Slice of Riomaggiore (10 x 12 watercolor) SOLD

Riomaggiore Hillside, Painting by Jenny Armitage

Riomaggiore Hillside (16 x 22 watercolor) SOLD

Two of Florence:

: The Ultimate Alley View (12 x 19 watercolor) SOLD

: July in Florence (13 x 23 watercolor) SOLD

One of Oxford:

: Oxford Lane (watercolor 13 x 19) SOLD

And one of The Valley of the Gods in Utah:

Moki Dugway View of the Valley of the Gods, a Watercolor Painting by Jenny Armitage

Looking Down From Moki Dugway (14 x 24 watercolor) SOLD

My “problem” now is putting together enough paintings for my feature at Art in the Valley this coming October.

tags: Artisan Villiage, europe, Florence, Italy, Oregon State Fair, originals, Oxford, Riomaggiore, southwest, UK, watercolors

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August 27, 2014 10:27 pm

Oxford Bike

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

Oxford Bike, Original Painting by Jenny Armitage

Oxford Bike (watercolor 17 x 19) SOLD

I poured this painting at the Oregon State Fair on yesterday and spent this afternoon finishing up the brushwork. I rather like it. The greens feel very England to me.

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

tags: Arch, arches, Armitage, bicycle, bicycles, bicycling, bike, bikes, college, door, doors, doorway, doorways, England, europe, green, jenny, Oxford, shadows, sidewalk, sidewalks, sunny, UK, university, watercolor, window, windows, yellow

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June 7, 2014 1:34 pm

Hunchbacked Gargoyle

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

Hunchbacked Gargoyle, Watercolor of Notre Dame by Jenny Armitage

Hunchbacked Gargoyle (16 x 18 watercolor) $400

The view from atop Notre Dame, Paris.

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tags: cathedral, cathedrals, europe, France, gargoyle, gargoyles, hunchback, hunchbacks, hunchedbacked, Notre Dame, paris, Parisian

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October 28, 2013 10:48 am

Late Afternoon Florence

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

Late Afternoon Florence, Painting by Jenny Armitage

Late Afternoon Florence (13 x 22 watercolor) $600

Florence is worth visiting just to walk the streets. The twisting turning little alleys are endlessly fascinating. The light pours through in dramatic shafts between the buildings spotlighting slivers of streets and buildings.

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tags: afternoon, alley, cityscape, europe, European, filtered light, Fiorenze, Florence, Italian, Italy, lane, late afternoon, paper lanterns, shoppers, street, street scene, tourists, Tuscany

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October 15, 2013 1:15 pm

Saint Pauls Cathedral

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

A Spire of Saint Pauls, Painting the Cathedral by Jenny Armitage

A Spire of Saint Paul's (11 x 15 watercolor) $300

This is one of the twin clock tower spires of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London. I love Saint Paul’s Cathedral though it is nothing like the Gothic Cathedrals I fell in love with on my first trip the England. Unlike England’s early cathedrals, Saint Paul’s was designed by a single man, Sir Christopher Wren and built over just thirty years. The result is a clean coherent building rather unlike the the quirky cathedrals I first admired.

Wren designed and saw built numerous churches in the vicinity to compliment and be complimented by the cathedral. But in the London Blitz practically the entire neighborhood was bombed and burned to the ground. The cathedral is now surrounded by modern offices. The Millennium Bridge now leads directly to it providing a very modern show case for Wren’s jewel.

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tags: archetecture, blue, building, cathedral, Christopher Wren, church, clock tower, England, europe, impressionism, impressionist, London, pink, purple, Saint Paul's Cathedral, spire, St. Pauls, tower, U.K., United Kingdom, Wren

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October 11, 2013 6:21 pm

Changing in Milan

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

Milano Centrale, Watercolor Painting By Jenny Armitage

Changing in Milan (14 x 21 watercolor) $600

In our month long odyssey to Europe last year we had only one really long travel day, but it was a dozy. We left London in morning to take the train to Paris. We boarded the train without a hitch and ate lunch as we emerged from the channel tunnel in France. We walked the streets and had dinner in Paris. Then we boarded the night train Milan.

I’ve heard mixed reviews of the night train, but it did well for us. Our cabin mate was a gorgeous young Frenchmen who man managed to be both chivalrous and bashful at the same time. The cabin was spacious and the bunks comfortable. We agreed to an early bedtime and all fell asleep easily. Which is surprising because the trip was tinged with worry because Italy was scheduled for a railway strike, and we intended to go on from Milan to Rome.

So it was with some relief that we arrived in Milan in the wee hours to discover our connection to Rome was still on the board. Relief and time to enjoy the beauty of the modern railway station with the morning sun lighting up the tracks’ exit to the greater world.

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tags: bullet train, depot, dramatic, europe, European, impressionism, impressionist, Italians, Italy, light, Milan, Milano Centrale, modern, Morning, night train, platform, railway station, Rome, station, sunrise, tourist, train, trains, watercolor, wee

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March 5, 2013 2:21 pm

Summer in the Old World

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by Jenny Armitage in Europe,shows,watercolors

"Pilgrims at the Gate" a watercolor of Canterbury by Jenny Armitage

Pilgrims and the Gate (watercolor 15 x 20) $600

I am the March featured artist at Art in the Valley, Corvallis, Oregon. The show will be of my Europe paintings. Reception March 9th, from four to six.

tags: Armitage, Art in the Valley, europe, featured, gallery, Jenny Armitage, paintings, poured, show, watercolors

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February 24, 2013 8:22 am

Clock Cafe

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Clock Cafe, Watercolor of a Paris Cafe by Jenny Armitage

Clock Cafe (12 x 16 watercolor) $400

The d’Orsay Musee in Paris, was once a railway station. The original exterior clocks now serve as windows on the upper floor. I painted one of them a few months ago. That clock is opposite the gift shop and attracts as many tourists as the paintings. The other clock serves as the window in the museum cafe giving the cafe a charm all it’s own. Here it is.

I poured this painting is a similar manner to the first clock painting.

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tags: art museum, bar, blue, cafe, clock, colorful, d'orsay, europe, France, museum, paris, people, poured, purple, red, resturant, vivid, yellow

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February 17, 2013 12:48 pm

Rue Galande

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

Rue Galande, Watercolor of Paris by Jenny Armitage

Rue Galande (watercolor 19 x 13) $500

Another painting taken from our trip to Europe last summer. This charming little street is close to Nortre Dame, but at least a little off the beaten path. Like many of the streets in the area, it curves charmingly.

I poured this painting in much the same manner as July in Florence. The process is much like batik and leads to clear color passages that make buildings glow.

July in Florence, Painting of Old Florence by Jenny Armitage

July in Florence (13 x 23 watercolor) $600

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tags: afternoon, city, cityscape, europe, France, gold, lane, Le Navigator, orange, painting, paris, peach, poured, rue, RueGalande, street, urban, watercolor, way, yellow

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February 6, 2013 1:06 pm

And Suddenly, The Duomo

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

And Suddenly The Duomo, Painting By Jenny Armitage

And Suddenly the Duomo (15 x23 watercolor) Reserved

Old town Florence streets are shaded lanes so narrow they almost feel like tunnels running at irregular angles to each other. The view at the end of the tunnel is often as not another narrow lane cutting the street off at not quite a right angle. But here there the streets open into plazas with startling sunny views of churches, cathedrals, bridges, train stations and castles. Walking from our apartment, the Duomo complex burst upon us in much the same way–the light at the end of the tunnel.

Another poured watercolor painting, a process much like batik.

This painting is reserved for a show but you may purchase a fine art print.

tags: campanula, city, cityscape, duomo, europe, Florence, lane, old world, orange, painting, poured, rust, street, taliy, town, urban, watercolor, yellow

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Art in the Making by Jenny Armitage

A Painting Blog

europe

Morning in Le Marias

Dining Canalside

A Girl’s Best Friend

Old Kirk

The Stairs To Cesky Krumlov

Bridge to Cesky Krumlov

Horsing Around With Accordions

Cafe Snapshot

Three Towers

Evening at the Louvre

Village Stairs

Oregon State Fair

Oxford Bike

Hunchbacked Gargoyle

Late Afternoon Florence

Saint Pauls Cathedral

Changing in Milan

Summer in the Old World

Clock Cafe

Rue Galande

And Suddenly, The Duomo