Advent Calendar Days 10 - 16

 

Advent Calendar Day 10 

 

For the Love of van Gogh’s Irises, wool, mixed fibre, 9” x 12”, CAN $400


As I was not be able to go outside until the spring, I felt drawn to the image of irises and wildflowers at the end of winter. The felted painting is a recreation of my acrylic painting For the Love of van Gogh’s Irises.


The process of creating this piece flowed without obstacles, but the details took a lot of time. I enjoyed the inspiration of van Gogh’s technique of outlining his shapes.

 

After I finished the artwork, I changed the working title from Thinking of van Gogh's Irises to For the Love of van Gogh’s Irises because irises are one of my favourite flowers.

Advent Calendar Day 11

Mildred, The Hedgehog, wool, 9” x 12”, CAN $400

This cute guy visited my parents every night during the summer to eat the food my father left for him in a little hedgehog house. Most of my photos were taken from the inside and showed glass reflections. However, on the last day of my trip, two hedgehogs were in the garden in the early morning hours and let me take pictures of them.


It took me a long time to finish this artwork because I used several layers of short pieces of wool roving to create the spikes. The leaves were also time-intensive. It seems that everything green is especially challenging for me. It definitely was worth the effort!

 

 

 

Advent Calendar Day 12

 

 

Water Lily, watercolour and watercolour pencil, 5.8” x 8.3” 

 

 

Delicate Water Lily, wool and mixed fibre, 9” x 12”, CAN $400

 

I saw this water lily on my visit to the Palmengarten, the botanical garden in Frankfurt. First, we painted the flower during one of the July Zoom meetings with my Painting Buddies. I was so pleased with the result that I immediately a felted version. 

I spent a lot of time on the water lily. It was my first attempt at creating water bubbles on leaves and petals, which was fun. The needle-felted painting was very time-intensive because of the many layers on the flower and the lily pads.

Advent Calendar Day 13

Peaceful Petrie Island Sunset, wool and mixed fibres, 9” x 12”, CAN $400

 

This is the needle-felted recreation of the acrylic painting Peacefulness from my 2020 landscape calendar. Petrie Island is a natural oasis on the Ottawa River in the east end of Ottawa. It has several nature trails, beaches and lots of wildlife. On a sunny day, it is a busy place for walkers, photographers and painters (in the summer also for swimmers). It is one of my favourite locations because there is so much to paint at different times of the year, and the sunsets are spectacular.  

 

 

 

Advent Calendar Day 14

 At the River Bank, watercolour, 5.8” x 8.3”


I created this painting at the end of July on the bank of the Ottawa River in the Parc du Moulin in Rockland. It was a last-minute decision to go painting en plein air, so I had no time to pack my acrylic paints.


While it is not one of my favourite paintings, I added it to the Advent Calendar because it was my first painting outing after my accident and, therefore, another milestone. I loved being outside and the peacefulness of the moving water of the river.

Advent Calendar Day 15

Rounds of Fruits, wool, 8.75” x 11.5” , CAN $400
 

Needle felting allows you to create two-dimensional artworks (needle-felted paintings) and three-dimensional figures.

In this piece, I took advantage of the versatility of needle felting and created fruits that are so three-dimensional that you feel you can take them out of the image and bite right into them.

 

While my needle-felted paintings usually fit in regular frames, this artwork is quite thick and will require a shadow box frame.

Advent Calendar Day 16

Grey Heron Hiding, wool, 11.75" x 9", CAN $400

 

I saw this beautiful grey heron during a plein air painting session with my friends at Petrie Island in September. The animals on the island seem to be used to the photographers who regularly take pictures of the wildlife. He almost seemed to pose for us. I had started another scene but switched to capturing the heron when he stayed in the grasses right in front of me despite a photographer approaching him with a canoe.


Once I finished the watercolour painting, I started the felted image of the felted bird. The progress was fluid, possibly because I had already studied it while I created the watercolour painting.

If you are interested in purchasing any artworks that show a price, please contact me at info@KerstinPeters.ca for more details.