Purchase any painting at Divine Cafe and receive a Free Lunch

SOLD My friends at Divine Cafe and I are celebrating the beginning of Spring. Stop in and have a fantastic, wholesome, good to yourself, dining experience at the Divine Cafe, plus enjoy my color on their walls. While you are there say, "Rose Sent Me", and get a free "thank you" art card just for stopping in. If you see a painting you absolutely "must have", and then purchase it, your lunch for one is free that day or you can choose a $15 gift certificate to use for a later day. This offer is good only for the month of April. One art card per visitor, thank you. Happy dining!
Rose

Fort Rock August Morning

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The beautiful calm at Fort Rock Farm is a wonderful thing. My bike ride out in the early sun this August day to take the reference photos was just as great. The painting is a 14x11 acrylic on canvas. The deep edges of the frame have also been painted with the image. It is sealed with a varnish for protection. It is being shown on Monday to an interested party. After the appointment, it will be hung at Divine Cafe and Grille (perhaps?!). The cafe has been open for a whole year now! And I am celebrating the year with them by offering a free lunch item for any purchase of ANY of my art there ... including the funky little color blocks or prints. This offer is good only through September 30. Just ask for Bonnie or Denis at the cafe. Please, pass this blog on to others that could use a little spot of color in their day.
Thank you for looking!
Rose

"Morning Marsh"

Lovers of the water can feel the morning's softness in this painting. Fresh off the easel, "Morning Marsh" is one of two new paintings to be exhibited at Abercrombie's Seafood Grille. It will join my solo show there sometime in September. The painting is a 40x30 acrylic on canvas with deep edges. The sides are painted with the image so no frame is necessary. It is safely sealed with a protective varnish. The price is $425.
September Special! Free Lunch. I am celebrating the one year anniversary of my solo exhibit at Divine Cafe and Grille. The gang there is wonderful and I have loved being a part of their good energy and kindness. For the entire month of September, purchase any art of mine at Divine and get a Free Lunch Item ... If you don't have time for lunch but want to purchase a painting, you can get a gift certificate to use later. This special applies to all art for sale including the monoprints and funky little color blocks. Menus and Divine information are at http://www.divinecafe.org/ Thank you in advance for stopping in!
And one last special for Labor Day weekend. FaLaLo in Portsmouth, the eclectic little Fair Trade shop on Ladd Street, is offering 10% off any purchase Friday through Monday.

If you have any questions about my art, please, let me know...
Have a great Labor Day weekend!

Rose
http://www.salmonhouse.net/

"Fish in Summer Waters" at Divine Cafe

"Fish in Golden Waters" (small photo left) has found its way to a new home. The owners of the painting are expecting their first child, and I understand the painting will be hung in the new baby's room... so nice. The painting in the larger photo, "Fish in Summer Waters" is my newest painting. My goal was to create another calming image of fish in water, but I wanted to try different colors and communicate a frothy appearance. I love the blues in this one. I tend to lean toward yellows and reds when I pick up a brush... so choosing blues and greens is a good change for me. Drop in at Divine sometime and tell me what you think. If you are interested in any of my work there, just let Bonnie know.

I've had some recent great news... the owners of Abercrombie and Finch, a restaurant on Lafayette Road in North Hampton, have asked me to create new art for their walls. They are remodeling soon to make the interior lighter and more open. I am wildly happy about this opportunity to show my work and excited for the owners in their new adventure. More on all of this progress later.

Thank you for looking. Have a great day.

Rose

To visit my studio gallery by appointment only, call 603.772.9369.

For images of paintings sold, go to http://www.salmonhouse.net/

For paintings available, visit Divine Cafe and Grille (breakfast and lunch Monday-Saturday) on Lincoln Street in Exeter, and FaLaLo on Ladd Street in Portsmouth.

Yellow Gold Cosmos

My newest six panel painting, "Yellow Gold Cosmos" is on the tall wall at Divine Cafe and Grille. Look straight ahead just as you walk in the door. It is made of three 18x24 canvas panels and three 12x36 canvas panels. Each panel is done in acrylic paint on a deep profile canvas frame with painted edges and sealed with a Liquitex non yellowing varnish for permanence. Stop in for a look or a bite to eat and let me know what you think.

Mark your calendar for my Spring Open House May 9 and 10! "Three Studios: Six Artists" all on Union and Front Streets in Exeter. Dale (Framing and Painting Restoration), Lisa (Lily Designs Beading Studio) and I have a nice little artist enclave here and will again have three others joining us... Lori Martone Pottery, Deb McLarnon Photography, and Heidi Brightman Handmade Natural Soaps. We will have a lot for you to take in for a fun Mother's Day outing. Friday 4-8, Saturday 10-4.

Thanks for looking and please, pass this site on to other friends if you like my work or know of someone looking for color!

Have a glorious sunny day.

Rose

www.salmonhouse.net
www.divinecafe.org
Spring Open House May 9 and 10 on Union St.
Beacon Hill Art Walk June 1. Come to see me!
Rose Bryant Correspondence Cards for sale at Screamer's Cafe in Stratham and online at http://www.etsy.com/

New painting in the works for Divine

Pictured is a sneak peek of the next large painting in the works (the underpainting is pictured here ... colors will change drastically in the final version). It will hang on the tall wall at Divine Cafe and Grille on Lincoln Street to replace the "Asparagus Birch" and should be up by the end of the week. I think the title will be "Yellow Gold Cosmos". I just love the cosmos flower... it is so old-fashioned and willowy. Drop in at the cafe to check it out and tell me what you think!

Have a lovely spring day,

Rose

http://www.salmonhouse.net/

Spring Open house May 9 and 10. Paintings, beaded jewelry, natural soaps, pottery, photography, frame and painting restoration.

Beacon Hill Art Walk June 1.

Rose Bryant correspondence card packs for sale at Screamer's Cafe.

Asparagus Birch Finds a New Home

Hello to you all and happy spring. A lot has gone on since a little over a week ago. We have started a kitchen renovation (not pictured) and we had a bit of major tree surgery.... so the regular activities here have been a little disjointed, and I am guessing this is just the beginning. It is all good, though, and I can't wait to see the final product. We have a good friend, Denis, working with us on the construction.

Art news: My huge painting "Asparagus Birch" previously hanging at Divine Cafe and Grille (pictured) has a new owner... Martha. She has the perfect space for it... a gorgeous home with vaulted ceilings, and the wall on which the painting will live is a very warm, receptive, medium-dark gray. My painting (now hers) is in very good company, as well, with other art and color filling the home. I love to see how collectors of my art choose to show the paintings... I always feel like the art belongs exactly where they put it. The painting is acrylic on four separate canvases. Each canvas is 24x36 inches so the total size is 48x72 inches. All panels are framed in natural poplar.

Coming event: Mark your calendars for May 9 and 10... Spring Art Open House at my studio and the studios of two other friends on my street! More to come. Enjoy the day and thank you for looking!

Rose

http://www.salmonhouse.net/

Happy April Everyone... from The Dancer.

(SOLD) The painting pictured here is a 12x12 acrylic on canvas. It is now in my solo show at the Exeter Public Library. I like the feeling of the freedom and movement in it.... makes me really ready for the sunny days ahead. This painting started with a sketch. Then I turned the sketch upside down, transferred the image to a canvas and actually painted the image upside down. Sometimes I try different angles and placements for painting... it makes the process less tight... not confined by expectations, and you never know how the piece will end up. I thought this one said "fun".

Spring always brings new growth... and now you can find my cards for sale at Screamer's Cafe in Stratham . I am in the process of expanding that direction, so if you know of a busy little boutique or shop, let me know!
On a musical note: Hope you can join the gang at the Divine Cafe this evening. They are having their first "Acoustic Cafe Thursdays" from 5-9. Serving dinner and jamming. BYOB. Tell them Rose mentioned it. No special services will happen, but they will smile.
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Have a lovely day!
Rose

A pleasant surprise today

This morning I went to the Divine Cafe and Grille for breakfast. I love the owners and folks there... they are all really great people and their mission is to make good food with the least impact on the environment possible. I came to know them in August 2007 when they were building and getting ready to open. At that time I asked the owner, Bonnie, if she had plans for the walls and showed her my work. Our energies meshed well and it has been a nice journey since then. I have been their artist since the first day. Today, as I entered, a friend who had just finished breakfast with her family, approached me and said she wanted to purchase a painting there... she did.... I am honored.

The painting shown here, Out My Back Window, is not the one sold today, but is a new one just finished last week. It was fun to paint. I like the color. Hope you enjoy it!