Marybeth Heikes’ watercolor Glass Abstractions #7 will be exhibited in the juried competition “Afternoon with the Blues” at the Sanford Museum in Cherokee, Iowa. This exhibit opens January 5, 2007 and continues through February 3. The reception and Gallery Talk will be January 14 at 2pm. The Sanford Museum regularly features a variety of subjects, […] more »
Chocolate bridge mix in a martini glass with a red, bubbly stem. more »
A pink rose in a martini glass, on a wood table. more »
This piece won the Honorable Mention award at Sanford Museum in 2007. more »
Pears, red stemware, and martini glasses. more »
This design includes the martini glasses, a bronze champagne glass, and turquoise Mexican glassware, along with the pears. With each glass composition I painted, I thought about other possibilites for designs — it gets more exciting with each painting I complete. This painting is basically a primary triad of red, yellow and blue. Another challenge […] more »
Another angle of the purple goblets on the wood table, showing the contrast of the glass, wood grain and fruit textures. The pears lead into the design and the shadow patterns weave the glass and fruit together. All the glass stems reflect different shapes of the fruit and sunlit passages. This was painted on 300# […] more »
Today I’m working on the third goblets design — I had hoped to set up another still life with the new glassware, but the sun isn’t cooperating . This design has four goblets with pears, and I’m observing the reflections in the glass and how the light distorts the shapes behind the glass, creating wonderful […] more »