NED THE BOX TURTLE by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'75/100

'Ned the Box Turtle'
Oil 6 x 6
75/100

Day 75

My grandkids found this adorable box turtle in the woods,

and immediately named him Ned.  When I asked them if

they knew if  'Ned' was a boy or a girl, they weren't sure - so

Grandma did some research on the internet and discovered

that the sex of the box turtle can determined by the color of the

irises of their eyes - males have red irises and females have

golden irises.  So, Ned with the red irisies is a Ned after all!

I want to share something that I found and fell in love with as
soon as I started working with it.  About a month ago, I purchased
 a Paint On Tabletop easel from artist Karin Jurick,
that she and her husband Brett have designed

and built specifically for doing small paintings.  One of the

 things I most like about this easel is that I have no

problems painting clear out to the edges of the canvas - whether

 it be stretched canvas or canvas panel.  I have also found that it is

 perfect for painting in the house - it's compact and very sturdy, and

if I remove the sliding bar (see photo below), I can

 easily work on larger canvases.  I like it so much, and have found

that it is so versatile that I moved the big easel from the house

back up to my regular studio. If you are interested in purchasing

one of these easels, you can go to Karin's website.  If you look

at the photo below, you can see I have already broken mine in - it's

got lots of paint on it already! 

Me painting 'Ned' on my new easel

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters