Blog - Ellen Jean Diederich Studios

21 Sep

Painting of the Week – Plenty for All

September 21, 2023
By Laurellee

Light on the Field This farmer’s field is near Rollag, MN where Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion is held every fall. His mode...

14 Sep

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Certaldo

September 14, 2023
By Laurellee

The Crevice Theory This Spring, Paul and I visited the walled city of Certaldo-Alto, Italy. A trolley took us up a steep hill to the o...

31 Aug

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Add A Little Garlic

August 31, 2023
By Laurellee

Bright Colors It's farmers market time again. The farmers prep and sort vegetables to give them their best look. Peeking over the cou...

24 Aug

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Desert Bloom

August 24, 2023
By Laurellee

Sage The Saguaro Cacti have such a unique shape and grow primarily in southern Arizona and Western Sonora, Mexico. The color of the de...

17 Aug

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Driving Them Home

August 17, 2023
By Laurellee

Basic Painting Styles Fort Worth, Texas is home to real live Long Horns. In fact, the cowboys in Driving Them Home, herd cattle carefu...

10 Aug

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Country Plaid

August 10, 2023
By Laurellee

Adjustments Last year, I carefully rubbed left-over paint onto a new canvas for this piece. A red shape appeared in the middle that lo...

03 Aug

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Church Band

August 3, 2023
By Laurellee

Simplification This is part of the background of a very complicated painting commissioned for The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd...

27 Jul

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Self Portrait

July 27, 2023
By Laurellee

Open shapes This is not really a self portrait…it just looks like me. Had it been me, I probably would have wrecked it trying to make ...

20 Jul

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Ye Old Creamery

July 20, 2023
By Laurellee

Play with Irregularities Paul’s grandmother lived in Elizabeth, MN. Often, Irene Diederich would schedule family trips to visit Gram i...

13 Jul

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Sparkling Light

July 13, 2023
By Laurellee

Create Drama with Contrast Perhaps you have noticed a white building looking particularly bright in the morning. Here the big white cl...