Sunflower and Squash study © Maud Guilfoyle

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunflower and Squash ©2011
Compositional studies, sunflower with ornamental squash.

Ornamental Squash © Maud Guilfoyle

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Ornamental Squash
Playing with composition of ornamental squash, pears and sunflower. I used acrylic on paper, great fun, very lose studies. I am going over composition in my painting classes and used quick studies to show how placement and space between different elements adds to the energy movement in a painting or can make it get stuck.
I love the bright colors and strange shapes of some of the squashes.

Wave Hill Gardener © Maud Guilfoyle

Spring has come so early this year. Trees are in full bloom the day before it is officially Spring!

Heirloom Eggplant © Maud Guilfoyle

Thursday, September 29, 2011
Heirloom Eggplant © 2011
So much rain!!! Last of the garden produce, limping through. I feel for the farmers, and C.S.A.s. It is officially fall and I have not been near my garden for two months as I have been finishing the editing on my e-book Artist to Artist Handbook. Will have it posted on my pocketcards next week and hopefully on itunes in two weeks. I am both excited about this and have 'stage fright'. Feel much more exposed in writing than art. So, this project will be done and I will have more time at the easel which will be welcome!

May Flowers © Maud Guilfoyle

Saturday, June 4, 2011
May Flowers © 2011
I just finished getting this framed and delivered for a silent auction benefit for my local library. I hope they do well with it, I can't imagine a life without a library, from childhood on. This painting was basically done a few years ago, but not quite right. When I sat down to work on it it just flowed.
Such a pleasure to paint again! I have been working on two big projects for months, one all but done the other close. One is a calendar for the art school where I teach. It shows art from faculty and from kids' art programs at the Art School at Old Church in Demarest, New Jersey. The other is an e-handbook for artists. The calendar should be finished and back from the printer in a week, and I am (or rather my husband is) proofing the third copy of the handbook. After formatting it for different devices, copyrighting it, and posting it, I look forward to just painting and teaching again. Graphic designers, proof readers and editors have my total respect after these two projects; I am so thankful to all the people who helped with these projects.


art books, flowers, green chair, hydragea, Maud Guilfoyle © 2011, peonies, roses, still life, tea mug 16 x 20"

Orchard in Bloom © Maud Guilfoyle

Friday, June 17, 2011
Orchard in Bloom © 2011

I am winding up work on two big projects, design work on a first calendar for the art center I teach at (www.tasoc.org) and an artist's handbook. I have been working on these since fall and am excited with the results and also looking forward to painting every day again!

Year of the Rabbit © Maud Guilfoyle

Monday, February 21, 2011
Year of the Rabbit © 2011


I began this painting on Valentine's Day when I got these tulips. The rabbit is for the Chinese New Year. I wish for everyone that 2011 is a year of creativity and abundance.
Posted by Maud Guilfoyle at 7:43 PM

Turquoise Paisley Shawl © Maud Guilfoyle

Monday, February 21, 2011
Paisley Shawl © 2011

This watercolor began as a class demo on drapery. After getting home I fell into the patterns and shadows across the woven fabric.
Posted by Maud Guilfoyle at 7:44 AM