In the Water 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

This one is decidedly minimal, but it's that rare one that feels right immediately--the one out of twenty or thirty where those first few marks or swaths of color feel spot on.

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Flower at a Party 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

Monotypes remnants, a flower, and a little bit of a switchup on the color palette. Let's call it artistic voodoo or maybe a plea for sunshine, because... GOOD GOD, IT'S RAINING AGAIN!

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Soft Cell 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

As you can see, our work has been heavily influenced by string theory lately, and since it's been raining so much, we've been doing some light reading on atoms, electrons, and quarks.... well, not really. Mostly we've been avoiding summer reruns and bad reality shows, catching up on Netflix, and complaining about the weather--at this point we've morphed into a combination of Gen X, high-tech, pop culture consumers and snarky, old Greatest Generation, cafeteria-loving, octogenarians. The Boulevard rules!
In honor of weather-obsessed, cranky old coots everywhere.... GOOD GOD, IT'S RAINING AGAIN!

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Floating in the Sea 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

Maybe it's the gray weather or our mood, but our color palette shifted a little. For those of you not living in OKC, or those of you living in OKC under a rock, IT'S RAINING AGAIN.

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Summer Painting #4 5" x 7" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

We've gotten a great feedback on the flowers and have sold almost all of them. Here's one that is a bit of a cousin to one we did in April. Flowers, monotype remnants, and ink. It kind of fits the colors outside today.

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Summer Painting #3 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

No, it's not a Rorschach test, but if you see an injured baby seal or a dying kitten, we can't help you....

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Summer Painting #2 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

Okay, we got our act together, we're past getting a little verklempt, and we're ready for summer. Starting today, fresh donutz, baby! And not greasy old store-bought donutz, either...

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Aerial #5 5" x 7" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

Is it the artistic equivalent of "the dog ate my homework" to say that we have five finished canvases on the wall, ready to be posted, but we forgot to photograph them yesterday? Well, yes. Is it really true? Yes! Is it sort of stupid? Well... Yes.

Let's see if we can get our act together for tomorrow...

Here's the text from the first time we posted this....We liked the topographical quality to this painting, and for that reason opted to include it as an "Aerial." Some of the white paint has a little modeling paste in it--just enough to give it a smooth, gentle texture, as opposed to the sharper, more pronounced texture that you can get with straight modeling paste.

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Summer Painting #1 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

Well, here it is. Our first new painting in a while. It's safe to say that we're getting a little verklempt...

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Stripes # 3 5" x 7" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

We started passing 10 or 12 new paintings back and forth this weekend, but so far, none are finished--close, but no cigar. We'll see how work goes this afternoon. In the mean time, one from our "Stripes" series.

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Lucha Landscape # 1 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

This is another one that we both absolutely love. It reminds us of our beloved Luchadors, and we really like the colors--especially today when EVERYTHING is gray, and the light is flat.

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Lemon #3 5" x 7" Christina Pickard and Robin Orbach Starke $100

This one sort of felt like today--rainy and dark with hints of color...

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Nighttime Fair #4 5" x 7" Christina Pickard and Robin Orbach Starke $100

Another hot and humid day, so here's another from our fair series. Who wants lemonade and funnel cakes?

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Nighttime Fair #1 5" x 7" Christina Pickard and Robin Orbach Starke $100

Because it's already hot and humid, feeling a little like August, we're kicking it old school with a painting from our Fair series. If all goes according to plan, we should have fresh donutz by this time next week.

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Lemon #4 5" x 7" Christina Pickard and Robin Orbach Starke $100

Here's one from December...

This one has bits and pieces from our collage pile. It’s been a while since we’ve used such a bright, cadmium red as a background, but we liked the way that it looked with the blue down below and the contour drawing of the fruit.

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Spring Painting #10 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

It's still spring in Oklahoma, which in June, is almost a miracle. So in honor of the weather and the fact that it's not 98 degrees and windy, we're bringing back another "Spring Flower."


Today's painting has two layers of flowers. The first layer is filled with a light, watercolor wash and outlined in oil pastel. The second layer contains a variety of flowers, and just to keep it interesting, we switched and reversed the colors in a couple of places.

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Spring Painting # 3 6" x 8" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

This is another one that we both absolutely love. It has a good rhythm to it, and we like the drawing of our (as-yet-non-existent) sculpture underneath.

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Spring Painting #8 5" x 7" Christina Pickard & Robin Orbach Starke $100

Yeah, we're still in reruns...

Hopefully our reruns are more like "I Love Lucy" or "Bewitched" as opposed to "My Mother, the Car" or "Supertrain."

We've started a big batch of fresh paintings and hopefully will have a few actually finished soon. Until then, enjoy our reruns--we're still in love with the flowers...

These "one stroke" flowers tend to exist in clusters on quaint things like watering cans and old cigar boxes, and we're fascinated with what they look like outside of their regular context as well as how we can incorporate them into our larger paintings, too.

Today's painting has part of a collaged monotype and a bit of a switch-up on the colors of the flowers.

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