Paint & Glass Creations, by Polly Goltché

“Summer Breeze”

This painting began with the creation of red flowers. I added water to the painting, to see how the color would spread. The poppies took on a new and more amorphous life. I added other colors while the rag paper was still very wet, and loved the result.

“Summer Breeze” would bring a soft, calming accent to any setting, especially in a white-washed, beach home.

Dimensions: 11" x 14" Cost:$135, Original, Framed / Giclée Print, Matted, $45
“Sunset”

This painting was the first in a series of florals painted to show the delicacy and transparency of flower petals. The background of this work is originally created paper, colored with oil pastels and metallic accents.

To me, this painting would be perfect in a bright hallway, dining room, sunroom, or the bedroom of any young girl who adores the color pink.

Dimensions: 8" x 8" Cost: $95.

This piece has been sold. Requests for similar work is welcome!
“Centerpiece”

Unquestionably the most vibrant of the summer watercolors I have painted, this work was inspired by a beautiful flower arrangement that I had received as a gift. The work began when I ventured to the beach alone, and was able to focus solely on my painting. The painting, done in parts, evolved over the course of that day—as each section dried—from late morning until dusk.

The “Centerpiece” watercolor would be perfect for a dining room or living room.

Dimensions: 12" x 14" Cost:$150, Original, Framed / Giclée, Matted, $50
“Hydrangea”

This work was based on a photo of a table setting at a countryside wedding that I had attended. I adore hydrangeas and their beautiful colors. The glass vase was a challenge to capture, with its understated suggestions of gray. Working wet-on-wet let me achieve the dreamy look of the background paper, and also allowed me to develop the colors over time on a day when the sun might have dried the rag paper too quickly.

The look of “Hydrangea,” like the other watercolors, is informal, suggesting a perfect kitchen setting, or any room furnished with white wicker.

Dimensions: 12" x 16" Cost:$150 Original, Framed

This piece has been sold. Requests for similar work are welcome!
“Violet Visions”

Another in a series of paintings that highlight the transparency of petals, "Violet Visions" captures that beautiful see-through quality that wet petals get when light shines through them from above.

This work is perfect wall décor for a room with white wicker, rattan, or any type of summery-looking furniture.

Dimensions: 16" x 20" Cost: $135, Original Framed

This piece has been sold. Requests for similar work are welcome!
“Mauve Blossoms”

This watercolor was created on an afternoon in late August, when the skies at the beach were foreboding and sad. The mood of this painting reflects both beauty and gentility, yet a certain peaceful melancholy. The colors evoke feelings of deep pensive reflection.

"Mauve Blossoms" would bring a calm and thoughtful mood to any interior setting.

Dimensions: 12" x 16" Cost:$150, Original Framed

This piece has been sold. Requests for similar work are welcome!
“Peach Blossoms”

Tiny, pink-orange orchids--one of the hundreds of varieties of this type of flower--are painted especially to show the colorful contrast of the peach and yellow against the bright green leaves.

This painting would be beautiful in any setting that could benefit from the quiet softness of pastel colors.

Dimensions: 16" x 28" Cost: $150, Original Framed

This piece has been sold. Requests for similar work are welcome!
“Lilies”

This watercolor was based on a photograph taken at a garden wedding in the California wine country. I tried to capture the bright, happy mood of the table settings on that spectacular summer afternoon.

I can envision “Lilies” brightening any room where people gather, to add the type of softness and beauty that complements any décor.

Dimensions: 11" x 14" Cost:$150, Original Framed

This piece has been sold. Requests for similar work are welcome!
“Azul”

This work is the first in a series of watercolors created on vacation in the summer of 2012, at Lake George, New York. Gazing out at the pristine landscape provided inspiration for the gently formed flowers, and the unusual blue stem, which was actually part of a rare plant that grew along thethe shoreline that framed the lake and mountains.

This watercolor would be a perfect addition in a informal interior corner.

Dimensions:11" x 14" Cost:$150, Original Framed / $50Giclée Print Matted
“Floating Anemones”

Floating ever-so-gently across the scenery at Lake George, the second in this series evokes a feeling of free movement and vernal breezes. The painting was inspired, again, by the beauty of the coastal flowers seemingly floating above the pristine waters of the lake.

Floating Anemones, like the other in the series, would add a whimsical, cheery note to any casual room.

Dimensions: 11" x 14" Cost:$150, Original Framed / $50 Giclée Print Matted
“Suspended Flowers”

The last of the summer series painted at Lake George in Summer 2012 similarly brings the viewer in touch with the easy, colorful feelings of summertime at the shore. These blossoms were actually hanging in a basket, juxtaposed above the white wicker lawn chairs that dotted the grassy lawn at the water's edge.

Suspended Flowers are a light, informal painting that would be ideal in a conservatory, or beach setting.

Dimensions: 11" x 14" Cost:$150, Original Framed / $50 Giclée Print Matted
“Blood Oranges”

This watercolor was painted for an assignment at Parsons School of Design. The class assignment was to choose a favorite fabric and render it in watercolor. I found this English botanical to be a beautiful combination of color and form. The pale gray was a wonderful contrast to the colors in this original fabric. For the last portion of my assignment, I used this fabric in a rendering of formal living-room drapery.

Blood Oranges is a classic English botanical, which would be a perfect accent in any traditional decorative interior.

DImensions:8"x 8" Cost:$95, Original Matted / $45 Giclée Print Matted
“Azure Petals”
“Orange Sapphire”
“Colleen”
“Rose”
“Violet Holiday”
“Campania”
“Amalfi”
“Dark Blossom”
“Hotel Positano”
“Mediterranean Branches”
“Sea Breeze”
“Flora”
“Party's Over”
“Pink Puffs”
“Harvest Season”
“Vermillion Pansies”
“Pink Explosion!”
“Sapphire Buds”
“Cotton Candy”
“Fuschia”

A cascading branch of fuschia, the beautiful purple, magenta and vermillion upside-dowm, pinched petals of these magnificent flowers are like none other. This painting was inspired one Mother's Day when my children were fully grown, and I reminisced of the days when together they would rush to choose a special fuschia plant for me from their school plant sale every holiday. My garden and gazebo were then filled with color, and much of it came from the beautful fuschia that draped the nearby towering oaks flanking the stairs to our outdoor diningroom. When my eldest daughter moved to a new apartment, I couldn't imagine a better addition for her white walls than a watercolor impression of the gifts that she and her siblings so often chose for me so long ago. "Fuschia" is a tribute to the warm, floral Mother's Day memories of the occasions I fondly remember.

I can see this painting in any setting, particularly one with pale walls, and warm pink, lilac, lavender and pewter undertones.. The warm colors are peacetul and inspire the beauty of late spring, and the arrival of this magnificent cascading plant.

Dimensions: 18" x 24" Cost: $375
“Lucy”

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