Saturday, May 31, 2014

Tall Molly

This is Molly. I love her stretched-up tall posture. She lays the most beautiful earthy olive green eggs. Tomorrow we'll see how they taste.
  
Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 + $10 domestic shipping
 
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Two Buds

This is another painting inspired by my bud, Carol's, reference photos she shared with me. I thought the title was appropriate. :o)
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

It's Simple

This is another painting inspired by my friend Carol's reference photo. I love the simplicity of it. I tried two new things with this piece. I usually tone my panel before beginning but decided not to for this one. So I began with a white panel. This allowed me to discover the second new thing. When I was creating the glass jar, rather than painting all the white highlights, I used my rubber scraper to remove paint, leaving the white panel beneath. It worked beautifully! I'll definitely be using this technique again.
Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 + $10 domestic shipping

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Cows Are The Coolest!

Cows are the coolest, aren't they?! And this one has a faaabulous hair-do, dahhhling!
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Showy

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Aloof

A friend previously purchased two of my cardinal paintings. She's been patiently awaiting a third. Here it is. 
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Hippy Dude

This is my daughter Sadie's friend's dog, Piper. Isn't he the coolest?? 
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
NFS

Monday, May 19, 2014

Blossomed

This an another painting I did from one of my bud, Carol's, reference photos. Sometimes to get the rosey color I need I add Permanent Rose to my limited palette. This was one of those times.
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Spring's Arrival and I'm in love!

I painted this for the Mother's Day Challenge at Daily Paintworks. My mom is a wonderful gardener and loves pansies. I love the intense yellowness of it!
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD
And I'm in love!!!
...with our newest family member, ZomBee!

Monday, May 12, 2014

Spotted

This is another piece created from the photo archives of my friend, Carol
Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 + $10 domestic shipping
 
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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Brazen Blossom

I painted this for the Daily Paintworks Rose Bush Challenge. Click here to see all the entries this week...and perfect timing for Mother's Day.
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Apart From the Herd

I adore painting cows! Some of them have the coolest hair dos and I love their hairy ears! 
Oil n panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Did You Say Walk?

This is our pooch, Rocksie. She does this tilted head thing whenever someone mentions something she loves...walks, bones, treats, etc. I was planning to sell this but my husband's crazy about it...so it'll be a surprise for his birthday next week...shhhhh.
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
NFS

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Whiskered

My daughter took me to see her friend's puppies the other day. I planned to photograph them for possible painting, and did...but saw this beautiful guy on the way in and couldn't resist. His name's Yawkey.
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Monday, May 5, 2014

Sumo Pair

Oh pears...how I have missed you! I painted this last week. I'd worked all morning on a landscape and after completing the entire thing, ended up wiping it. Trying to fix what wasn't working wasn't working either. But I hate to end a painting session that way and hey, I had all afternoon, so chose my favorite subject and began another. I'm so glad I did. Not only am I really pleased with it, but I thoroughly enjoyed painting it. Could be because it was a familiar subject...could be becasue I was working from my friend Carol's image...it was probably both that had me smiling the whole time. :o) I couldn't help but seeing two Sumo wrestlers resisting each other the way they do.
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Selfie

My bare feet on a rocky section of the beautiful beach at St. Esprit, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Can you feel my smile? I've submitted this to the Daily Paintworks Challenge "Paint your Bliss."

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD

Friday, May 2, 2014

The Gift of Friendship

When my buddy Carol Marine was here visiting recently, of course, we got to talking about art and creating it. The subject of reference material came up and how we have thousands of images, but lose the initial enthusiasm we had when they were first taken. Carol had the BRILLIANT idea of spending time looking through each other's images and choosing some we could draw inspiration from. Well, I think I got the good end of this deal as Carol's reference photos are as artistically stunning as her paintings! This is the first of many I'm excited about doing. It's fun to paint places and flowers and scenes you wouldn't get images of otherwise. As always, thanks for the inspiration, Carol!
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
SOLD