Muffins and Polka Dots

Muffins and Polka Dots
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
Available at $40.00 plus shipping.

I actually bought three of these muffins, and ate one, as I figured with an 8" x 8", two would be enough. I like this one with all the yellows, browns and oranges. You wouldn't think of muffins as orange, but when I went to paint them, it's the color I saw.

The Red Tree

The Red Tree
Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 6" x 6" x 1.5"
Available at $45.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
Detail of Left Side Below.

I am still playing with the lovely photo card that my friend in Massachusetts sent to me. Here I've simply played with a small canvas, and some of the colors taken from the card. The image wraps around and above. I'll paint the bottom when it is dry enough to handle.

Subdued Lavender Hydrangea - SOLD

Subdued Lavender Hydrangea
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $45.00 plus $5.00 shipping.

Sometimes my choice of subject is determined by how much paint I have leftover and what mixed colors. Today I worked on an impressionistic style painting (see below) and had loads of mixed pastels leftover. Aha, a lavender hydrangea. This one has nice subdued leaves, lots of grey green.

Quillen's Point Colors 2

Quillen's Point Colors 2
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10"
Available at $45.00 plus shipping.

Impressionist painting with dots and dabs. Colors of the beach.

The Mother in Splendor - SOLD

The Mother in Splendor
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $85.00 plus shipping.

Oh, yeah, this one is bright. My best friend Barbara sent me a card made from a photo that she took at a pond near her home in Massachusetts. It was too beautiful to pass by, so I did this one this afternoon. (Thanks, B.)

November Colors 2

November Colors 2
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
Available at $75.00 plus shipping.

There was a lot of response to the painting of fall foliage the other day, so I did another version. This one has more of the golds and yellows in it, with pine branches framing it.

Blue Abstract Rose

Blue Abstract Rose
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10"
Available at $75.00 plus shipping.

This one started out as a rose, but became more abstracted as I painted it. It has suggestions of an opening bloom, but really is more just an abstract. With lots of yummy blues.

November Colors - SOLD

November Colors

Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"

SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping.

The colors are still magnificent, especially when the sun hits them. Maples are dropping their leaves, but it's still gorgeous, and there's that smell, you know the one. That certain smell of fall.

Serenity - SOLD

Serenity
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $55.00 plus shipping.

Another simple landscape for today, just because.

Halloween Rose - SOLD

Halloween Rose
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10"x 10"
SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping.

Okay, it's not a pumpkin. I tried pumpkins and I don't really do them well, so here's a rose interior, with touches of orange and pink. Happy Halloween, everyone! And thanks, MG, for the use of the photo from your garden.

Brush PLay Landscape - SOLD

Brush Play Landscape

Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"

SOLD at $30.00 plus $5.00 shipping.

I am more and more enamored of brush work, what you can do with it. Today I took a bristle brush, which I don't generally use, and just went at an imaginary landscape, swishing paint. I love the texture of thick paint, don't you? I am also intrigued with the lovely grays you can mix, so this one is pretty much high key with lots of gray.

Housewarming Lemons - SOLD

Housewarming Lemons
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8' x 16"
SOLD for a housewarming gift.

Isn't that nice? My cousin's friend saw his lemons and wanted her own. I love it when my paintings generate more paintings. What good little ambassadors!

Red Passion Hydrangeas 3 - SOLD

Red Passion Hydrangeas 3
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping.

This is my last experiment with the Red Passion Hydrangeas. I think this will be the way I'll handle the larger painting. I sat down and actually drew these out tight on the canvas, sprayed the drawing with fixative, and painted loosely. This way I'll have a choice on a large canvas whether to go realistic in spots and loose in others. I like it, plan to do about five blooms on the larger painting.

Magnolia on Turquoise - SOLD

Magnolia on Turquoise
Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 24" x 24" x 1.5" wrap
SOLD to Collector

Another really big magnolia for my commissioned piece. The wrap is an extension of the leaves and background.

Shiny Red Pears - SOLD

Shiny Red Pears
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 16"
SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping.

I am actually very happy with the folds of the drapery on this one. The pears, too, but the drape is the success story on this one. Maybe a little more darkness under the right pear, which I can fix, but otherwise, it's pretty okay.