Oranges in the Bag - SOLD

Oranges in the Bag Watercolor with red ink on Watercolor Paper 10" x 14" Sold at $40.00 plus shipping. Isn't this a fun one? My daughter bought a large bag of oranges, since the kids are orange happy right now, and they were sitting on the kitchen counter. Looking so round and bright. So I decided to quick do a watercolor before they got into them (as soon as I was done, of course.) This will be a sporadic week for paintings, since the kids (my daughter and sil) are gone to Italy, and I'm with the children. I don't anticipate much painting time, except perhaps for small watercolors that I can do in the kitchen during nap time. Thanks, as always, for looking, and for the encouraging words, and of course, the purchases.

Floral Watercolor - SOLD

Paperwhites with Purple Ink 8" x 13", Watercolor and Ink on Watercolor Paper Sold at $20 plus shipping. This was to be paperwhites, from bulbs I picked up at the grocery store, but I forgot that the purple ink was water soluble, and it bled, of course. So the paperwhites aren't paperwhites anymore. Just a little floral. Thanks for looking.

Winter Creek Sunset - SOLD

Winter Creek Sunset 12" x 16", Acrylic on Canvas board Sold at $80 plus shipping Can you feel how cold the water would be if you were to touch it? A few lingering leaves in the trees, and lots of leaves on the ground. Done from a photo that I took in Maryland and have used before, but I love the image, so here it is again. Thanks for looking.

Summer Sunrise - SOLD

Summer Sunrise Acrylics on Canvas Board, 11" x 14" Sold at $80 plus shipping. I wanted a nice summery painting today, and have worked from these photos of a trip to the Delaware shore before. I had some success getting the rising sun to "bite" away some of the color from the two trees. Thanks for looking.

Donuts

Donuts Acrylic on Canvas board, 8" x 10" Available at $50.00 plus shipping. These donuts looked so good in the grocery store, that I wanted to try to paint them. I've had to keep the kids from munching until I could paint them. They'll be happy I'm done. Thanks for looking.

Cook's Canyon - SOLD

Cook's Canyon Acrylic on Canvas bord, 16" x 20" SOLD at $100 plus shipping. This is an image from Cook's Canyon in the snow, which isn't really a canyon, but it does have a few places to park, a little creek and a nice walking trail, and it's right here in Barre. The shadows were so nice, and the late afternoon light was just catching a few branches. It turned out quite well. Thanks for looking.

Holiday Leftovers - SOLD

Holiday Leftovers Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12" Sold at $40.00 plus shipping. I have another cold, and I think it shows in this one. It just didn't want to happen today, and there was the further distraction of another snowstorm, kids home from school, and some shoveling that needed to happen. The colors are good though. Thanks for looking.

Sweet Field- SOLD

Sweet Field Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12" Sold at $60.00 plus shipping. I get a lot of comments about how colorful my paintings are, and I wanted to try something with more subdued colors today. Just a touch of color here and there. This one has a lot of white mixed in it. Very simple subject, just a field with some trees. I was trying more for the subtle color and the mood of misty, wet air and breaking clouds. Thanks for looking.

Chickadees - SOLD

Chickadees Acrylic on Gessoed Illustration Board, 10" x 22" Sold I have decided to put birdies above the powder room door as part of my mural work, and so wanted to paint some patterns today, for positioning and color. There will be a fifth one, but he's flying and wouldn't fit. My daughter saw these little guys and wanted them. I thought she meant in the house, above one of her doors, and she said "No, Mom, Those!" So they are sold. Thanks for looking.

Wrapped Grapefruit

Wrapped grapefruit Acrylic on Canvas board, 11" x 14" Available at $75.00 plus shipping. When we go grocery shopping, I generally look for beautiful fruits to draw, but I actually bought these because they were heavy and juicy looking. (Don't you crave a good grapefruit in the winter?) But one of the EDM (Everyday Matters, a wonderful Yahoo group) drawing challenges was to draw something in celophane or plastic wrap, and when I saw these sitting in their bag on the kitchen counter, I decided to try them. The glazing worked well for these. Thanks for looking.

Red Pears with Pumice Gel - SOLD

Red Pears with Pumice Gel Acrylic on Canvas Board, painted with Pumice Gel, 8" x 10" Available at $60.00 plus shipping. On 24 hour HOLD. I ordered the wrong pumice gel from the art supply store, and decided to try it out anyway. I wanted the fine, but ordered the coarse. I've tried the fine before, and it doesn't really show in the acrylic paint, just adds body. As you can see from the photo, the coarse pumice does show, but it also adds interest. Thanks for looking.

Little Hillside - SOLD

Little Hillside Acrylic on Canvas board, 8" x 10" Sold at $50.00 plus shipping. Continuing with the pastoral landscape practice in acrylics, I did this little guy today. I really like the implied cloud shadow on the moutain, and the colors of the mountains in general. Assorted photos and some imagination. Thanks for looking.

Red Pears in Square - SOLD

Red Pears in Square Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 8" x 8" Sold at $40.00 plus shipping. Acrylic Mediums are my friend. It's just a matter of playing with them, in combination with each other and my new Stay-Wet palette, seeing what can happen. So much of learning a new art medium is experimenting until you figure it out. Half play and half frustration, until you "get it." Thanks for looking.

Valley View - SOLD

Valley View Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, 22" x 28" Sold at $150.00 plus $20 shipping. This is the second sectional painting for my mural work. Hitched together, the two paintings look something like this, which I'm pretty sure will work for the main area I'll be working on, with adjustments for hill lines and color tones. If you are interested in purchasing this one, please be aware that I'll be holding on to it as a model for the mural, which is coming up in a week or so. Thanks for looking.

Julia's Water Lilies - SOLD

Julia's Water Lilies Acrylic on Canvas board, 12" x 16" Sold at $115.00 plus shipping. My young second cousin, Julia, asked her Dad to send me some beautiful photos of water lilies, and I've been wanting to paint them. I also purchased some glazing medium for my acrylics, and the water seemed like a great chance to try out glazing. There are probably 15-20 coats of glaze in some parts of the water, and lots of glazes on the leaves as well. It's a beautiful but painstaking way to paint. But oh, what jewel tones you can get! Thanks for looking.

Winter Weave - SOLD

Winter Weave Watercolor on 140 lb Arches watercolor paper 10" x 14" Sold at $100 plus shipping. A departure into slightly "funky" for me today. I actually started on this one yesterday, but it involved painting two of the same painting and then weaving it together. (The lines of cutting really are straight, I've got a little distortion in the camera.) From a distance it's fractured colors and the impression of winter. The idea came to me on the front porch, where the tree limbs seemed woven with the sky. Thanks for looking.

Vase with Daffodils - SOLD

Vase with Daffodils

Watercolor on Cold Press 300 lb watercolor paper

9.5" x 14" image area

Sold at $40.00 plus shipping

I am working on two unusual techniques right now, and wasn't able to finish either piece for posting today, so this is a loose watercolor done for Kate Johnson's online class in watercolors from last year. I really like how the vase turned out on this one. Sometimes it's nice to have some older pieces on hand. Thanks for looking.

Golden Muffins - SOLD

Golden Muffins Oil on Gessoed Board, 5.75" x 7.75" Sold at $60.00 plus shipping. I never did have a chance to do actual "browse around" Christmas shopping this year (all online buying) so today I went to the nearest Stop and Shop, about 25 minutes from here, and just poked around. Bought another poinsettia for $2.00 and a cyclamen, along with these yummy looking corn muffins. They were just so golden that I had to get them to paint. I love the browns and oranges against the white. (They tasted good too!) Thanks for looking.

Garlic Bulbs - SOLD

Garlic Bulbs Oil onn Canvas board, 8" x 10" Sold at $65.00 plus shipping. This probably seems like an odd subject matter, but I love seeing loose garlic in the grocery store. The interesting colors, the shapes, the dry skins. Anyway, this was a tough painting, I'm not sure why. I think it was one of those days when I just forgot how to paint. They happen now and again. Thanks for looking.

Poinsettia Watercolor - SOLD

Poinsettia Watercolor and Watercolor Pencil on watercolor paper Image size 14" x 18" Sold at $75.00 plus $15.00 shipping. We didn't have a poinsettia for Christmas, what with the little ones, but when I was at the grocery store the other day, there were two leftover, raggedy plants sitting in the back room. I took one to the checkout and it was free, so I wanted to honor it with a painting or two. I'll keep it in the basement with me, and maybe paint it again before it's done. Thanks for looking.