Long Bendy Iris - SOLD

Long Bendy Iris Watercolor on Strathmore paper, 6" x 18" SOLD at $15.00 plus $3.00 shipping. Another one of my little play watercolors. Interesting to use all that length. This paper acts differently from my standby, Arches, so there's some struggle with it too.

Winter Woods Sunset Large - SOLD

Winter Woods Sunset, Large Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD at $85.00 plus shipping. I wish the photo was better, since this is really a nice painting, and the glare spoils the look a bit. I'm just generally pleased with it, the water, the feeling of the sky, the colors of the background foliage.

Rainbow Tulips, Watercolor - SOLD

Rainbow Tulips Watercolor on Arches 140 lb paper Paper size 12" x 16", image size 11" x 13" SOLD at $25.00, includes shipping. I wet each separate part and dropped in an assortment of colors, let them run around. One of the funnest things to do with watercolors. Done from a photo of tulips that I had taken at my daughters.

Random Leaves Watercolor - SOLD

Random Leaves, Watercolor Watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb paper, paper size 6" x 18" SOLD at $20.00, includes shipping. I have a watercolor spiral bound sketchbook that I haven't used much, and thought leaves would be great dancing across the page. Lots of colors in this one, and the leaves are just imaginary.

Winter Woods Sunset -SOLD

Winter Woods Sunset Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. I am thinking about doing this one large, and wanted to play with the square format. Don't you just love the winter colors?

Two More at Fifteen - SOLD

Maple Leaves Watercolor on Arches 140 lb paper, paper size 12" x 16", image size 8.5" x 9.5" SOLD at $12.00 plus $3.00 shipping. Backyard 2 Watercolor on 140 lb paper Paper size: 12" x 16", image size 11" x 14" SOLD at $12.00 plus $3.00 shipping. Another couple of quickie watercolors, since it went over well yesterday. I like the simplicity of the maple leaves, done from a photo I still had of Massachusetts maples.

Folded Pink Rose - SOLD

Folded Pink Rose Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. Another inside view of a pink rose. I love the colors, so delicate, that subtle mauve grey, yum. Very fun to paint, almost like a mosaic.

Two at Fifteen - SOLD

Cropping Possibility above.

Backyard Watercolor, full and cropped versions Image size: 10" x 12" , Paper size: 12" x 16"

SOLD at $12.00 plus $3.00 shipping.

Delicious Apples

Colored Pencil on Bristol Paper

Image size: 7" x 8" , Paper size: 9" x 12"

SOLD at $12.00 plus $3.00 shipping.

An experiment to see whether my collectors might be interested in inexpensive pieces done in media besides oils. Works on paper are also easy to send, but mean matting, glass and frames for the collector.

Lazy Creek - SOLD

Lazy Creek Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 16" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. Another painting that I have saved out for a gallery, but simply can't get enough pieces together to make it worthwhile. Maybe this coming year I can focus on making it more a career than simply my hodge podge way of painting.

Blushing Pears - Gifted

Blushing Pears Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" Gifted. I had saved this one for one of the galleries, but I can't seem to paint fast enough to make a collection, so I'm letting it go.

Pink Orchid - SOLD

Pink Orchid Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 16" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. I picked up some canvas panels, in this size that I like (mainly because I hardly ever see them this size) and didn't think to Gesso them before painting. Mistake. This one was a struggle, just because I had to coax the paint to stay on the canvas, it was so slick. I will definitely Gesso the other two panels. Because of all the careful blending then, I think this one has a bit of an Oriental flavor, don't you?

Thanksgiving Magnolia Revised - SOLD

Thanksgiving Magnolia, Revised Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. Some revisions on the red magnolia. I changed the color, brighter now, and the shape of the front petals, and like it much better. I am also dropping the price, to get this little guy sold.

Sandy Creek - SOLD

Sandy Creek Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD at $85.00 plus shipping. This one is bigger than what I've been doing lately, but I really felt like a creek scene today, and didn't have a medium size canvas. I love the two major colors here, Caput Mortem Violet (dried blood color) and Turquoise plus turquoisey greens. A couple of my two current favorites.

Orchid with Pastel Colors - SOLD

Orchid with Pastel Colors Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $30.00 plus shipping. So, is there football on the TV at your house? Are there good Thanksgiving smells wafting from the kitchen? All kinds of goodness of the day. I hope you are enjoying your day, wherever you may be today, and are blessed. This one has nothing at all to do with Thanksgiving. I wanted to try a very loose floral, since mine are always so tight and careful. Used my magic Escoda brush for the whole painting. The background is also loose, all the leftover cloud colors from the Chase paintings. It's kind of cool, isn't it?

Thanksgiving Magnolia Revised on 11.29

Thanksgiving Magnolia Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" Not Available at $65.00 plus shipping (see 11.29 post for revised version) Now I don't know if there is any such flower as this, probably not. But I picked up this rich, velvety stem at Michaels and wanted to try painting it. The color of it is actually more "winey" than red, but it isn't going anywhere and I can try it again anytime. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I am truly thankful for all of you.

Chase Copy 2 - SOLD

Chase Copy 2

(the bottom one is color corrected, but a bit too intense actually) Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD. This is another version of the painting from this morning. It is going to a beach house, (yay!) where I'm sure it will fit right in.

Chase Copy - SOLD

Chase Copy Shinnecock Hills, William Merritt Chase, c. 1895 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. Do you know the American Impressionist painter, William Merritt Chase? I didn't at all (which is no indication of his fame, really) but he was a teacher of Georgia O'Keefe, and his Long Island landscapes are just gorgeous. You can see some of his work here. The one I copied ( a portion of it) is called Shinnecock Hills and it's at the Smithsonian. It's just beautiful, full of ochres, sienna, beautiful greens, lovely. I will be studying his work more, I really didn't get it quite right.

November Magnolia - SOLD

November Magnolia Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping. It's been awhile since I did a magnolia, so here's one more, a November Magnolia. Double light source made this one tricky, but since it's rainy and overcast today, I needed the lights.

Poppy Copy - SOLD

Poppy Copy, after Georgia O'Keefe, Oriental Poppies, 1927 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 14" x 18" SOLD at $55.00, includes shipping. I love Georgia O'Keefe's work, and such an interesting woman. I do think that there's no better way to study a painter's work than taking the time to study it closely and copying. This one is among my favorites. Just studying closely how she blended her colors, all those sensual lines...yum.

November Apples - SOLD

November Apples Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 10" SOLD at $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Ever notice how shiny and reflective the skins on the Red Delicious apples are? I was thinking to do the reflections like I would a water reflection, skimming across the top with a soft brush loaded with thinned paint. It didn't exactly work, but I did try to show how the skins reflect light.