Christmas Tree, 2009 - SOLD

Christmas Tree, 2009 Pen and Ink, watercolor, and markers on Cream Paper, 9" x 12" SOLD at $25.00, includes shipping. A Blessed Christmas, everyone! I hope that this day, you have the blessings of our Lord in your life and in your heart. What more could we hope for, a closer walk with Him. One of my collectors reminded me that a couple of years ago, I did a pen and ink of my daughter's Christmas tree in Massachusetts. So I did one for this year, a little different, and maybe it will become a tradition for this blog. This was so restful to do, all those patient little scritchy lines, which seems to me relaxing, just stroke along until it fills in. I am happy with the results, it seems a bit Victorian looking, don't you think?

View from my Window - SOLD

View from my Window Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $55.00 plus shipping. I generally have my back to this window, to catch the light, but the snow is still so lovely, that I turned my chair around today to paint this. Of course, with the wild growth, there is a lot more vine and scrap, but I condensed it. For those of you who celebrate Christmas Eve, I hope that yours is meaningful and precious.

Christmas Pears - SOLD

Christmas Pears Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $35.00 plus shipping. Nice multicolored pears, somehow they seem Christmasy to me, maybe it's the green and red in them. I always like painting pears.

Christmas Poinsettia - NA

Christmas Poinsettia Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" NA, Revised Dec 1, 2010. One of my collectors asked me about holiday images recently...like, hey, when? LOL. So, I figured I'd better do something besides a watercolor with my lovely poinsettia plant. The grey shadow (top, center) was a cast shadow from my easel, and isn't in the painting.

Snow Colors - Gifted

Landscape Series, Number 4: Snow Colors Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" Gifted. I loved all the snow yesterday, and was thinking about a painting in greys and whites, but today is sunblasted, with drifts everywhere, just gorgeous. So instead I did one of the series with today's colors.

Gallery Wrapped Sienna Iris - SOLD

Gallery Wrapped Sienna Iris Detail of wrap below Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 8" x 8" x 1.25" Sold. Odd today to be painting a sunny iris while the snow just poured down in the DC area, but that's what I had planned, so I put on some Christmas music and laughed at the contradiction. Nice to be in the middle of a snow storm if you don't have to go out, and the report was that there wasn't anyplace to go anyway, since everything was closed.

Poinsettia Watercolor - SOLD

Poinsettia Watercolor Watercolor on Arches 140 lb paper, 9" x 12" Image size slightly smaller SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. My dear cousins treated me to the most gorgeous, full bloomed pointsettia I've ever had, and so I just had to pick out a couple of the blooms to try with watercolors. I think there must be 30 separate blooms on the plant. Gorgeous! Thanks, H and D.

Summer Rooftops

Summer Rooftops Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" Available at $60.00 plus shipping. This one is a repeat of a plein air piece I did this past summer, looking out our 5th floor window. I changed it up a bit, and made the front roof more red. The collector who requested it opted to pass, and it happens from time to time. Sometimes a painting will just "sing" to you, and the repeat doesn't.

Long Iris Watercolor 2 - SOLD

Long Iris Watercolor 2 Watercolor on Strathmore Paper, 6" x 18" SOLD at $15.00 This one is to go with the first long iris, to make a set.

December Dreaming - SOLD

December Dreaming Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $60.00 plus shipping. I like painting woods, with paths, I really do.

Primroses - SOLD

Primroses Watercolor on Strathmore Watercolor Paper, 6" x 18" SOLD at $20.00, includes shipping. I did work on an oil today, but the day got away from me. Instead I finished this one to post tonight, colorful, imaginary roses.

Landscape Series: Dawn's Early Light - SOLD

Dawn's Early Light Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $45.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Another in the landscape series, this one with a bit more dramatic lighting. I'm playing with the composition as well, seeing if there's a format that I like better. Making small adjustments.

Sun Glazed Maples- NA

Sun Glazed Maples Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" Not available, See revised on 12/31/09. Thsi one is actually yesterday's painting, and just as I was about to post it, I lost my Internet connection.It never did come back, but this morning I have it again. So here is Thursday's piece, just because I wanted the color.

Landscape Series: Number 2 - SOLD

Landscape Series: Number 2 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. I never thought this would be tricky, but it is more than I realized. Without something as reference, except the general shapes of the composition, it's all imagination. Maybe I'll get better at it as I go along, it's a good challenge. I was thinking high summer on this one.

Little Iris Watercolor - SOLD

Little iris Watercolor Watercolor on Arches paper, 6" x 10" SOLD at $15.00, includes shipping. I've used the photo reference for this one so many time, but I don't get tired of it. The colors are such beautiful, subtle shades.

Winter Magnolia - SOLD

Winter Magnolia Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. For a collector who wanted the November Magnolia. But it was sold. So, here's another one of the white faced magnolias.

Bending Tulip

Bending Tulip Watercolor, 6" x 10" Available at $12.00 plus $3.00 shipping.

Rambling Leaves - SOLD

Rambling Leaves Watercolor, 6" x 18" SOLD at $12.00 plus $3.00 shhipping.

Landscape series: Deep Fall NA

Landscape Series: Deep Fall Afternoon Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" Not available, revised on May 18, 2010. The idea is not new. I want to try doing a series of small landscapes, I'm thinking 25 or so, all with the same composition. The changes will be in color, value, time of day, and season. This is the first, a late fall day, some trees bare, sun shining, like today!

Winter Creek Sunset 3 - SOLD

Winter Creek Sunset 3 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. I actually like doing the same painting over three times in a row. By the third one, you've figured out the "order" of painting. Trunks first, to preserve the darks, then background foliage, then foreground and water, and last, sky and details. So you can then think about what you want to change, or the flavor of the piece. I was going for more "mystery" in this one, although I'm not sure it turned out that way. More calligraphic brushwork too, in the foreground, which I like (yes, my Escoda brush again.) And I let myself have more red and orange this time. We'll see if the collector likes it.