Lakeside View - SOLD

Lakeside View
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 20" x 20"
SOLD at Ebay Auction.

I revised my "red, white and blue" painting from the 4th of July. Better, yes?

Summer Meadow - SOLD

Summer Meadow
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $35.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

A lot of wonderful greens in a sketchy little landscape.
Thanks for looking.

Fourth of July, NA (revised)

Fourth of July

Oil on Stretched Canvas, 20" x 20"

Available at $100 plus $15 shipping.

Detail Below:

I hope you all are having a lovely Fourth of July, enjoying picnics and barbeque's, friends and family. And of course, those oooohs and ahhhhhs of terrific firework displays.

Happy Birthday, America.

Deck Paintings - SOLD

Back Woods
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Looking up our back yard hill to the townhouses on the upper level. I have to admit I was more or less blasted by the brightness outdoors today. There could have been more subtle midtones here.

Garden Gate 2
Watercolor on Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Another watercolor view of my back yard.
I am thrilled to report we have our power back as of 4:00 this afternoon. Welcome cool air and light. No more trotting to the bathroom with the flashlight. The first thing I did was make coffee! Yay for electricity!

Power Outage Paintings - SOLD

The Back Gate, Watercolor
Watercolor on Paper, 12" X 16"
The cropped version is just to show possibilities
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

The Back Gate
Oil on Stretched Canvas 8" x 8"
SOLD at $25 plus $7 shipping.

Woodland Glimpse
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10"
SOLD at $35 plus $7 shipping.

No power for a couple of days and nights, nothing much to do but sit out in the shade on my deck and paint.
Came out with my neighbor this afternoon to find a coffee shop with power, so I could get a few of these paintings posted. Stay cool, everyone.

Waterfall - SOLD

Waterfall
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $55 plus $12 shipping.

Yes, you've seen this one before. I still wanted to make some changes, so this is the final version (rocks and foliage are changed), and I won't do anything more to it. (Famous last words, right?) At least I don't plan to make any more changes to it. The price is reduced, so it's a lot of painting for this price.

The Lovely Greens of Summer - SOLD

The Lovely Greens
Acrylics on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $30.00, includes shipping.
Detail below.

One thing that acrylics do so very well is layering. You can keep adding layers all day. Change the color a little bit, add more leaves, change it again, keep right on going....Isn't this fun?

Towpath and Lock, Great Falls - SOLD

 Towpath and Lock, Great Falls
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at Ebay auction for $30 plus shipping..
Detail Below

A couple of new paintings

Brookside Frog Pond
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

Bowl of Cherries
Oil on  Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
Available at $35.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

Two other pieces done while we had no Internet, and that means no online Scrabble for me, and no distracting TV either. So I did my "yucky" chore (washing brushes) and spent lots of time painting.

These two actually look better in real life, the photos don't really do them justice.

Towpath and Lock, Great Falls

Towpath and Lock, Great Falls

Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"

Available at $125.00, includes shipping.

Detail Below.

My landlady and friend, Carol, took pity on me, (being stranded with my dead car), and invited me to go along on Saturday to Great Falls with her. We walked for about an hour, and oh, did I get some nice photos. The above is from a photo taken on the canal towpath. I think some of the locks actually work, as there's a boat that goes down a few. 

Below some shots of the falls.

 (Taken from one of the foot bridges.)

Little Cherry Diptych - SOLD

Little Cherry Diptych
Oil on Tiny Stretched Canvases, 4" x 4" by about 1/2 "
SOLD as a set, $25.00 includes shipping.
Detail of Right Side (sorry for the glare)

I saw these tiny little canvases in Michael's and thought they were so cute. Perfect for cherries. I am painting the edges, so you could sit these, unframed, on a couple of those tiny little easels, if you'd a mind to.

The cherries were another matter. In your grocery store, do they make you buy a big bag, instead of having loose cherries that you can pick and weigh? Here at our Giant, you have to buy 2 pounds in a plastic bag to get any cherries at all. Irksome, I think. But I shared with my neighbor.

Marie's Spring Woods - SOLD

Marie's Spring Woods
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD.
Detail Below.

I'm pretty happy with the final version. It has a nice combination of pastel spring colors without being too cutesy. I got enough ochre, olive and brown in there to offset the pastel colors. Yay, me!

Spring Garden Walk - SOLD

Spring Garden Walk
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $125, includes shipping
Detail Below

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There was such a nice response to my post of a WIP yesterday, that I was excited to try another version of the Spring Forest. (Marie liked her painting, and we agreed on a couple of adjustments. I'll post it when it's done.) I took all day with this one, but I'm thinking my patience paid off. I like it pretty well. (Reminds me of our local Brookside Gardens.)

Summer Rambling - SOLD

Summer Rambling
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
Available at $40 plus $7 shipping.

A nice imaginary landscape today, done with my lovely new brush, a gift from Marge (one of my students.) Thanks, Marge!

And a work in progress, for another student, Marie. It is more or less a rough draft, since Marie has to see it first, and decide on any changes. I may decide to do a second version.

Marie's Spring Woods, WIP
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"

Two Hydrangea Pieces - SOLD

Hydrangea Quick Sketch
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $25.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

The collector decided to pass on this one, so it has become available again.

Ginny's Hydrangeas Revised
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $30.00 plus $10.00 shipping.

I decided that this one was maybe too dark at the bottom, so revised it a little.

Ten Dollar Sale (Plus Shipping)

These eight are all acrylics on canvas panel, all 9" x 12" , and all priced at $10.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

If you would like to pick up more than one, the shipping can be combined also. (For example, two at $27.00 total.)  These were all demos for the class I teach at Michael's and we rotate landscape, still life, floral and seascape, so there'a a bit of this and that here, priced low to go.

Pears with Blue Pitcher
SOLD

Golden Delicious with Green Stripes
SOLD

Magnolia
SOLD

Snow Scene with Fence
SOLD

 Sunflowers on Turquoise

Tree and Wildflowers
SOLD

Tropical One
SOLD

Tropical Two
SOLD

Apples on Stripes Twice - SOLD

Apples on Red Stripes
Acrylics on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Red Delicious on Red Stripes
Acrylics on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
Gifted.

A couple of practice paintings today for my Wednesday class, but I'm thinking either of them might be too hard for my students. Maybe some greens or goldens instead, less reflections and color changing.

Rambunctious Little Landscape - SOLD

Rambunctious Little Landscape
Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

After a couple of careful paintings ( the tomatoes and onions ) it felt like time for something swishy and loose.
Something landscapey and rambunctious. Here we go. I like this little one.

Tomatoes and Friends - SOLD

Tomatoes and Friends
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD

Tomatoes and Onion - SOLD

Tomatoes and Onion
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $35 plus $7 shipping.

This one was done as a companion piece to the painting below, but both the collector and I decided that I'd try again with white cloth and red polka dots (more in common with a red and white cloth), which makes this guy available. Here's the friend, which is sold.

Lorri's Lemons
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD.