Sad Pink Tulips - SOLD

Sad Pink Tulips Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. I have to laugh at myself. I wanted tulips, and this pot of pinks were the only ones kind of "open." By the time I got them under my lights to paint...? You guessed it. As I finished the painting, they were completely flopped open.

Fall Color Sketch - SOLD

Fall Color Sketch Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. I'm going to do this one next week, carefully. For tonight though, a quick color sketch in oils, without much detail.

Palette Knife Pond - SOLD

Palette Knife Pond Oil on Canvas Panel, 6" x 8" SOLD at $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping. A little palette knife painting, with some fun colors, a bit different for me.

Revised Panoramic Creek

Revised Panoramic Creek Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 24" Available at $75.00 plus shipping. Some nice revisions on this one, added some cool colors, changed the rocks and water a little. Better, I think.

Saturday Hydrangea - SOLD

Saturday Hydrangea Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $55.00 plus shipping. Since this one didn't make the DP Gallery, I am posting it again. It will be picked up by DP for tomorrow. Thanks for looking.

Large White Peony - SOLD

Large White Peony Oil on Stretched Canvas, 20" x 24" SOLD at $125.00 plus $15.00 shipping. I've done this one before, in both oil and watercolor, but it doesn't loose it's freshness. My collectors always like the white florals.

Fall Mosaic - SOLD

Fall Mosaic Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. A more impressionistic landscape, everything suggested, and all those great colors to play with. A pathway with a little orange gem at the end.

From a real Hydrangea - SOLD

From a real Hydrangea Oil on Linen Panel, 9" x 12" SOLD at $60.00 plus $5.00 shipping I was in the grocery store yesterday for coffee, and they had two gorgeous hydrangea plants, so I totally splurged and bought one. I am hoping that it'll take in my little garden this spring. The tag says that if the soil is alkaline, it will turn pink, isn't that interesting? And acid soil will keep it blue.

Sky Play - SOLD

Sky Play Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. Since I had a lot of "autumn" colors leftover from the fall painting yesterday, I decided to do a sky with pastels of the reds, oranges and yellows. A little made up scene, didn't the sky turn out nicely?

Fall Surround 2 - SOLD

Fall Surround 2 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD at $80.00 plus $15.00 shipping. This is the second painting from the reference photo I borrowed from my student. It has a different sort of flavor from the first one, posted earlier this past week. I used more blue in this one, less sienna, and the rocks on this one I did with a palette knife. Gotta love the fall colors, even if it is February!

Irises Watercolor 2011 - SOLD

Irises Watercolor 2011
Watercolor on 300 lb Arches paper, full sheet, 22.5" x 30"
SOLD at $125.00 plus $10.00 shipping. Detail below.

My first iris watercolor of the year. This is a pretty big painting, took 3 days to get it done. It does have some presence. If you're a fan of these colors, I think you'll be pleased with the watercolor in person.

Spring Splash Hydrangea - SOLD

Spring Splash Hydrangea Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 I am actually working on a large iris watercolor for the past few days, but it takes some time, so meanwhile here's a small hydrangea painting for my daily post. I added a new color to this one, light, soft yellow. It adds, I think.

White Tulip 2011 - SOLD

White Tulip 2011 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. As happens often, when I do a painting that doesn't turn out so well, I have to "get back on the horse" and paint a good one. Yesterday's magnolia that didn't turn out well, prompted this one, which did.

Curly Magnolia - NA

Curly Magnolia
Oil on Linen, 10" x 10"
Not Available, revised on 7/14/2011.

I'm not happy with this one. The linen made everything hard to blend, so it's pretty rough, by necessity. And it got darker than I like, but here it is anyway. I figured someone might like it. And I get to move on, maybe come back and try this flower stem again. (it's a new one from Michael's.)

Shoreline Light - SOLD

Shoreline Light Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 16" SOLD at $75.00 plus $15.00 shipping. We've got nice weather today in the DC area, in the 70's. Yay! And that wonderful smell of warm air, has me also thinking about the ocean. Soon, my friends.

Fall Surround - SOLD

Fall Surround Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping. I enjoyed using the turquoise in this one, set against the reds. Great colors together. (Thanks for the loan of the photo, E.)

Emerging from the Shade - SOLD

Emerging From the Shade
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $30.00 plus $10.00 shipping.

A switch of seasons, to a summer scene. This one from a photo I took along Wauwinet Road in Barre, Massachusetts. Yay, Barre! Though I'm glad I didn't spend this winter there.

Snow Shadows - SOLD

Snow Shadows Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. Don't you love the colors of snow shadows, with the sun shining on the whites, making all those gorgeous blues and lavenders?

Revised Vase with Hydrangeas - SOLD

Revised Vase with Hydrangeas Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. Another one from a couple of weeks ago, that was "close but no cigar." I clarified the colors, changed the pot, and the foreground, added more shadows. Ahhh, much better.

Revised Creek - SOLD

Revised Creek Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping. There was a lot of interest in this one from a couple of weeks ago. I think that we all love water and trees. But there was a lot of yellowish reflection in the creek, and it was passed by. So today I declared it a revisions day, and this was one of them, and I dropped the price a bit.