Grazing Cows - SOLD

Grazing Cows
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 14" x 18"
SOLD at Ebay auction.

Detail below

A pastoral today, as May turns to sweet June.

Pink Peony - SOLD

Pink Peony
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

A couple of my collectors have mentioned peonies lately, so today here's one, in shades of magenta and white.

Yellow Iris Impressions - SOLD

Yellow Iris Impressions
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

I wanted to paint impulsively this morning, and this is what happened. Swish, plop, swish.

Lake, Two Versions - SOLD

Lake One
Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Lake Two
Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Two versions of a landscape for my Wednesday class. Hope it won't be too hard for my students.

Irises in the Garden - SOLD

Irises in the Garden
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 20" x 24"
SOLD at $175.00, includes shipping.

This one is good sized, hence the higher price.

Wild Poppies - SOLD

Wild Poppies
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20.00 plus $7.00 shipping

I have been working on a large commission, so haven't posted in a couple of days. Did this one quick from my limited imagination, and scattered some poppies for the color.

Whisper Irises Revised - SOLD

Whisper Irises Revised
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $50 plus $7 shipping

I decided that (listening to my collectors silences) maybe the yellow background on this one wasn't working.
I wanted to give it another chance with a darker colored background, so revised it today after class. Better?

Tropical Sunset - SOLD

Simple Tropical Sunset
Acrylics on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $15 plus $7 shipping.

This is what we'll be doing in our painting class tomorrow, a simple step-by-step follow along.
A simple painting with a nice mood to it.

Whisper Irises - NA

Whisper Irises
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
See revised version of May 23, 2012.

One of my lovely ladies (thanks, Marie) shared a couple of iris stalks with me after class today, and I simply HAD to paint them. So much fun to paint these from life.

Spring Meadow - SOLD

Spring Meadow
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $65.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

Nothing I like better than painting a landscape with lots of natural contrast. This one practically painted itself (but then I've used this reference a few times before.) Thanks for looking.

Pears with Leaves - SOLD

Pears with Leaves
Oil on Canvas Panel, 6" x 8"
SOLD at $15 plus $5 shipping.

Scraping the bottom of the canvas barrel, but I did find one little canvas panel left. And was lucky enough to find a couple of pears with leaves still attached to them in the grocery store. Yay for small treats.

Little Pansy Posy - SOLD

Little Pansy Posy
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 5" x 7"
SOLD at $17.00 plus $5.00 shipping.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's today. We are having a gorgeous day here in the DC area, sunshine and warmth, mmmmmm. I clipped a couple of my pansies to paint on this small canvas today, and it has a feminine feel to it, I think, to observe the day.

Pastry on Red Plate - SOLD

Pastry on Red Plate
Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

This just looked so good in the grocery store, that I needed an excuse to buy it. They called it a Napoleon, but I'm not sure about the spelling. So I painted it, and then I ate half. The other half for my son. Oh, yum, sugar!

Spring Walking Field Two - SOLD

Spring Walking Field Two
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $75.00 plus $10 shipping.

A repeat of yesterday's landscape, for another collector.

Spring Walking Field - SOLD

Spring Walking Field
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $75.00 plus $10 shipping.

I wanted a landscape today, so this is a simple, imaginary scene.
Disclosure: A student had two torn canvases which she gave to me, and I repaired them. The 1.5" tear on this one was glued,  and then filled and gessoed, so it does not show at all on the outside of the canvas. This should  not effect the longevity of the painting.

Rainy Day Onions - SOLD

Rainy Day Onions
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 6" x 8"
SOLD at $20 plus $5 shipping.

It's a yawny, drippy day (but good for new transplants in the garden), so here are a couple of onions.

Purple Iris Faces - SOLD

Iris Face One
Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $25.00, (includes $7 shipping.)

Iris Face Two
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $25.00, (includes $7 shipping.)

Two practice lavender irises, contemplating our subject matter for our Wednesday class at Michael's.

Sun Dappled - SOLD

Sun Dappled
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $20.00, includes shipping.

This one is a palette knife piece, done from a couple of square inches of a photo reference. It really doesn't take much of a springboard for these kinds of pieces.

Snowy Road - SOLD

Snowy Road
Acrylics on Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $23.00 plus $7 shipping.

My Michael's students requested a snow landscape for this week, so I browsed some photos and decided this one was simple and doable. Other images were more interesting, but too complicated for out allotted 2 hours.

Viola Bed - SOLD

Viola Bed
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
SOLD at $40.00 plus $7.00 shipping

Pansy cousins, the violas. So are Johnny-Jump-Ups, isn't that a cool name for a flower?