Red Pears on Green - SOLD

Red Pears on Green Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. Another painting of the sweet little red pears. I've already had to defend them from the grandkids, who adore fruit. They'll get them now, though. Thanks for looking.

Take Out - SOLD

Take Out Oil on Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. I've had these sitting on the shelf for awhile now, and finally decided to play with them today. It's mostly about the paint, not so much the drawing. I'll probably try these again with a different focus, they were fun to do. Thanks for looking.

Twin Oaks Sunset - SOLD

Twin Oaks Sunset Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD at $85.00 plus $15.00 shipping. I had to drive to Twin Oaks twice to catch the sunset between the trees, but it was worth it. Huge old gracious trees, spreading to the ground. I imported the Louisiana cows into the foreground. But they like this spot too, I think. Thanks for looking.

Orange Floral Wrap - SOLD

Orange Floral Wrap (with Detail Showing Wrap) Oil on Gallery Wrap Stretched Canvas, 8" x 10", Wrap is 1.5" SOLD at $60.00 plus shipping. The one is gallery wrapped, which means no frame is needed. The floral continues around all four sides (although I'll finish painting the bottom when the painting has dried a bit.) A nice flash or color on a summer's day. Thanks for looking.

Hibiscus Revised - SOLD

Hibiscus Revised Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. I took another look at the hibiscus painting from about a week ago, and decided that it was not very interesting and the colors were a little muddy. So today I repainted the whole thing, and have also dropped the price. What do you think? Better? Thanks for looking.

Cloud Catcher Mosaic - SOLD

Cloud Catcher Mosaic Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. This one was done for a collector who liked the first one, but it had already sold. The branches seem to be scooping up clouds to me. I made this one a bit more colorful, and added some clinging leaves. Thanks for looking.

Summer Sky - SOLD

Summer Sky Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" Not Available I took the boring painting from several days ago, and reworked it, again concentrating on two things, the form and shape of the clouds, and more dramatic treatment of the bit of ground. Ahh, much better! Thanks for looking.

Clouds in the Koi Pond - SOLD

Clouds in the Koi Pond Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 24" SOLD at $85.00 plus shipping. Isn't this a fun one? I did it with deliberate looseness, using big bristles brushes most of the way. It's a composite of the water lilles blooming right now in the Koi Pond in my daughter's back yard. I really enjoyed doing it, after the tightness of yesterday's piece. Thanks for looking.

Gnarled Mosaic - SOLD

Gnarled Mosaic Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. Something really quite different for me. One of my Flickr contacts, Joe, had this wonderful tree photo which he gave me permission to use, and I'd seen someone use this idea before in a really cool painting. (I liked theirs better, but...) Thanks for looking.

Rainy Greens - SOLD

Rainy Greens / Neighborhood Puddle Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. Kitty corner across the street is a lovely vacant lot, which has some low lying grass, which filled up into a small pond, large puddle the last big rain we had. The air was still a lovely greenish light when I went out and took some photos, so here's the neighborhood, at least a small corner of it. I like how this one turned out, with all the soft grey greens. Thanks for looking.

Cloud Study 2 - SOLD

Cloud Study 2 Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. Still studying clouds, and learning to treat them more like "forms" with shadow and dimension. Almost as if they were an odd shaped ball or an apple, you know. Thanks for looking.

Louisiana Cloud Study - SOLD

Louisiana Cloud Study Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" Not available. Clouds are not as easy as you'd think. The color, the shaping, how defined or fluffy they should be. I can see that I'm going to have to make a real study of the skies here, the clouds are really interesting, and such big skies with the land being quite flat. I stopped on this one, because it's a nice piece, but the clouds aren't "there" yet. Thanks for looking.

Peach Paintings - SOLD

Peaches in Old Bowl,
Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping.

Peaches on Green
Oil on Canvas Panel, 6" x 8"
SOLD at $25.00 plus shipping.

Peaches today, and the taste of peach lingers as I post this to you. Thanks for looking.

Peony Watercolor - SOLD

Peony Watercolor Watercolor on Paper, 12" x 15.25" image area SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. A little detour back into watercolors. I have gracious permission from my art buddy, Carol to use some of her wonderful floral photos, and this was a delicate one to do. Some of the greys are tube greys, and some are mixed grey, but aren't they soft? Thanks for looking.

Plum Tumble

Plum Tumble Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10" Available at $40.00 plus shipping. Just one more little painting, and the plums will be eaten. My granddaughter, Alex, grabbed one this morning and reported that they are "really juicy." Thanks for looking, and may you enjoy a good, juicy plum at least once this summer.

Frosted Plums - SOLD

Frosted Plums Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. These frosty looking plums from the local grocery store looked so good, with their variety of color and sizes. They just called for more lavender, so I went with it. It will have to belong in a spot that likes purples. Thanks for looking.

New England Reminisce - SOLD

New England Reminisce Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping. I have a few photos that I had always intended to paint from, and this is from one of them. Wauwinet Road again, I imagine it looks pretty much like this right now, except fuller leaves. The photo was taken in the late spring this year. Isn't it tranquil? Thanks for looking.

Light Play - SOLD

Light Play Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16" Not Available, revised. A made up place, and imagined light. Blazing sunshine on a hillside. Thanks for looking.

Peach Hibiscus - NA

Peach Hibiscus Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" Not available. This lovely peachy colored hibiscus lives out back by the pool. It has soft, subtle colors to it, and I knew it was just begging to be painted. Thanks for looking.

Large Pink Peony - SOLD

Large Pink Peony Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD at $100.00 plus shipping. I adore florals. This one gave me some trouble though, just trying to get the drawing part correct, and the colors. (I had to wipe it all out once, and start the drawing over upside down.) I worked from one of Carol Holt's photos, a prolific member of my Online Art Yahoo group (all former students of Cathy Johnson) who graciously allowed me to borrow them. In the end, I'm happy with this one. Thanks for looking.