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?

Watercolor Stained Glass Iris - SOLD

Watercolor Play- Stained Glass Iris
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $25 plus $7 shipping.

This was a repeat style piece done by request, but since it turned out quite differently from the original, the collector decided to pass on it. Which now makes it available for someone else. Fun to paint, since with the little white spaces, you can paint without waiting for everything to dry first.

Waterfall Revised

Waterfall Revised
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
Available at $75 plus $10 shipping

This was the original, revised to the above. Much better, I think, less emphasis on the rocks, more moodiness to it.

Does anyone know how to revert to the "old" blogger? It's gone automatically to a new version, which isn't really working very well for me. All sorts of little things I can't do anymore.

Blush Iris - SOLD

Blush Iris
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 14" x 18"
Avalable at $100, includes shipping.

I took my time with this one, since I've been doing swishy and sketchy pieces lately, and it felt like time to slow down and do a more careful painting today. I think it works well in the canvas format here. And I really like the colors working together.

Orange Wedges on Turquoise - SOLD

Orange Wedges on Turquoise
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 10"
Available at $20 plus $5 shipping.

I did this one originally in January, with the wedges on a plate (which was kind of wonky, not really correct visually.) But since I liked the oranges, I decided just to redo it today, and pop it up again. (While I'm working on a larger piece.)

Pot of Pansies - SOLD

Pot of Pansies
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12"
Available at $40 plus $7 shipping.

I have spent part of my day drooling over some truly talented artists, Kathy Anderson, Kathy Anderson Studios, who does some splendid and lovely florals, (and I tried to make these pansies a little like what she does), and David Shevlino , who was a judge for this past months RayMar art entries. He does gorgeous and loose work, and I watched every one of his DVD clips, wishing I could get some of his DVDs. Anyway, two amazing artists to check out.

Wild Dogwood - SOLD

Wild Dogwood
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 20"
SOLD at $80 plus $7 shipping.

An impression of my woods in the backyard, where a precious little white dogwood has volunteered. I'm glad I painted it when I did, as we've had rain the past couple of days, which has caused most of the petals to fall. I think I might try this in acrylics, to catch more of the sense of layers. But I'm pretty happy with this one.

Emerging Iris - SOLD

Emerging Iris
Oil on Stretched (Black Gessoed) Canvas, 12" x 12"
Available at $40.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

A loose and sketchy iris on black gessoed canvas. Because the black extends all the way around to the sides, top and bottom, this one could be hung without a frame.

Subtle Sunset - SOLD

Subtle Sunset
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

I revised this one a little, made the clouds less dark, let the trees grow, and dropped the price. I think it's better now.