Hibiscus Experiments - SOLD

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

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

A couple of "tries" at Hibiscus for our floral lesson at Michael's on Wednesday. I still need to simplify for my students, to assure a success. Maybe an easier pattern for them.

Silvery Creek - SOLD

Silvery Creek
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
SOLD at $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

Detail Below:

Sometimes, when a painting isn't going well, I can switch to my palette knives, and get better success. I think it slows me down to the point where I relax and know I'm in it for the long haul. I think this one turned out nicely. It has the feeling of an overcast summer day, which is what we have today here in the DC area.

Tiny Summer Landscape - SOLD

Tiny Summer Landscape
Oil on Canvas Panel, 6" x 8"
SOLD at $15 plus $5 shipping

A little one for today, after the size of the watercolor yesterday, it feels nice.

Summer Irises 2012 - SOLD

Summer Irises 2012
Watercolor on 300 lb Arches Paper, Full Sheet, 22.5" x 30"
SOLD

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Little Drama Iris - SOLD

Little Drama Iris
Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
SOLD at $17 plus $5 shipping.

A quickie iris today.
Thanks for looking.

Sunlight in the Woods - SOLD

Sunlight in the Woods
Acrylics on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
SOLD at $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

This was such fun to do, with layered paints and a swish of glaze over the background.

On another note, here are some links to my larger painting which didn't sell, going up at auction for three days on ebay. We'll see what happens. Someone could get lucky and get a fairly good sized piece for a great price. These are the links to the individual auctions.

Towpath and Lock

Lake Side View

Grazing Cows

Dappled Walk 2, Great Falls - SOLD

Dappled Walk 2, Great Falls
Acrylics on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Second sample painting for the landscape class on Wednesday, but midway through I decided that it's just gonna be too tricky for my class to do this one, so I'm onto another idea. Thanks for looking.

Dappled, Great Falls - SOLD

Dappled, Great Falls
Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9' x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

I was thinking of something like this for our Landscape painting on Wednesday at Michael's, but I'm wondering now if it won't be too hard for my students. Maybe with a careful roadmap... meanwhile, acrylics are wonderful for layering. You can keep adding and changing all day long.

View at Great Falls

View at Great Falls
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
Available at $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

We sat at one of the overlooks to rest, and I shot a view from the benches. No falls, but a lovely sky.

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.