Dapples and Sparkles - SOLD

Dapples and Sparkles Oil on Stretched Canvas Gallery Wrapped Detail 12" x 16" Sold at $50.00 plus $15.00 shipping. Another woodland scene today on a gallery wrapped canvas, which needs no frame. I've shown a detail of the painting continued on the edges. The bottom will need painting, once the sides and top are dry, so the shipping will be a bit delayed on this one. I really like the combination of greens and burnt oranges, touches of citron. Thanks for looking. Have a wonderful weekend.

Winter Waters - SOLD

Winter Waters

9" x 12"

Oil on Canvas board

Sold at $40.00 plus shipping.

We've had so little snow this winter in the DC area, that the first nice day I could find after our snowfall last week, I headed out with my camera. The water was so lovely and dark at Lake Needwood, and bright snow with wonderful shadows, that I have a lot of good photos to work from. Using those wonderful winter colors again. Thanks for looking.

Petersen Road - SOLD

Petersen Road

12" x 16"

Oil on canvas board

Sold at $50.00

I've done another version of this scene, but without the tree. The sky on this one is very blue, and I'm happy with the way the tree turned out, dappled with sunshine. Thanks for looking.

Shady Road, Barre - SOLD

Shady Road, Barre

16" x 20"

Oil on Stretched Canvas

Sold.

This is another of the finish-up paintings, done on a red gesso undercoat, with a limited palette.

I like how the shade feels shady, a few shafts of light peeking through. The photo for this one was taken the same day as photos for "Naptime in October," what a gorgeous day that was. There is a little glare on the right side of the painting, but after ten shots, this was the best one. Thanks for looking.

Red Pepper Grouping - NFS

Red Pepper Grouping

Oil on Canvas board

8" x 10"

Gifted.

Okay, this is the last of the peppers for awhile. I can feel myself eager for some blue paint, some water, some sky. Landscape tomorrow, of one kind of another.

Thanks for looking, and for being patient with the pepper series.

Red Pepper - SOLD

Red Pepper

6" x 8"

Oil on Canvas board

Sold.

The last one in the series. This one turned out very nicely, I think.

I would be happy to sell all four as a set at $100.00 plus shipping. They would look great all lined up with simple frames. Thanks for looking.

Yellow Pepper - SOLD

Yellow Pepper

6" x 8"

Oil on Canvas board

Sold.

The third in the peppers series, and I was thinking today that maybe I ought to do a "parade of peppers" with four of them. Wouldn't that be fun to paint? Anyway, here's the yellow one, at the same size as the two previous. Thanks for looking.

Orange Pepper - SOLD

Orange Pepper

6" x 8"

Oil on Canvas Board

Sold.

A little series of matching sized peppers. I still have red and yellow in the refrigerator, so you can guess where this is going. Thanks for looking.

Green Pepper - SOLD

Green Pepper 6" x 8" Oil on Canvasboard Sold.

A lovely, smooth and shiny pepper. I loved the way the sunshine just peeked through the bumps on the bottom of this pepper, so quick grabbed it before the light changed. Thanks for looking.

Hillside Barn at Butler's Orchard - SOLD

Hillside Barn at Butler's

Oil on Stretched Canvas

18" x 18"

Sold

There is a high-point hill at the orchard, where kids can slide on burlap bags during the pumpkin festival; to the side is the corn maze which looked like fun too. We met there to paint, but I liked the look at the bottom of the hill, where the barn was just peeking over the hillside. Another finish up painting, but I'm pleased to offer it. Thanks for looking.

November Maryland - SOLD

November Maryland

Oil on Stretched Canvas

18" x 18"

Sold.

I'm so glad I pulled this one out of the trash painting pile (sitting in our little foyer ready to go to the dumpster). I was hesitating about it, and decided to toss it, then hmm, changed my mind. I added the path, opened up the sky, added more background, and voila! a painting I really like now. Thanks for looking.

Small Hydrangea - SOLD

Small Hydrangea

10" x 12"

Oil on Canvasboard

Sold at $30.00 plus shipping.

This one was painted in my friend Barb's studio, clipped from her neighbor's bush. It has an overall more "warm" tone than the one from yesterday, probably because it was painted indoors. I'm pricing the smaller "finish-up" paintings at $30.00 because they are part of the learning group. Thanks for looking.

Red Maple - SOLD

Red Maple

12" x 16"

Oil on Canvasboard.

Sold at $30.00 plus shipping.

They say you should go plein air painting in pairs, at least, but for this one I went alone, and while I was there, I surprised some deer in the abandoned barn. I think they scared me more than I scared them, and I found out they make a huffing sound up close. Another finish-up painting. Thanks for looking.

Hydrangeas - SOLD

Hydrangeas

Oil on Gessoed Masonite

14" x 16"

Sold.

When they say not to paint in direct and brilliant sunlight, it's advice to be heeded. I painted this one in the full sun, it's a gorgeous bush, with blues, pinks and lavenders all in the same bush. The neighbor lady was tickled that I was painting in front of her place, she kept coming out to check on progress. The colors, however, were way too bright in all that sunshine. So today I sat down and finished it up, softened the colors, and am pleased with it, all in all. Thanks for looking.

Fake Flowers - SOLD

Fake Flowers

8" x 10"

Oil on Canvasboard

Sold.

A little still life study that originally had two big mangos in the foreground, which didn't really sit well with the blues and greens. I painted them out, pulled out one of the stems and popped it in place of the mangos. Much better now. I like how brilliant the left side blues look against a dark background. Thanks for looking.

Red Fields - SOLD

Red Field at Butler's 12" x 16" Oil on Canvasboard Sold. A finish again today, three in fact. I was attracted to the "grace" of this hillside, but didn't finish it the day we were painting out in the fields. Now it is! Thanks for looking.

Lake Hollowell Larger - SOLD

Lake Hollowell

18" x 24"

Oil on Stretched Canvas

Sold.

While it's snowing out, this was a pleasant painting to finish up. I had started it last summer and never finished it. It's from the same photo as the smaller version, minus the ducks. I was concentrating on trying to show the shallow water at the edge of the lake, and how you can see the silty bottom through the water. It's a larger painting than usual, and on stretched canvas. Doesn't it feel tranquil? Thanks for looking.

Abandoned in Clarksburg - SOLD

Abandoned in Clarksburg

Oil on Canvasboard

12" x 16"

Sold.

There's something about abandoned houses...who lived there, what does the inside look like, what's in there anyway, what if that old house could talk, what stories would it tell? This one is pretty textured and loose. Thanks for looking.

Misty Valley - SOLD

Misty Valley Oil on Canvasboard 12" x 16" Sold. I used the same photo as yesterday, but did it in a larger version, and let it evolve as it wanted to. It's fun to see the differences in two paintings done from the same source. Thanks for looking.

Layers- SOLD

Layers
Oil on Canvasboard 10" x 12"
Sold at $50.00 plus shipping.

I started out with some red peppers, you'll see them painted this weekend, but it was such a sunny day, and the light kept changing the reflections on the surfaces that I set it aside until I could paint it in the evening. Did this one instead, isn't it appealing? I think I spent more time mixing all these wonderful subtle colors than I did actually painting. Nothing like the joy of all those creamy colors coming together in new shades. I shot a quick photo of the palette, so you could see what I mean. Thanks for looking.