Julep Time

6" x 6" original oil on canvas panel

NFS

I painted this for friends from a photo they gave me and switched out the julep cup for one that belonged in the family....quite a challenge for me, but I am happy with it and so are they!

Happy Thanksgiving

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

available at Randy Higbee Gallery

6" Squared Exhibition opening in Costa Mesa, CA December 3, 2011

Hello, again and Happy Thanksgiving to all! Sorry to be out of touch. I never could keep up with a diary...but happily I have been able to find easel time. Actually, lots of painting going on here, table centerpieces and favors for an event (my sis helped me out on those), larger paintings for Corse Gallery and Atelier, in Jacksonville, and some small paintings to enter into the 6" squared show (4 were accepted!). And more excitement !!! a mention in November's issue of Southwest Art Magazine with a picture of my painting (pg. 30). How crazy is that?

Now I am headed to the kitchen to whip up one more Thanksgiving treat, and then off to celebrate with family. Gobble-gobble!

Red Again?

5 " x 5" original oil on linen panel

$95 plus $5.95 shipping - unframed

It looks like red is my favorite color...and maybe it is right now...I just bought a red t-shirt and a red dress! (My favorite color is actually turquoise, and has been since I had a fountain pen with peacock blue ink. That was in Jr. High...Yikes!) Anyway, Happy 4th of July to all...

Hot Stuff

5" x 5" original oil on linen panel

$95 plus $5.95 shipping

SOLD

Another try at simplifying...I am also trying to use MORE paint!

Mug One

6" x 6" original oil on canvas panel

$95 plus $5.95 shipping

Fun to try something new....an analogous color scheme, and a bit less "blendy"! Why is it so hard to simplify?

Another Rose?

6" x 6" original oil on canvas panel

$95 plus $5.95 shipping

Just back from a fabulous trip and looking forward to some easel time....I actually started this painting before I left...got the rose looking pretty good, but struggled with the pot....Also there were quite a few more leaves in the set-up, but I painted the rose so big...that everything would not fit in....so...this is what I came up with......

Exciting news!

"Spring"

8" x 6" original oil on linen panel

"Summer"

6" x 6" original oil on canvas panel

Just found out that both of these paintings were juried into the student show at Crealde School of Art! Opening Reception, Friday, June 10, from 8-9:30 p.m. in the Jenkins Gallery. The exhibit runs through August 31.