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Recent work

Here are some recent paintings! Hope you enjoy :)

Hey!  I'm still here :)  (again).  I lost track of posting but as I anticipate having a show this fall, I will update my blog with some fresh paintings!  Thanks for staying tuned, I appreciate it!

I'm still here!

Happy Spring!  Yes, I have been painting these last few years, even if I have not been posting... I am planning to have my first show since 2010 . . . sometime this fall.  Looking forward to it!

House Portrait

Just completed and delivered this "portrait" of a friend's house.  A lovely subject, and it was great fun working on all the details.

First Portrait!

I recently completed this portrait (my first!) of the darling one-year-old grandson of friends in Louisville - the original photo is shown first, followed by the early work- in- progress, and then the final portrait.  I have also shown a close-up of the detail on the shirt as well as the face.  It was such fun to do!  It was very important to have a great photo from which to work, with high contrast and plenty of color.

Tuscany

I created these three paintings for my friend Kathy, based on her photos of a recent trip to Tuscany.  Kathy picked out a triptych frame for the three 4" x 6" paintings (shown in the fourth photo).  Though challenged with such tiny paintings, I thoroughly enjoyed the process, and Kathy was pleased with the final product!

"Heading Home"

Delivered this last week to a friend . . . I have done a number of versions of this painting - with one, two, three and four children "heading home" through the snow . . .

Three-Day Workshop

just completed three wonderful days of painting at the Pendleton with my teacher and six other nice people!  here are the three paintings which I did -- the first two were still-life set-ups, and the third was from a photo taken in Michigan.

cute little Oliver

our Thanksgiving hosts have a darling Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Oliver -- I did this little portrait of his cute face as a thank-you gift.

Painting Silver

We've painted silver a number of times in my Monday class -- generally we combine a warm color (such as burnt sienna) and a cool (a blue such as manganese).  Because of silver's reflective quality, you can include other colors to create movement and interest in the object.  The first two photos are of roses I clipped from my garden, placed in pieces I found at a consignment shop this week. If you look closely in the first, you can seemy reflection as I was taking the photo. The third photo is a close-up of a teapot I painted last year -- the colors of surrounding objects are reflected onto the silver.

Architecture

The play of light and shadow in architectural pieces is a very fun thing to paint! here is a close-up of one of the pieces on which I am working now.

ProKids auction

ProKids trains volunteers to become Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). Each CASA volunteer is assigned to a foster child, making sure the child’s needs are met, that the child is safe, and helping each child move into a safe, permanent, and nurturing home.  It is a wonderful organization and is a United Way-funded agency.  This is a painting I donated for their auction fund-raiser over the weekend.