Flamingo Nights

Wow ! I've been away for a long time. Just got my oldest daughter settled in beautiful Portland,Oregon. Sorry honey but your old room is now becoming my new art studio (with a bed). This flamingo was watercolored on a card so that I can give it to a wonderful lady who has been a guide when I needed one. Thank you Marylou.

This is from a photo taken by Crissy who is part of a new painting group called quite simply Monthly Sketch Project. N/A

Urban Landscape

This is my submission for Different Strokes From Different Folks. I needed to do something quick, I had been out of town but really wanted to try this. I wanted to do something abstract and quick. I was kind of going for a feeling rather than an exact representation. I had a lot of fun just spacing out on it, I took off my glasses and did a lot of squinting.
5'x &' $ 150

Summer Harvest

This is my painting for week 37-38 challenge for Different Strokes from Different Folks. I had fun doing it, although the onions almost made me cry. In the end I'm okay with them but the corn could use some more work perhaps. I love the variety of these challenges.
8" x 10" comes with frame $150

Sisters

This is my entry for the May Virtual Sketch Date. It is an 8 x 10 oil. I am pretty happy with it . It is only the second portrait painting I have ever done. The first one was very comical . This doesn't count the endless doodles I do on the unsuspecting people during church service. (my secret is out!) I pray that these sisters will forever remain as close as they appear in the reference photo. N/A

Cabbies 1 and 2

This is my second attempt. I definitely like it better. I am so used to playing with watercolors that sometimes I am afraid to put on as much paint as I really should when doing oils. 8" x 10" $ 100

This is my entry for Different Strokes from Different Folks. It is an 8 x 10 oil. One of the things I love about New York is the bright colors against the drab colors of the skyscrapers. One of the things I dislike is the noise of the honking horns of the taxis, but that is what ipods are for.

Spring has Sprung

This is my post for the April Virtual Sketch Date. I did the back ground first around the blocked in areas for the flowers.
It is a watercolor on hot pressed paper. Thank you to Jeanette Jobson for providing the reference photo of a rhododendron bud from her garden.
7.5" x 10.75" $50

Passion for Painting Award

I received this award from the very talented artist, Ann Gorbatt. I was so encouraged by her appreciation. I am supposed to write 7 things I love and then choose 7 new artists to pass the award onto. This is my LOVE list (God and family are a given):

1. My Amazon Kindle, it is truly an amazing reading device.
2. The Mitford series by Jan Karon,a great book series about a kindly priest in a small town,
3. Cabins in the woods with porches
4. National Parks,especially Zion, Utah
5. Descanso Gardens in California in the Spring time
6. Santa Barbara's State Street scene
7. and of course PAINTING !!

The 7 new artists are

1. Belinda Del Pesco
2. Lorelle Miller
3. Nathan Fowkes
4. Linda of Quotidian Curiosities
5. Ruth Bodycott
6. Carolee S. Clark
7. Kay Sorensen

Check out these amazing artists.