Tomatillo

5"x7"
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Obviously, I am dreaming of summer!

Round and Red

 5"x7"
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Ram Totem

9"x12"
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Something different for me.... this is a big part of why I like doing art festivals. Stuff like this comes out when I'm trying to get ready for one!

Blue Peahen in Pearls

12"x16"
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So blogspot seems to have fixed the worst of its picture problems.... I'm still thinking about shutting the blog down anyways. Just *thinking* about it, now that the pic problem is solved, blogspot is still terribly screwy but.... ok, if you come to the blog and lurve it, let me know. If I'm reaching people, then it's totally worth doing!
Otherwise, I'll waffle for a nice long while, and then I'll make sure to share my facebook/instagram/twitter info.

A Matter of Perspective

9"x12"
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birdie!

Night

5"x7"
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*sigh*

Blogspot is apparently "automatically enhancing" my photos and completely ruining them. And being screwy in other ways too. I tried wordpress and had some trouble figuring things out.... doesn't seem very painting-friendly either. Any other ideas? Other than just bailing on the blog entirely and sticking to facebook or instagram or something :-/

Stalking

5"x7"
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It's the darndest thing, I swear that the pictures of my paintings look worse here on my blog than they do anywhere else on the whole internet, and I don't understand it!

Anywho. Creepy wildlife cam-y daily paintings again. This one makes me happy.

Bee Queen

11"x14"
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Still with the bees on the brain! A lovely renaissance portrait of a lady and her gigantic pet bee, Bumble.

Lady in a Blue Dress

9"x12"
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Ok, definitely in getting-ready-for-Whimsical-Women mode! And now my studio smells mysteriously of pickles. I think I'll light a stick of incense and keep working.

Pollen Drift

9"x12"
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And another little bee :)

Flower by Flower

9"x12"
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Working on some whimsical stuff- it is that time of year!

Deer at Night

5"x7"
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Still playing with the wildlife cam awesomeness.

Fox and Prey

5"x7"
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Kindof a value study, kindof not, since we tend to loose colors at night.... painted from a wildlife cam flash photo, which is an idea that REALLY intrigues me. More exploration to come, for sure!

Blood Orange Slices

5"x7"
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Just having fun with pretty colors.

Asparagus Sketch

5"x7"
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Harvesting asparagus spears from the garden out back! Just had to sketch these beauties :)

Little Owl

9"x12"
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Ok, I'm happy with her! Again. Now.
*sigh*
I don't know if I love or hate the paintings that I keep coming back to again and again to tweak and play with!

Cthulhu's Daughter

9"x12"
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Do you ever get the feeling that you're following your own mind a little too far down the rabbit hole?

Fruit Tart

5"x7"
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Still playing with familiar themes, but with my new focus on edges.... I like how the shininess really comes out on this one. And the way the kiwi slice glows :)

al...most.... done....

having some fun :)

The Princess and the Frog

9"x12"
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Having fun, getting ready for the Whimsical Women show- coming up on May 3rd in Chapel Hill!

Iris Sketch

5"x7"
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Still experimenting with edges.... I think that experimenting with edges means that I will love some parts of a painting and really not love others. Strange.

WIP

12"x12"
Painting my Little One on copper!

WIP

 12"x12"
Just puttering along.... part real still life, part fantasy :)

Cat Skull on White

5"x7"
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Soft edges make me happy.... and backlighting is so very tricky to pull off, but when I do get it right, it makes me very happy too. That kindof glowy thing....

Two Apricots

5"x7"
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Beautiful sunny Saturday, painting some fruit.... and about to literally unplug my internet for the rest of the day because I have a lot more painting to get done!

Pink Tulip

5"x7"
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The edges got away from me a little bit with this one, but I'm in love with the light and the subject matter! Yay, springtime...

Girl in Profile

12"x12"
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Just a beautiful girl.... sometimes you see something beautiful and a little different, and it needs to be painted!

Broken Shell

5"x7"
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A beautiful little shell, still experimenting with lost and found edges, detail in some places and none at all in others.... and  a beautiful thin halo of blurred paint around the whole. Thinking of summer.

Marble on Black

5"x7"
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Having fun, old favorite subject matter, new approach to painting it!

Rabbit Skull

5"x7"
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I am having such an awesome time playing with edges, even if it does being out the Control Freak in my. Guh. Can I say "so tactile" when it's just paint on canvas?

The Blue Coat

5"x7"
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My Little One :)

WIP

WIP

WIP

WIP....

.... maybe.....

Star Magnolia

6"x6"
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Maybe spring really is finally getting here :)

Golden Pear

5"x7"
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I was experimenting with soft edges, still feeling like there was something there that I just wasn't getting, you know? I think I fell over the soft edges line into lost edges, though, and I love the result! Need to continue playing with this :D

WIP

and now, for a rousing game of "is it done yet?"
the answer always seems to be "never". I do love her horns, though.

still sketching....

and still my little Squishy. once upon a time.

sketch of my Squishy.....

back when she was little, and not an all-grown-up four year old <3 p="">

Moon Child

16"x20"
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Just... magic. My little muse :)

Sacred Lotus

16"x20"
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I was feeling very out of sorts today.... so this seemed like the perfect painting to work on. So peaceful.

The Swimmer

5"x7"
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And a little daily painting. Does the blue halo work on skin? I'm still trying to make up my mind!

what do we do? we sketch, sketch, sketch.

just keep sketching, just keep sketching....

getting started on something odd....

Dark Water

5"x7"
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And another beautiful mermaid. Trying to get us to summer, here!

Blue and Gold

5"x7"
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Mermaid! The beautiful and amazing Kailani the Mermaid, even- she swam with my daughter at NC Merfest, and was so wonderful with her that Naomi still enthuses about it :)

Discovery

6"x8"
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Feeling good today! Last weekend-and-then-some was taken up with camping out at Mama's house because we had no electricity, and then chopping up trees and stuff- especially since on tree fell on the front of the house. No painting going on!

And then this weekend we finally got around to replacing the floor in the studio. Seriously, I'd been balancing on the joists when walking around in here to keep from falling through the floor, which isn't fun, so it needed to happen.... but cleaning out the studio, tearing up the floor, putting a new one down, and moving everything back in meant another couple days of no painting at all. So it felt very good to get back into it today. Love to you all.

The Bridge at Night

5"x7"
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Near the farmers' market in Durham there's a bridge, and the streetlamps glow like magic around it at night.