Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Creatures of the Evening

12"x16"
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Magic coming out as the light fades, and a different sort of lightning bugs.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Cemetery I

9"x12"
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Sunset in the cemetery, palm tree in the background, a terribly interesting headstone in the foreground.

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Monday, October 22, 2018

Purple Orchid

5"x7"
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Pretty purple orchid. The botanical garden in Richmond have an extraordinary orchid collection.

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The Heaviness of Summer

12"x12"
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The idea of a magnolia flower, the magnificent spread of the petals and the wonderful crisp scent.

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Friday, October 12, 2018

Nursery

5"x7"
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My daughter found this shell, which had broken off from an oyster bed. The underlying shell is an incredibly fragile, iridescent one and it had been completely covered in baby oysters before being dislodged by the storm and brought up to the beach. The patterns are wonderful.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Monday, October 8, 2018

Cocoon

9"x12"
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A beautiful intricate little cocoon I found in the backyard on the meadowsweet, most likely belonging to a bagworm. Fascinating little critters.

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Pink in the Distance

9"x12"
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Beautiful quiet landscape, and a whole flock of wild roseate spoonbills being wonderfully colorful in the distance.

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Campsite

9"x12"
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going camping, and painting something I've never painted before. the sky was very dramatic after the thunderstorm.... and see the little deer in the foreground?

Friday, October 5, 2018

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Intercession

8"x8"
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I am delighted the hummingbirds are still here. They are so wonderfully bright in the autumn sunlight. This little fellow in particular is larger than life and very vocal.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Sunrise

5"x7"
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a spectacular thunderstorm had us hiding in the tent for hours and falling asleep very early, so waking up to moonlight on the tent and making it down to the beach with plenty of time for the sunrise was just perfect

Monday, October 1, 2018

Honeysuckle

5"x7"
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Something I thought would be impossible to paint! I believe I will try again, I rather like how this turned out, although I might have to wait until next year.

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Holy Basil

5"x7"
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My holy basil self seeded all over the garden, coming up everywhere this spring- and the bees adore it!

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Red

5"x7"
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Enjoying all the bright colors that come with painting something like a rooster.

Friday, September 21, 2018

Arc

8"x8"
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Sunlight and motion and casual-looking brushstrokes that are actually really difficult to pull off!

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Tiny Bird at Sunset

5"x7"
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The most adorable little toasted marshmallow of a shorebird. All the colors that show up in the feathers in this light.... wonderful.

Monday, September 17, 2018

Fishing

5"x7"
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Water and reeds and experimenting with brushstrokes. The light across her back was important, but so was the sense of space with the sky reflected in the water.

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Monday, September 10, 2018

Warm Sun

8"x10"

Darling little calf who thankfully agreed to pose just right in the sunlight!

Sunday, September 9, 2018

Morning Mist

11"x14"
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Look at this darling little screech owl! Somehow I always come back to painting birds.