6"x8"Wow. The last day of August.... just wow. Happy almost-the-end-of-summer, everybody!
#1331
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Dandelion Floating
3"x6"click here for purchase information
More fun with shadows.... and of course one of my favorite flowers... because the tiny princess picked this one for me! This is probobly the last dandelion painting of the summer!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Green Bottle
6"x8"
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It was a stunningly beautiful day today, all the more so coming after yesterday and Hurricane Irene! And I'm super excited about this one, mostly because of the shadow- shadows are so important, and so very hard to get right!- and the glow of the glass :)
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tequila Shot V
2"x3"A shot of tequila for your hurricane party! It sounds like Irene is causing a lot of trouble down east, just kind of settin' there on the coast....
#1328
Friday, August 26, 2011
Just Cracked
3"x6"Back to my old standby- raw eggs. Weird, but fun, and somehow a very pretty subject.
#1327
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Violet and Gold
3"x5"You know, I've never tried a flower just floating like this... what is it? Surreal? I think I like it, though.
Oh, and in case you didn't hear, we had a freaking EARTHQUAKE on Tuesday- it totally freaked me out! Some egghead at State said it was the equivalent of a 3.0 in this area, which I know is nothing to folks who are used to that sort of thing, but I have never felt anything even a little bit like it, and hope to never again. Hurricanes I'm fine with- if I had the gas money I'd drive down to the coast Friday to get reference photos as Irene comes in, but earthquakes.... *shudder* But, everyone here is fine, that's the good news. And if we follow the pattern history has set forth, I'll be dead long before another one hits the area.
#1326
Monday, August 22, 2011
Green Water
9"x12"just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming....
Yes, I'm singing a song on my blog. One from Finding Nemo.
Isabella in White
12"x12"Sorry I've been AWOL this weekend! Things have been crazy, and they may have just gotten crazier, since I'm currently trying to decide if yahoo just sabotaged my studio newsletter! Grumble grumble grumble....
Friday, August 19, 2011
Ballet Slipper
4"x4"One of my recent favorites that I reworked, making the background more vibrant and having fun adding some texture :)
#1320
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Teabag and Shadow
4"x6"Something quiet and contemplative after yesterdays dive into the heart of a seashell... perfect for your favorite tea-drinker :)
#1319
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Shellscape
4"x6"This one was so much fun to do! You know I've got a thing for seashells anyways, but this crop feels like, I dunno, maybe a Georgia O'Keefe vision of this seashell? *happies*
#1318
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Marigolds
3"x5"Something different... I really like the idea of flowers suspended in the air, for some reason, so I wanted to give it a shot here!
#1317
Monday, August 15, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Asparagus Tip
2"x4"I know this is totally the wrong season, but I was going through some older daily paintings and I decided I really wanted to rework this one! Maybe someone in the southern hemisphere will buy it... or just a hardcore asparagus lover :)
#1315
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Garlic and Shadow
4"x4"It's the darndest thing, but it looks like we're coming up on a cool spell- the weather says it won't be getting above ninety for the next week! I guess fall is coming a little early this year....
#1314
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Full Moon and Happy Trees
4"x6"I finally managed to paint a moon I'm happy with! You wouldn't believe how many fits that has given me.... And I just couldn't resist the Bob Ross reference :)
#1312
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Bubbles
3"x6"Moving forward with the whole water thing.... except now so close up that it's almost abstract... it's a study for a detail in one of the big paintings I'm working on right now :)
#1310
Monday, August 8, 2011
WIP - another seascape
16"x20"And this is another seascape I'm working on.... or, more accurately, glaring at while trying to figure out what else it needs. Because it does need something.... maybe it'll feel right once the sand really feels finished, but right now I keep trying to visualize actual objects, something to inhabit the foreground. We'll see....
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Wind and Water
18"x24"sold
Summetime is a beautiful thing! I finally got this one finished, and it found a home, and it is there now, and all of that makes me so happy! I thought it was finished before, but lowering the horizon line added a lot of drama to it, and refining the foreground made it feel a lot more real- both very important things :)
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Vessel
4"x6"I think I was definitely inspired by some of Jeffrey Hayes' old work on this one (his stuff is amazing, you should really check it out), with the clear glass cropped all close and set against a black background....
#1307
Friday, August 5, 2011
August Garlic
4"x6"Since the baby kidnapped my most recent subject, here's something from the other end of the food spectrum!
#1306
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Peach Half
6"x6"I would go longer with the peach, but as soon as I cut my beautiful model here in half the Tiny Princess ran off with one half and nommed it down. I'm glad she left me the one with the seed in it to paint!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Peach VI
6"x6"If these don't sell I am so going to frame them up and put them in my own kitchen- the colors are awesome.
#1304
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Peach IV
Got this lovely peach from the farmer's market, and I think I'm going to try to do a short series of paintings just of it!
#1302