Sorolla Study I

9"x12"
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My goodness, I'd forgotten how much I love doing a study based off a wonderful painting! I received a gorgeous book on Sorolla recently and just HAD to do some hands on learning.

Jellyfish

8"x8"
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Going with big juicy brushstrokes like yesterday, and exploring a jellyfish, since they seem to be showing up more and more in my paintings.

Littlest Teacup

5"x7"
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An exercise in using a brush that is too big!

Glass

8"x8"

I obtained this amazing solid glass sphere over the summer, and finally got around to painting it! Just wonderful....

Fragment

5"x7"
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A portrait of one of my favorite-ever shells.

The First Year

9"x12"

A magical little portrait of one of my houseplants. I just got this pot for her, and am rather proud of the effect!

Coming Together

11"x14"
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the little creatures sweeping over the world.... I wanted to bring a little land creature in this time, show it's not just a drowned windowsill, but a fundamental change, like the animals are really existing according to new rules here.

From Mexico with Love

5"x7"
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I was working hard on commissions today, and rather at a loss as to what to paint for the blog.... when I noticed this just sitting off to my left, waiting patiently to be painted again. It's a tiny beautiful bowl from Mexico that I got at a wonderful local fair-trade place, the painting on the inside is lovely, and the way it's reflected through the marble caught my eye.

Black Cat

9"x12"
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So I was at the Scrap Exchange and say this AWESOME bottle for a dollar and yes, absolutely had to bring it home and paint it. With a cat skull. Of course.

Cocoon

5"x7"

A little experiment, really..... might lead to something bigger :)

Turmeric

5"x7"

Yesterday was one of my houseplants, today is one of the plants I just harvested from the front yard! And yes, it is that ridiculously yellow.

Succulent

5"x7"

I'm very grateful to be back to painting today! Feeling a bit rusty, but it'll wear off quickly.

Bluebird and Persimmon

5"x7"

More playing with complimentary colors. And my pretty little antique glass bluebird.

Persimmon and a Blue Bowl

5"x7" 
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Fun with complimentary colors.

Rooster and Crescent Moon

16"x20"

This big magnificent critter has some serious presence, and it was so much fun working on him! The swirling grassy foreground is new for me too, and very gratifying.

Creamer

5"x7"
One of my current favorite things to paint!

Bubbles and Horns

11"x14"

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Because sometimes you quite like a painting but it's missing.... something.... oh, bubbles. Of course.

Porchlights

9"x12"
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I'm rather proud of this one! And of course these twilight paintings are always so much fun to do, the lights really change the whole feel of the painting.

Cat Skull

5"x7"

Beautiful shapes peering out of the shadows, another skull posing in a cigar box....

Marble and Bowl

5"x7"
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Something small and shiny.

Creole Garlic

5"x7"

Some absolutely gorgeous garlic from the farmers market- it's a kind that takes summertime heat better than most garlics.

Hazelnuts

5"x7"
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I grew them! And they're delicious! Well, the ones I already ate are delicious. I really had to save some to paint, they're just beautiful shapes.

Wolfsbane

5"x7"
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This gorgeous thing is in bloom at the NC Botanical Gardens and I'm in love! Unfortunately I've been unsuccessful with starting wolfsbane from seed for three years running, and can't find any plants....

Drink Me

5"x7"
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The theme for #strangeoween today is Potions!

Resting

5"x7"
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Another little shorebird, holding still for a moment in the fading light with one leg neatly tucked up beneath her.

Just After Sunset

5"x7"
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Pretty much a color study, trying to create atmosphere and distance on such a tiny little canvas.... and then getting distracted by clouds, of course.

Translucent

11"x14"
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Curves and light, antique bottles lined up on a windowsill and jellyfish slowly and gracefully swimming past. Worlds coming together.

Orange Swirl

5"x7"
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I saw the beautiful orange interior of this shell while walking on the beach, and chased through the waves to scoop it up. Just lovely.

Streetlight

5"x7"
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Sunset, just as the streetlights come on and with beautiful clouds streaking across the sky.

Inside Curves

5"x7"
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A beautiful shell I brought back from the ocean. I really wanted to play up the smooth weight of it, and that wonderful pale glow.

Imperial Moth

5"x7"
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Pretty moth my daughter found in the yard.

Bird Whistle

5"x7"
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A lovely little bird whistle sculpture from Mexico, again posing on my cigar boxes!

Mother's Purple Dress

11"x14"

This is my daughter, wearing a silky purple dress made for me long long ago by my grandmother!

Black Rooster

5"x7"
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I'm auctioning these off and donating the proceeds to victims of Hurricane Harvey.

As Above, So Below

12"x12"
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Two beautiful doe skulls, and a metallic border. The colors are so muted but somehow the composition makes it all so vivid!

Cherries and Creamer

5"x7"
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Remember this adorable creamer? The last time you saw it, it had hyacinths in it. So that was a while ago. It came out beautifully here though, I just had to remember to be very disciplined about my use of white!

Cherry and Silver

5"x7"
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Coming back inside for a few still life dailies. Cherries are always wonderful fun to paint, and I found some beautiful ones.

The Bird and the Fish In Love

16"x20"

A bird may love a fish, but where would they live? Obviously, they'd both get super useful helmets and trade off in each other's worlds.

Farmhouse at Moonrise

5"x7"
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Exploring blue twilights again. And moons.

Lunar Eclipse

11"x14"

Night falling, magical things happening. An enormous beech tree and my daughter.

Squash Blossom

5"x7"

There's beauty in the most everyday garden things.

Junebug

5"x7"

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Obviously I painted this little critter MUCH larger than life! I held them up a couple inches from my eyes and just..... worked over and out.... it gives the whole painted bug a really cool, mobile quality I think. And I never really know what something looks like until I've painted it, so it's always a cool experience with something new!

Bright

5"x7"
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THIS is why daily paintings are so important! I learned so much on this one, and it's not a subject or lighting style I ever would have tried otherwise!

Pink Zinnia

5"x7" 
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Pretty little still life. Zinnias move a surprising amount after being cut, it was rather a tricky one! I quite like the little dark green apothecary bottle though.

Moonlight

5"x7"
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At this point I think I'm painting the air itself! It helps that it's so humid. Makes everything more tangible, lol.

Gardenia

5"x7"

Something simple and beautiful. Gardenias are my favorite flower, but they're devilishly hard to paint!

Dahlias III

5"x7"


Rotated yesterday's bouquet a bit. Dahlias have the most wonderful petals....

Dahlias II

5"x7"


I brought some more dahlias in from the garden to paint! I'm really enjoying this approach to dailies, I'm even sketching in the large forms with a brush which is new for me, and feels wonderful.

Dahlias 1

5"x7"
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I think this might be my favorite-ever daily painting!

The Berry Thicket

9"x12"
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The rabbit family who lives in the mass of honeysuckle across the road has expanded into the berry thicket by the driveway! The inhabitants of the thicket have been most agreeable about posing.