One Painting a Day

9"x12" I suppose this was inevitable, with all my interest in painting magical underwater worlds! But my goodness what a chall...

11"x14" s old The sea creatures are invading again! See the shadows of the tiny fish coming through the glass bottles?

9"x12" s old It's all about the light in the sky, and shining through that little bit at the top of the wave...

5"x7" I fall in love with the most difficult-to-paint animals, I swear.... I've been crushing on our mourning doves for a ...

8"x8" Exploring the way light behaves underwater, and the way a transparent, constantly moving animal bends it!

5"x7" A portrait of an incredibly tiny, fearless, beautiful female ruby-crowned kinglet who has apparently decided to include ...

5"x7" Obviously this is part of my I-just-want-to-be-warm wishful thinking.

5"x7" When in doubt, paint something beautiful.

9"x12" s old Just something beautiful, offset by some truly wonderful swimmy blues and very selective details on her feathers...

9"x12" s old My goodness, I'd forgotten how much I love doing a study based off a wonderful painting! I received a gorgeo...

8"x8" s old Going with big juicy brushstrokes like yesterday, and exploring a jellyfish, since they seem to be showing up mor...

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

8"x8" I obtained this amazing solid glass sphere over the summer, and finally got around to painting it! Just wonderful....

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

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!

11"x14" s old the little creatures sweeping over the world.... I wanted to bring a little land creature in this time, show it...

5"x7" s old I was working hard on commissions today, and rather at a loss as to what to paint for the blog.... when I noticed...

9"x12" s old So I was at the Scrap Exchange and say this AWESOME bottle for a dollar and yes, absolutely had to bring it home...

5"x7" A little experiment, really..... might lead to something bigger :)

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 tha...

5"x7" I'm very grateful to be back to painting today! Feeling a bit rusty, but it'll wear off quickly.

5"x7" More playing with complimentary colors. And my pretty little antique glass bluebird.

5"x7"  sold Fun with complimentary colors.

16"x20" This big magnificent critter has some serious presence, and it was so much fun working on him! The swirling grassy for...

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

11"x14" s old Because sometimes you quite like a painting but it's missing.... something.... oh, bubbles. Of course...

9"x12" s old I'm rather proud of this one! And of course these twilight paintings are always so much fun to do, the light...

5"x7" Beautiful shapes peering out of the shadows, another skull posing in a cigar box....

5"x7" s old Something small and shiny.

5"x7" Some absolutely gorgeous garlic from the farmers market- it's a kind that takes summertime heat better than most gar...

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

5"x7" s old This gorgeous thing is in bloom at the NC Botanical Gardens and I'm in love! Unfortunately I've been unsu...

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

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

5"x7" s old Pretty much a color study, trying to create atmosphere and distance on such a tiny little canvas.... and then get...

11"x14" s old Curves and light, antique bottles lined up on a windowsill and jellyfish slowly and gracefully swimming past. W...

5"x7" sold I saw the beautiful orange interior of this shell while walking on the beach, and chased through the waves to scoo...

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

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

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

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

11"x14" This is my daughter, wearing a silky purple dress made for me long long ago by my grandmother!

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

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

5"x7" s old Remember this adorable creamer? The last time you saw it, it had hyacinths in it. So that was a while ago. It cam...

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

16"x20" A bird may love a fish, but where would they live? Obviously, they'd both get super useful helmets and trade off i...

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

11"x14" Night falling, magical things happening. An enormous beech tree and my daughter.

5"x7" There's beauty in the most everyday garden things.