The Happy Couple

5"x7"
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Eggplants, because I just can't resist. I really am going to have to grow some of my own next year, they're just too beautiful....

just started!

Portrait Commission

16"x20"

I love this one so much! The subject wanted to be Elsa in her portrait, and then she wanted to be a unicorn, so she got to be both.

Skull and Windowsill

5"x7"
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I wanted to challenge myself with something very subtle, where it's all tricks of little value changes, and I'm so proud of the result!

Blue Moon

9"x12
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Little white-haired children are so striking.... I know I'll never have one, so I'll just have to be content borrowing them for painting every now and then!

Two Strawberries.... again

5"x7"
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Feeling seriously out of sorts today, so I just played with an older daily, softening edges and blurring some parts, adding detail in others.... please, somebody take this one off my hands.

Glass Knight

5"x7"
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Trying to paint something that is barely there, visually.... is harder than I thought it would be. It also cast a much darker shadow than I expected. Lots of fun, though!

Pink Rose on Grey

5"x7"
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Pretty pretty flower from the yard. Pushing and pushing towards soft edges.

Garlic in Shadow

5"x7"
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Another weirdly cool, rainy day.... so I retreated into the familiarity of a nice daily painting. Of garlic. Of course. Sending hugs out into the world along with some vampire repellent.

Searching in the Dark

16"x20"
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Ah-HA! I have finally done another school-of-robot-goldfish painting. Or goldanglerfish. Something like that. Please don't ask for too much sense out of this old brain, not after this particular weekend especially. Love it.

Underwater Gold

11"x14"
sold

This one is just fun! Shadows and crazy spikes and trying to figure out how on earth to make it look right....

Lights and Gears

11"x14"
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You knew this sort of thing was coming, didn't you? It was unavoidable in the wake of the armadillo painting :)

just started!

detail of something that is almost done :)

Golden Armadillo

11"x14"
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So I went to Florida, and saw my first ever armadillo! And it was adorable and fascinating and of course I ended up painting inspired by it :)

Night Swim

8"x10"
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My little bitty Water Monster. From a photo I took of her late in the evening, just standing up out of the ocean and looking at me like Mama, what are you doing with the camera again? With some creative coloring and reflective eyes, which is becoming a major Thing for me!

Oyster Shells II

5"x7"
sold

The other one, which has furry aquatic plantness on it- and the most wonderful blue shadow on the inside of the curve!

Oyster Shells I

5"x7"
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Some treasure that came back home with me. Oh, what wonderful textures!

The Artist's Thumb

5"x7"
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I was at SCAD with the wonderful and amazing Jude Harzer, and one of the student pieces on the wall was a small painting of a thumb. I admired it, and knew I just had to try one of my own.... so here we are!

Blue Breakers

5"x7"
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And this. My goodness, do you know how thrilling it is to come up with a new-to-you color? Look at that blue! LOOK AT IT, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!
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Open Sky

5"x7"
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Ahhhhhhhhh.... I do so love the ocean. Just magic.

.... and maybe here too.

Who am I kidding? I am just having fun experimenting at the moment. We'll see where it goes, like always.

I'm havin' a thought here....

Red

5"x7"
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Sooooooooo, I thought I might play with some completed dailies, just to get my toesies wet and back into painting. Toesies, brushes, whatever. Like not worrying about likeness or anything anymore, just curious about what would happen if I tried ____. Fun exercise :)

Snake Charmer

5"x7"
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Profile

5"x7"
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Shadow

5"x7"
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Skull and Rose

12" diameter circular stretched canvas
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And one I finished a little while back, but I don't believe I've shared before....

Back in town again, tired and happy, and getting back in the groove of painting! There's a commissioned portrait I *really* wanted to finish before I left, and I'm determined to get her right now.... and so many new paintings I want to do, and dailies of course.... all that wonderful stuff.

Anywho. Florida was awesome. As was South Carlina, and Georgia, and Alabama. And lots of driving time, including driving in Atlanta- yikes! And I'm almost 100% certain none of us caught the flesh eating bacteria, despite hours and hours and hours spent splashing around in the Gulf of Mexico. Just heard about that, but I don't feel like I'm being consumed by flesh eating bacteria, so that's what I'm going with.

Love to you all! More pretty pics to share tomorrow!

and another Commissioned Portrait

isn't she just the cutest thing?

Commissioned Portrait

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Phone Time

9"x12"
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Something strange, for me.... more of an idea than anything else. do you think it came through?

Either way, I'm headed out of town first thing in the morning! I will be back next week, most likely with many beautiful figure sketches and seascapes. Love to you all!

Halved Tomato

9"x12"
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What a glorious time of year it it! So many amazing textures and colors, just there all around us :) Had a magical time at the farmers market this morning, as you can see. This was an amazingly huge tomato.

Whole Tomato

9"x12"
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Baby Owl in Footie Pajamas II

11"x14"

And isn't this just the cutest little commission ever?

Golden Mask

5"x7"
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About to go out of town again, and going a bit crazy with it..... having fun with some little daily painting sketches, though :)

The Green Man

5"x7"
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Warthog

5"x7"
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and this one might be done....

.... but of course I'm not sure, and I have no idea what to call her anyways. I'll most likely end up with "The Artist's Cousin at Dusk" or something :)

WIP

.... so much strangeness going on....

WIP

Mousetached Gentleman

9"x12"
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Y'all will forgive me this dreadful pun, right? I do hope so.

Bee in Bee Balm

5"x7"
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My bee balm patch is full of bumblebees! That makes me happy. And willing to go seriously outside my comfort zone with this little daily.... there's so much left completely unspecified in it....

Light Catcher

12" round
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My little girl, being magic.

Seedpods

5"x7"
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And this is why I love having a garden. Painting what comes from your own garden.... it's just magic.

The Pipe

5"x7"
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Braid

5"x7"
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I've been able to put hair up in a braid for so long, it seems like I would just know how to paint it- definitely not the case!

Stripes

5"x7"
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Blue Headband

5"x7"
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Pink

5"x7"
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Profile

5"x7"
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