Brighter

5"x7"

I love the edges in this one! Yay underwater motion.

Pink Rose

11"x14"
sold

A portrait of a lady. There we go, all back to normal.

.... and then this happened.

Not paintings, I know. But they exist, and since we're suffering from an excess of yarnwear due to my and my creativity, they're available! Naomi watched Totoro for the first time this week, and I had some variegated grey yarn on hand that wanted to be a extra-chunky-knit Thing so I made them while watching Totoro this week.

Passage

5"x7"
sold

This was entirely too much fun to paint. Just so interesting. Although I do sometimes wish I could just get my mind going in one direction for five sequential minutes please....

Breakers

7"x14"

Happy foamy waves!

Wet Sand

5"x7"
sold

So very beautiful. Sky and sand and water.

Blue Sky and Wind

5"x7"
sold

Back to the ocean in my mind....

Foam

5"x7"

Shorebird

5"x7"
sold

Dunes

5"x7"
sold

The Call of the Sea

 12"x12"

Experimenting with a painting that I love that didn't sell right away.... just wanted to see where she would go, and it's a totally different feeling now, all dissolving and floaty!

Cassia in Black

8"x10"

My little sister, being beautiful.

Eyes in Dreams

10"x20"

My little one..... and the monsters under the bed.

Napping in the Sun

8"x10"
sold

Just two birds by a pond. There's something really peaceful here.

Two Red Pears

5"x7"

More nummy things. Fall things. I think I've fallen in love with Permanent Rose.

Red Edges

5"x7"

Oh goodness, look at that texture! Om nom nom nom nom. This one I kept at a kind of "sketch" stage because I just fell in love with the way the foremost clove pops out at the viewer.

Naomi in White

8"x10"

My little one, growing up so fast.... and look at those beautiful reflected lights!

Rip Tide

9"x12"

Just sketching the ocean again!

Shorebird

5"x7"
sold

Back, back to the ocean.

White Bowl of Eggplants

8"x10"
sold

Oh my gosh eggplants are so beautiful. How on earth does a plant produce something like this?

Eggplants in the Light

5"x7"

Just a quiet little still life. I love the way it feels, the light is so sparkly.

Lotus Water

8"x16"
sold

I know, I know, I promised you lots and lots of ocean stuff. Working on it, things take time. So today I'm sharing something I've been fussing over for a while and finally finished- I'm writing a kids' book, and trying to figure out how to illustrate it sine my usual approach to painting isn't working. I like the stylized feel of this though.

Blue Foam

9"x12"
sold

We went camping at Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks of North Carolina this weekend, and it was absolutely gorgeous. You are going to see a good bit of it my work for a while, I believe..... like this beautiful little sketch.

Speckles the Goldfish

5"x7"
sold

It's really too bad that I don't have people clamoring for me to paint custom portraits of their pet goldfish..... lol....

The Singularity

5"x7"
sold

How could I resist that face?

The White Blanket

8" diametere

I love this painting so much! The light is just wonderful.

Shyly Going

11"x14"
sold

Back to a robot goldfish! Just for a minute. Isn't it a sweetheart?

Cherry Tea I

5"x7"
sold

Cherry Tea II

5"x7"
sold

Swancake

5"x7"
sold

Argh! Why is icing so hard to paint? I think different lighting is in order for next time. Still, I love the shapes that came through!

Gentleman Goat

5"x7"

I..... I don't even know. Apparently I'm doing daily-sized critters in suits now.

Avocado on Blue

5"x7"
sold

Sorry, today doesn't have any words. Or not any in my brain. Something like that. Look, yummy juicy paint strokes!

The Secret Life if Chickens

9"x12"
sold

Oh, the things that go on in the barnyard at night....

Patience

5"x7"
sold

*moooo*

I'm delighted with this one. The brushstrokes are all tangible and visible but still add up to a nice rounded form and that's a tricky line to walk!

82

5"x7"
sold

A peaceful sort of late-summer daily painting. It's been very nice here lately!

Bubbles

11"x14"
sold

The rooster most likely looks familiar.... the bubbles are new. They make me smile.

Curiousity

5"x7"
sold

Shades of Tan

5"x7"
sold

Pink Monkey

5"x7"
sold

Button on Puppy

5"x7"
sold

Teddy

5"x7"
sold

Artist Appreciation Month and Brian Stroud

 Once upon a time when I was a kidlet, someone gave me a Brian Stroud book. It totally blew my mind, and I found a few more when I became a bigger kidlet capable of tracking down my own books.

 Because magical creatures and more magical creatures, ALWAYS. I'm thinking his amazing kelpie drawing, which was in that first book of his that I got, may have bubbled up and helped me with my water horses..... that, and reading Maggie Stiefvater's Scorpio Races.

 And I might not have realized it but for Patience Brewster having her annual ornaments bonanza or whatever it is going on over there :)