Laundry Day

8"x10" oil Not for Sale

I felt like painting laundry drying and found this photo I had been given at a Dreama Tolle Perry workshop, but had never painted.  I switched around some of the items in the photo and played with color.  Dreama has a direct approach, starting with transparent colors and then frosting them with opaques.  It gives her paintings a fresh look with very clean color.  I actually did this in two settings, focusing on the darks first and then adding the lights.  It is not my usual working method but I am trying out different things right now.  Since I used her photo for reference, I am not selling this.

6"x6" oil

It is so sad when roses fade.  They just look pathetic and droopy.  I showed my granddaughter my wedding pictures and she said, "oh Grandma I wish you still looked like this!"  I guess I look a bit faded and droopy too!  I am glad I got these roses at their prime!

White Roses II

6"x6" oil

I took a bit of a different approach to this and my granddaughters were also painting with me, which was fun but a bit of a distraction!

White Roses

6"x6" oil

I got a beautiful bouquet of white roses for my birthday and was able to get a few paintings from it.  Roses and Peonies are a challenge for me and I know it will take a lot of painting of them before I am confident.  In the meantime, I am just going to have fun.

Roses in Bottle

4"x6" oil SOLD

I am happy with this painting!

Park Rose

6"x6" oil

I had real doubts as to whether or not it was worth it to do an art fair, but based on my first experience this weekend, it was!  I did this painting as a demo, and then when we were packing up, my husband (who was key to me being able to do it all) stepped on it twice and slid!  So I wiped it off and re-painted it.  A friend suggested I call it "Marital Bliss"  and consider his actions a Freudian slip!

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Mini-rose 2"x3" oil floral #357

I have been having fun with a few mini-paintings.  They are so approachable because they are so small.  I have to admit I don't feel totally confident with flowers but I guess if I keep at it, I will figure it out.  Roses are hard to paint!

Alpine Lemon Drop #230 oil 6"x6"

I need a lot more practice doing roses but it is fun to do this loose variety of them. Sometimes I need a break from lots of details and itty-bitty things! There is a rose called Alpine Sunset and this is not it, so I gave it my own name. We are in the midst of a major snow storm and I love to ski, so that is the idea.
I read so many art blogs in which the blogger has a studio partner in the form of a canine. My partner is over 17 years old and I love her very much, but I am constantly pulling hair out of my paint! Does anyone else have this problem?

Yellow Rose of Texas 6"x6" #229 oil

This painting was a direct result of the assignment I gave myself last summer to do a painting a day. We drove to Boston and back with things to do in the middle, and it was a really early and long day so I knew I only had energy to quickly whip out a painting in 1/2 hour or less. It is also a response to Qiang Huang's Daily Paintworks challenge of painting a rose, something I have seldom done. So, armed with a 3/4" brush and a 1 1/2" brush I did this very loose rose thanks to my friend Dan Hale who grows exquisite roses. It didn't turn out how I imagined it would, but I love the big, loose and direct brushstrokes.