Marley 4"x4" oil sold

Another beautiful niece who is getting married in Oct.  I love you Marley!
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Rich 4"x4" oil sold

I liked the loose free strokes I used for this one.
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Topher 4"x4" oil portrait sold

Talented and handsome!

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Ben 4"x4" oil sold

Ben is sparkly!

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Father of the Bride (Matt) 4"x4" oil sold

Matt has 7 kids and he is one terrific and dedicated father and his kids are awesome!

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Sharon Smiling 4"x4" oil sold

I tried several unsuccessful times to repaint the portrait I did of Sharon and finally filed it in the trash.  I think in part that I was using a really bad reference photo and secondly, I couldn't get it out of my head what I wanted, instead of what I saw.

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Jonathan 4"x4" oil sold

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Rebekah 4"x4" oil sold

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New Dad (Josh) 4"x4" oil sold

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Isaac 4"x4" oil sold

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Installed "Community: Heart of Rutland"

The heart I created for the "Hearts of Rutland" project was installed in front of Rutland Regional Hospital.  It looks pretty cool! 
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Sarah 4"x4" oil sold

New Mom Sarah...

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Sharon 4"x4" oil sold

Sharon is a beautiful woman, and I honestly don't think I have fully captured that, although I do think this looks like her.  I tried scratching into the paint as a technique on this one....I may have to re-do or re-work this until I am satisfied.

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Linda 4"x4" oil sold

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Ja'Nae 4"x4" oil sold

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Eddie 4"x4" oil sold

Something I have been thinking about.....painting, for me, is  like an itch that I have to scratch.  For a long time I had that itch and I ignored it, then I discovered the daily painters "movement" and it gave me the kick-start I needed.  Then life got in the way, and I took a hiatus for a few months and when I returned to daily painting, it felt like a wonderful friend that I had been neglecting.  The lesson for me in this is to pay attention to those nagging feelings and attend to them without making excuses why I can't do it, or why I shouldn't make it a priority.  I feel this way about yoga, eating right, and my family and friends....that makes for a full life in my estimation.  I used to be a teacher and when I was that, it was my priority and I am thankful I had that career and met so many wonderful students, parents and fellow educators.  My creative energy went to that then, but I always knew I needed to attend to that itch to paint.

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Barb 4"x4" oil figurative sold

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Pop 4"x4" oil sold

My dad died 2 years ago.  I am doing family "mugshots" and decided to do my "pop" in a way that we frequently saw him....at his computer, trading stocks or sending out a strongly opinionated email.  He wore dress shirts and a baseball cap...and I really loved him.
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Come On, Guys! oil 6"x6" animal, figurative $100

The intense shadow caught my eye...and the story represented...I kept this really loose.

A Ray of Hope 6"x6" oil $100 figurative

Spring Meadow 6"x6" oil landscape $100

The Wall 8"x8" oil $180

This is a re-do as I was never happy with the first run, but I like this much better.  it is NYC from the Highline with a view of the lower west side towards the Meat Packing District, which is undergoing a renewal.

Quiet Conversation 8"x8" $180 figurative

I re-worked this one because I really liked the postures of the 3 people, but I had to do something with the background.

Cat Nap #2 oil 8"x8" $150

This is a larger version in the same format as the previous one, but it is a bit less abstract.  It was an interesting challenge from dailypaintworks.com.

Cat Nap #1 oil 6"x6" $100

This is part one of a two part piece using a photo of a sleeping kitty.  It was a dailypaintworks.com challenge.

Round the Bend 8"x8" oil $150

This is what I am hoping to do this weekend!

Hollyhocks 6"x6" oil

My mom and I both painting this scene and what a difference there was in the final results.  My mom's palette favors using neutral grays and she favors more detail and works on large stretched canvas.  I loved her piece, but this one is kind of cute too.  Sorry for the glare...I left the painting in SC so this is my only record of it.
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Daisey Trio 6"x6" $100

Tricky Vase 6"x6" oil $100

This was a tricky vase to paint....which is why I named it that.

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Awnings 6"x6" oil $100

I spent the last week in NC with my fabulous mom.  We painted  and painted and painted and also went to a Dreama Tolle Perry workshop.  It was so awesome to spend Mother's Day with her doing what we love.

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Community 4'x4'x1'acrylic on sculpture sold

This is side 2.

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"Community is the Heart of Rutland" 4'x4' acrylic on sculpture

This is a 4 foot by 4 foot sculptural heart which is part of the "Hearts of Rutland" project.  This shows one side of the heart.  I will post the other side tomorrow.  My theme is community.  It was sponsored by the Regional Hospital and will be auctioned off in the fall to benefit local recovery efforts for hurricane Irene.  It felt really good to get back in the studio and do some work.
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Poetry 8"x8" oil #377 figurative

Had a good day...felt good and my friend inspired me to paint, so I did.  Stuart Davis is an interesting painter...I see the visual poetry in his work although I don't really "get" it.  I may paint this one again with a different palette.

Angelique 5"x7" oil portrait sold #376

It seems like forever since I have painted.

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Rusty 17.5"x17.5" animal oil sold #375

This was a commission and the folks who bought it teared up when they saw it....what a wonderful feeling.  I have been really missing painting and need to rearrange my life so I can do it daily if possible.  Lisa Daria is over 900 on daily paintings...having painted at least one painting every single day for the last 900 or so days....mind boggling!

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One Step In Front of the Other oil 2.5"x11" #374 still life

I have had some challenges lately that will be going on for a while so I won't be able to paint every day.  This is a dailypaintworks.com challenge.  I modified the challenge and started at the top spending 5 minutes on each shoe.  I used my granddaughter's shoes because I wanted to illustrate the idea of putting one foot in front of the other....sometimes the only way to get through your challenges in life.
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It's Free oil 5"x7" #373 figurative

A deal that can't be beat is the free Staten Island Ferry to get a view of Lady Liberty.  I love her stylish but relaxed pose(the tourist and also Lady Liberty).
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Alle'e Joyau 8"x10" oil #372 architecture

Quebec City has eye candy around every corner.  Today was a linear day so I painted architecture.

The Little Shopper 4"x4" figurative oil #369

One of the things I really like about the dailypaintworks.com challenges is that when I have a few days or a week when I don't do the daily paintings, I can go there and get an instant idea and do a quick warm-up that gets me right back into painting in a very freeing way.  This challenge focused on a photo with a very busy background and the challenge was about how to handle the background.  I cropped the photo significantly so I didn't have much background to deal with and just kept the whole thing loose and suggestive (which works in painting but not so much in personal actions).  Carol Marine liked the little girl's dress.  I was fascinated with the universal concept of a little girl going shopping and mimicking her female adult shopping role models.  My granddaughter grabs her little purse and assumes the posture of the shopper.  I cut out her face, because I didn't really like the facial expression, and it sticks with the universal theme here.  $60 +SH

Ragazza Sulle Scale 4"x4" oil 368 architecture

dailypaintworks.com challenge...I wanted to see what I could do with the given photo in a 4"x4" format  $60 + S&H
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Jackson 1 oil 6"x6" animal portrait sold #367

This was a commission from a long-lost friend.  So was the last post of Toby.  They are adorable grand-dogs and were really fun to paint.
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Toby 1 oil 6"x6" animal portrait #366

This was fun to paint.  I will probably be doing more of him so I called it Toby 1.
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"Puk" Mask mixed media #365

This is a little different...it is a mask to benefit out local arts organization, but it took me all day to make it.
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This painting, "Sunshine Balcony" is being auctioned off at http://dailypaintworks.com/Buy/Auction/17362 all proceeds will go to feeding starving kids in Africa...it is a chance to do some good in the world and also get a lovely painting

Hands oil 4"x4" figurative# 364

This was a dailypaitnworks.com challenge to paint your hands.  I have very thin wrists if you are wondering why they look that way.  I got the idea when I was playing around with some of the features of the imaging software.  So I painted the background with a bullet effect and it makes it look like praying hands or something spiritual...kind of cool.

After Bourguereau acrylic portrait 12"x16" #363

I have done this exercise one other time, in a different format and on a different surface.  I am fascinated by the creaminess and blending of skin tones that Bourguereau was able to accomplish in his paintings.  Neither come naturally to me.  I really struggled with the limited colors I had, but it was fun anyway.



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AG at Three acrylic 12"x16" portrait #362

This is my niece who now goes by AG, at least at her volley ball games.  I always think she is precious but her mom swears she was a terror at 3.  There are no traces of this left in her personality, but she will stand up for herself and she is a fine athlete and scholar.  She makes us proud. Oh, she is quite beautiful too (inside and out).
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Fog Rising acrylic 12"x16" #361 landscape

The fog hasn't yet lifted today, but hopefully we will see some sun before the end of the day.  This was a dailypaintworks.com challenge.

Blue Ridge Parkway 12"x16" #360 oil landscape

This is a notable bend in the road on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  It was designed to have almost no impact on the environment.  They built the road so that it sits on pillars instead of chopping out the side of the mountain.  As I was painting it I kept thinking about the mountain roads at home in VT that were so suddenly and unexpectedly washed away during hurricane Irene.  The day after I painted it, the local NC paper published a photo of this same spot during fall foliage....too funny.