Breaking My Comfort Zone - SOLD

"4 O'clock"

7x8 Pastel 

$110

My comfort zone is oil painting. It took a new student wanting a class in pastels to push me.  It's been about 8 years since I worked in pastels & boy have I learned a lot since then. Not about the medium but about painting fundamentals in general. I thought I would struggle but in the end it came down to the basics. Composition, value, color theory. I'm now eyeing my watercolors.  Lord, help me.  

Kiawah Marsh

"Kiawah Marsh"

10x10  Oil on Linen Panel

$325

Can't count the number of marshes I've painted over the years.   Adding another one to the collection.

Tomorrow, I'll share the video demo of this piece.  

TGIF

"Low Country Sundown"

6x6  Oil on museum quality panel

At Auction on DPW, click to bid here

I've painted so many marshes, that you'd think I'd be tired of them.  Nope!  There is always a surprise somewhere along the way.  Be it in the grasses (they change seasonally) or the beauty of the skies.  I just feel blessed to be close enough to the marshes to have ample inspiration.  Happy weekend.

Unplugged, Unintentionally

"Harmony"

9x12

10 days ago before I was so rudely unplugged from the world, I was about to post this piece that I'm working on for my coastal gallery.  I love to paint water and the marsh grass allows these lovely opportunities to play in the water.  Have couple more to go and I will share, providing the universe doesn't "unplug" me again.

Small Study, Big Idea

"Interlude"

6x8   Oil on museum quality panel

$95

In my classes this week, we're working on a landscape & this is demo from today's class. I'm  trying to work on some larger pieces for my favorite gallery at the coast.  These smaller pieces are letting me work out what I want to explore in larger formats.  I really like the high horizon in this one and playing up the color in the marsh grass.  Now the only question is...how big do I want to go? 

Relatively Speaking

Low Country Marsh

20x24  SOLD

This is one of my all time favorite marsh paintings.  It's one of those that when it sells you are happy & also wishing you had kept in your collection.    Oh well, as they say, you can always paint another one.  Didn't have time to paint, niece & nephew (and their parents) on their way.  Looking forward to seeing them after all the chores are done.  Anyone free to fold a pile of laundry?  Free chocolate cake in exchange!

New Beginnings

"Solitude"

24x12   Oil

$1150

Didn't mean to be away for so long but an exhausting 2010 caught up with me during the holidays.  Looking forward to a less chaotic but challenging (artistically speaking) 2011.  Working on goals for this year, I find myself reevaluating what I want & need to accomplish.  So while I get busy working filling in my brand new calender (one of my favorite things to buy), enjoy the "Solitude".  Many blessings. 



Through the Palms

"Through the Palms"

6x6   $95

Local Color

"Local Color"

24x36   $2100

It's been a whole week since I posted anything.  Lots happening at the studio.  Cleaning out, teaching, working on summer class schedule, marketing & working on this painting.  I now have about 4 more coastal paintings to work on and then full court press on a bit of a different direction.  Nothing like cleaning out the cobwebs to get painting engine cranked up.  When someone asks what I have planned for the holiday weekend, my favorite response is PAINT!!!!!  Happy weekend. 

Low Country Time

"Charleston Beauty"

6x6 $95 + $10 s/h

What a beautiful giant oak in Charleston.  It's such a graceful tree and was fun painting it with a palette knife.  Using the knife allows the gentle suggestion of the moss hanging from the tree.  It looks like the perfect location to spread a blanket, grab a book and enjoy the afternoon. 

P.S.  Thanks to Joan Perry for the use of her beautiful photo & sorry it took so long.

Marshes On! - SOLD!

"Casting Colors"

6x6  $95 + $10 s/h

Another study for a series of marsh paintings that I will be working on for the next few weeks.  Always excited in the beginning and halfway through can't wait to paint something else.  What's up with that?  Attention deficit or just too many paintings to paint and never enough time?!

I Got Nothing!

5x7  $95 + $10 s/h

I've officially run out of names for paintings and evidently I can't photograph this marsh so it doesn't look like  it's running down hill & to the right.  And here I thought the morning had gone so well.  Despite the "technical" setbacks, I happy with painting.  Spent the morning playing with this marsh scene in preparation for a 24x36 painting.  Will post another study of the sun rising over the marsh.  Can't quite decide which one will make it to the larger canvas. Well, enough about painting, my next pressing matter is what "drink" to have while watching the Preakness. In the meantime, anyone got any titles in mind for this painting?

Back to the Coast

"Edge of the Marsh_

5x7  $95 + $10 s/h

Time to start painting some marsh scenes for my Beaufort gallery, so I did this quick study to get my palette and brain going in the right direction.  This was done from a photo that I had taken a few years ago.  If you had read my post about taking photos, you'll be glad to know that I stopped my car prior to reaching the water's edge.  My two favorite things about delivering art to the coast is another supply of photos & sketches and of course, shrimp & grits.