Back at the Easel - SOLD!!!!!

"Grapes in Blue"

6x6    $95  SOLD!

Oil on museum quality panel

It has been almost 2 weeks since I've painted and that is way too long.  I get kinda grumpy when I can't paint.  So needless to say, friends and family will be relieved to know that I'm back at easel.  Busy getting ready for my Open Studio Sale in a couple of weeks, so I'll be posting some preview pieces.  Have a great week from a "blissfully" painting away artist. 

Feeling Like Fall

"In the Pumpkin Patch"

NFS

Been enjoying the fall weather and looking for those pumpkins patches.  It's my favorite time of year, especially with the miserable hot summer we've had.  I like the way I handle pumpkins...no knives, no mess to clean up and no rotting pumpkins.   Happy October!

Still Here- Sold

"Silver Cup"

Sold

I seem to have been missing in action for the past week and half.  But the good news is I've known where I was.  Life has interrupted my "travels" but never fear I will be back at the easel this week.  New paintings & destinations await.  Thanks for checking in on me.  See you soon. 

Everyone's Going Somewhere

"Lavender Fields, Forever"

7x5    $95

So many of my fellow daily painters have been painting French, Italian & Cape Cod scenes, I was starting to feel left out.  So today, I packed my paints and headed to Provence (not literally).  I can just image sitting under an umbrella at the edge of the field, the sun shining brightly, drinking a glass of wine & painting.  What a beautiful thought, too bad, reality is it's September in the south, high humidity, it's raining and the bottle is empty.  Oh, such a wonderful, brief escape.  Where do you want to escape?

Looking Foward to Spring?

"On the Tour"

SOLD

This is a piece I did earlier this year and was based on  a photo from one of my favorite cities, Charleston, SC.  In the spring, I'm planning to meet with a girlfriend from California and introduce her to this quintessential southern city.  So California girl meets the south.  Her name is Julie Hill and is a fellow daily painter.  We connected through our blogs and over the last 6 months have become good friends.  We've never met in person but talk several times a day, so this will be the first time we actually met.  Let's hope she can survive the humidity, southern accents and grits.  Looking forward to it! 

Working With What You Got

"Nectarine & Carnations"

7x5     $95

Teaching 5 oil painting classes a week has offered big lessons for me almost every time.  It has helped reinforce the fundamentals as I paint, pushing me to paint either something I don't want to or paint when I don't necessarily feel like it.   Several of my classes have been painting only in gray scale all week.  I've done demos in gray scale, no problem.  Today might haven taken the cake.  When I went to the store on Monday to gather my fruit & flowers, the choices were not great but since it was to be painted in gray scale, I didn't concern myself with the color.  However, today I did a demo in color.  Let's just say that pink carnations, nectarines & a turquoise drape are a bit of a challenge to harmonize in a painting.  Maybe next week we'll paint donuts! Oh, and did I mention, I didn't have the panel size I really needed?

20 Minutes

"Last of Summer"

7x5   $95

What do you do with less than 30 minutes to spare & watermelon that is lovely but not so tasty?  Of course, you paint!  Normally, I wouldn't consider going to my easel with such a little amount of time but I'm glad it did.  It forced me to quickly note on the canvas what was in front of me.  Just grabbing the essence and nothing else.  It feels a little unfinished but very direct and fresh.  Which is exactly what I want my paintings to convey.  I highly recommend setting a timer and seeing what happens.