Daily Painting, "In A World of Her Own", 8x6", Oil SOLD

During a recent trip to New York City with friends, we spent a few hours at a lovely Manhattan rooftop bar.

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This young woman was sitting across the roof top.  I was taken by her pose and snapped a quick photo.

When I began painting, I quickly realized that the background, a brick wall, was not what I wanted.  I decided to keep it simple and put the full focus on the woman and her skirt.

I suggested the wall with a few quick strokes of terra cotta.

GLAMOUR GIRL, 8X6, OIL

In the 1940's, all our mothers aspired to this type of glamour and sophistication.  I have to admit, I much prefer this type of image to the slutty chic portrayed by today's "role models".

FLAPPER II, 8X6, OIL, SOLD

My second attempt at a value study.  I did have fun with the post yesterday, so I tried it all over again today.   This technique is begining to grow on me!

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UP A LAZY RIVER, OIL, 6X8SOLD

Only a twelve year old girl can manage to look comfortable laying on a rock.  She managed to stay there for quite some time, dreaming away the day.

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RED DRESS II, ABSTRACT, OIL, SOLD

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GUITAR PRACTICE, 6X8, OIL SOLD

A few years ago we were on vacation with my daughter's family when my granddaughter disapeared. We finally found her in my "blue room" playing her guitar. I have been saving this photo for some time and finally it seemed like the right time to paint the scene.

Happy New Year everyone!

GEISHA II, 6X8, OIL SOLD

This is the second geisha painting, as I promised yesterday. I have always been drawn to Oriental items, especially the back side of geishas. We lived in the Orient for amost 3 years although it was a long time ago. I guess my Oriental admiration is re-surfacing. Tune in tomorrow.

GEISHA, 6X8, OIL, SOLD

Did everyone have a great Christmas? I hope so. I was thinking about taking off this week and trying to re-group, but it has become a personal challenge to me to be more consistent with my posting, so here I am. I just finished this up and have a few more likely candidates so I may have another geisha to show you tomorrow.

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DAYDREAMER-SOLD

TAGGED AGAIN!!! See previous post! Actually, one of my favorite artists, Kathy Weber has tagged me this time. Kathy is a master at capturing light. Her paintings always give me a "sunny outlook" and I highly recommend a visit to her blog. Hopefully she will forgive me for not following through with the "tag".

This post is a 5x7 on panel.

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THE RED SKIRT - SOLD

It has been an exceedingly busy week with no time for painting, but lots of time chasing three grandchildren, cooking turkey and baking somewhere around 140 dozen Christmas cookies. Sooo, I am repeating this painting, which is one of my favorites, and was the first one I posted when I started my blog. I don't imagine anyone saw it the first time around anyway.

A few weeks ago I was tagged by two of my favorite artists, which I enjoyed and was happy to pass on. I really like going to all the blogs and reading about everyone's interesting lives. Now in the past week I have been tagged by the wonderful artist
Debbi SmithRourke and given the Premio Dardos Award by two great and prolific Great Britain artists, Sharon Wright and CarolAnn. This award requires I nominate 15 artists (each time). Thanks so much to all of you. I cannot express how important it is to me to read your comments and positive reactions to my art. As you know, being an artist can be a lonely business, and when you don't sell much, that often translates into not getting much acceptance of your work. So, I appreciate it greatly. However, I don't know another 37 artists to nominate, so I hope you all will understand when I chose not to participate this time around.

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