GLOUCESTER WILDFLOWERS, 5X7,SOLD

My friend, Donna Vines, is from the Gloucester area. She is a wonderful photographer and artist.
Yesterday, we were painting together and she had the most beautiful photograph of what she called a marsh outside of Gloucester. I had my own plan to finish a painting I had started, but immediately changed my mind. Sooo, peeking over her shoulder, we painted the same scene.
You can find it in my Etsy store.

Donna's photos never fail to inspire me whether it be laundry on a line, a view of a friends yard. Her favorite thing to do is take a lovely photograph and then use oil paints on it. Check out her blog for something different.

JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE, 5x7, ORIGINAL OIL, SOLD

A touch of old Florida, Jupiter lighthouse, as viewed from The Square Grouper. What, pray tell, is the Square Grouper??? Some would say it is the finest place in town to drink beer and eat a hot dog.

VIEW FROM CLINGMAN'S DOME

This is a quickie, 5x7 oil on canvas panel. It was kind of a warm up a few days ago. Little did I know I would spend twice the time trying to photograph it as I did painting it! I don't know how many photos I took, under different conditions and lighting, I STILL GET GLARE!!!!! and it is still there, and I give up.

It is a view from Clingman's Dome which is the tallest mountain in the Smokies.

inc. shipping to US

5x7 oil on canvas panel $39.95 Option 2 $39.95 Option 3 $39.95

ACROSS BALLARD PARK, SOLD

I have had some requests for pastels of late, and it has become my second favorite media. Oils are my favorite and when I became involved with them, I kind of buried by pastels on the back of the shelf. As beautiful as they are, with their clear color and sparkle that you cannot achieve with any other media, they are a mess to work with. Within minutes I'm covered with pastel dust (very unhealthy) and so is my studio. When I finally complete a painting, the framing process is misery. It takes me several tries to get the mats on without smearing pastel dust on them or the glass. Then, if you move them around, inevitably dust falls on the mats and you must disassemble and clean the mats and glass again. I won't even go into the routine to mail one! Having whined about all that, I do love the look of that pure pigment.

I thought I had better give it a try again. It is amazing how fast you loose your touch, or rather, I did. I filled up the tooth of the paper with pastel much too early in the process. I definitely need more practice with this media. Anyway, here is my attempt.

THE BLUE PALMETTO

A few weeks ago I posted a painting I did of palmettos with strong sunlight on them. I was trying to do plein air that day, but was soon reduced to taking photos. I was lucky enough to get a couple usable photos and I got excited as soon as I saw this one. When the camera flashed I could see the strong blues on the palmetto. This is a 16x20 oil on stretched canvas. I painted it with an idea in the back of my head to have three palmetto paintings to hang as a group. So far I have one in landscape form and one in portrait and I am still musing over the third.

16x20 oil in canvas

inc. freight to cont. USA $395.00 Option 2 $395.00 Option 3 $395.00