Thursday, May 29, 2014

AT REST

AT REST

At Rest
6x8 FRAMED oil on canvas
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Framed with black frame outside measurement 11x13", charming boat painting of two dinghies at rest in a harbor.

I continue to be on a roll with water, boats, harbors, and seascapes.  My heart is on the coast where I will soon spend two weeks plein air painting in Andrew Wyeth country in Maine.  I want to smell the salt water, to study boats more in depth, to understand coastal industries and to eat fresh fish daily.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Harbor Sunrise

HARBOR SUNRISE

HARBOR SUNRISE
10x10 unframed oil on museum quality board
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Painting boats, ships, harbors, ocean, and water is a favorite genre of mine. A few years ago I was in Ogunquit, Maine at Perkins Cove. Ogunquit has a sandy beach, and more than a mile of picturesque rocky shore. It is a popular place for artists. I recommend the Barn Gallery there.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Downtown Dining

DOWNTOWN DINING

DOWNTOWN DINING
14x11 unframed oil on gessobord
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 Downtown Natchez, MS is a fun place to shop, dine, have coffee and visit with the locals.  You can find unique merchandise....and this very quaint restaurant hidden (hardly since it is painted bright red) in a deep alley.  This looks so European to me.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Natchez Poppies

"NATCHEZ POPPIES"

"Natchez Poppies"
6x6 unframed, oil on gessobord
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This rich, happy painting is suitable for framing or displaying on a tabletop easel.  The poppies growing along the Mississippi River were planted by a resident who loves this flowers and tending them.

Monday, May 12, 2014

NATCHEZ AZALEAS

NATCHEZ AZALEAS

Natchez Azaleas
6x8 unframed oil on gessobord
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No matter where I go in the world I will find flowers.
I search them out and take hundreds of photographs
or
set up a still life in my studio
In winter, flower shops and cut flowers are available
Summer flowers are endless

Spring is probably my favorite time of year for flowers
Summer heat sometimes can be very hard on them
especially in NM

Last weekend I planted eight hanging baskets
I cannot wait for them to totally fill out and spill over

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

READING ROOM

READING ROOM

Reading Room
8x6 unframed oil on museum board
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I am a homebody, probably a closet introvert.  Since Fourth Grade I have loved reading.  Other than PBS and documentaries on television, I don't watch it. Reading takes me places, informs me, and entertains me.  BOOKS, books and books.  In fact just yesterday I went to a book exchange and came home with twenty new books to read.  

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Pears in the Cupboard

PEARS IN THE CUPBOARD

6x8, unframed, oil on museum quality board
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I have a cupboard with glass doors JUST FOR SHOW.  Though everything in here can be used, nothing is.  I just love it the way it is!   I painted this nearly two months ago, as well as "Color in the Cupboard".  It is time to tell you about it!

Don't you love the color transparency and reflections of the red glasses?

Monday, May 5, 2014

Color in the Cupboard

COLOR IN THE CUPBOARD

8x6, oil on canvas covered board, museum quality
unframed
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I see this colorful painting as both still life and an interior scene.  This is my cupboard, the doors are glass, the pieces are all colorful!   When I remodeled part of my kitchen, this particular cupboard was designed to remind me of the one my grandmother had on a farm in Minnesota.  This painting is suitable for framing or for displaying on a tabletop easel.