Monday, August 31, 2015

Monday, August 17, 2015

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Monday, July 6, 2015

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Wine Bottles in Light- Sold

Nice Bottles to paint! 8x10 oil


Nail polish and makeup

This one was fun! It didn't come together until the very end, but turned out ok. Glad I fought through the challenging part and finished it. 8x10 oil


Monday, May 11, 2015

Charlotte Garden Club and Mint Museum-SOLD

I participated in a plein air painting évent with the Charlotte Garden Club and Mint Museum in April. This couple was selling tickets to the gardens and I thought they'd make a cute painting. 8x10 acrylic, Sold.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Spring Still Life

I loved just being loose on this one. 11x14 acrylic.

Friday, February 20, 2015

Acrylics Class Demo

This was my demo painting. I finished it at home and just liked the looseness of  the background. I like the loose look better, but its challenging to do it right.

Small oranges

Small, 6x8 inches, oil.

Georgetown SC

Some boats on the harbor. 11x14, oil.

Friday, February 13, 2015

More Converse

I'm enjoying painting my daughter's shoes. She has a few more interesting pairs, so I'll do a few more soon. 6x8 acrylic.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Converse Shoes

Hadn't painted shoes in a while. 8x10 acrylic. I enlarged and repainted this (24x30).

Monday, February 2, 2015

Superbowl Sunday

Dave and Charlie the dog getting ready for the Superbowl. They were good models! 8x10 oil

Sunflower in Glass Jar-SOLD

Small one,  6x8 inches, oil. SOLD

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Banana Still Life

Small one- 6x8inches, acrylic

Friday, January 23, 2015

Landsford Canal State Park, SC

Got a nice warm January day for Painting. Oil 8x10

Thursday, January 15, 2015

San Francisco

Got lucky and was able to snap this photo from our rental car last year. I loved how the light was coming across the street. 8x8 oil

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Row Houses in Fort Mill, SC

This is a small 6x8 painting of some houses in my neighborhood, Baxter Village.
Done from a photo. It's a little wobbly, but I'm out of time for today!

Monday, January 12, 2015

January still life

Always lots of oranges in the grocery store in January!

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Daily Painting

Just getting re-acquainted with oils after using mostly acrylics for several months. Did a painting a day for 3 days- I admire artists who are daily painters! 8x8, 8x6 and 8x10 for flower.


Saturday, January 3, 2015

Walking in Central Park


Snapped a picture of this cute couple walking by
8X10 Acrylic


Sunday, September 14, 2014

Low Country Marsh -SOLD

A South Carolina Marsh painting.  Switched back to oils for this one. 8x10 oil

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Boggie Board

Some Figure practice. Next time- looser! Acrylic 8x10

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Fruit of the Month


Almost done with this one. Its a little dark, but I like it. 8X10 acrylic

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Sunflower Shadows

My favorite part is the shadow behind the vase and the vase itself (pottery barn vase!). Might need a few more details in flowers, but mostly done. These flowers were dying fast, so glad I got a painting done. Especially since I bought and paid for them at the grocery store! When its hot here in South Carolina, I do a lot more still life paintings while I wait for the weather to cool down. 11x14 Acrylic

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Make Up Shadows

This painting will be in the York County SC Arts Council Show during August 2014. Acrylic, plein air 6X8

Country Road Sunflowers

A simple subject, but it worked as a small plein air painting. This scene was only a few minutes from my house, so that was nice too! Acrylic 6x8.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

South Carolina Marsh- SOLD

I did this one from a photo. Trying some new painting techniques and new brushes. 12x18 acrylic

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Colorful Landscape-SOLD

Im updating some old landscapes after taking a workshop with Patti Mollica- this one is a definite improvement! 8x10 acrylic-SOLD

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Painting Buddy

My neighbor, age 4, decided to join me for some painting time outside. Maybe a future plein air painter? She looks way more stylish than me!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Southern snow storm- SOLD

A rare South Carolina snowstorm! Our neighborhood in the snow.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Spring flowers

Big winter storm today. Used an old photo to paint something spring-like.Hmm…now I don't like that bare tree in the back. Will have to make some changes! 6x8 acrylic

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Blue Cup Still Life

Its all about practice, practice, practice. I'm getting faster and better- this took about 2.5 hours. I was rusty from not painting much during the Holiday season. 8x10 acrylic

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

More Boats- Maine

I love all my boat photos from various vacations. They are fun to paint! 9x12 acrylic

Lemon attempt

I worked on this for two days and just couldn't get it right. Might try it on a new canvas tomorrow. I think the warm, cream colored bowl and the cool shadows are confusing me. Frustrating! Acrylic 11x14

Friday, January 31, 2014

Stuck Inside

Stuck inside on another cold day. Plus,I needed a new painting for an art show for tomorrow. This will have to do! Decided to delete the blue stripy thing at the top. It looks better. 8x10 acrylic

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Sunbather

I recently sold this painting along with 9 other paintings to a collector in Charlotte NC. A great feeling! Now I'm feeling very motivated to paint. Acrylic 6x8- SOLD