Duke Mansion, Charlotte NC

This was tough with all the green. I've got some new oil painting brushes and am trying some new things. I almost gave up on this one, but decided to play around with it as an experiment. 11x14 oil.

River Walk Park, Rock Hill, SC

Still on the easel here. Pretty pleased with painting since I was getting bitten by red ants the whole time. I also forgot my stay- wet palette and umbrella and had to improvise. Luckily a few clouds rolled in or the sun would have been brutal. 11x14 acrylic

Hunter Farm, Charlotte NC

Beautiful spring day here in Charlotte. Fun, old buildings with lots of old farm tools. The white, clapboard house was built in 1868. Small building on the right is an old smokehouse that is about to be torn down. Acrylic 11x14

Freedom Park, Charlotte

Spring at the Duck Pond Fountain.
11x14 oil

Catawba River on the Rocks

12x16 Oil. Landsford Canal State Park, SC

Selling Paintings!

Selling Art in Fort Mill

Catawba River, Landsford Canal State Park, SC

11x14 Oil. Sold.

Southern Marsh

This one is still in progress. Hope to finish it this weekend. I used Indianthrene Blue- a softer, grayer blue rather than Ultramarine blue. Acrylic 22x28. My photo had a green marsh, but I changed it to brown.

Summer Field

11x14 Acrylic. Practicing with Chromium Green color. Background mountain and clouds need a little more work.

Captiva Island Florida

Finally done, I think. It's not a good thing to keep "dibby- dabby-ing" paint in a meadow. It's hard to stop yourself! 24x20 Oil. There's a previous painting of this scene on my blog, a few months back. I did it with different colors this time. Not my typical type of scene, but its just so pretty I wanted to give it another try.

Golden Meadow

16x20 Oil. Path at the local greenway. Using my reference photos for now- looking forward to warmer weather.

Anne Springs Close Greenway Tree- Fort Mill, SC

11x14 Oil- SOLD

Still Life with Apple

Both 8x10 Oil- need a few touch ups, but mostly done.

Sunflowers with Lemon Slices

8x10, oil

Sunflowers on Blue

Oil, 8x10

Lemon Still Life

8x10

North Captiva Island, Florida

12x12 oil

Converse Sneakers- 2 versions.

Both are 24x30 acrylic

Looking for a wave

16x20 oil

Sunny backyard

8x10 oil

Sunflowers Blooming

8x10 oil

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

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.

Orange and Blue Still Life

Acrylic 11x14

Spring Still Life

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

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.

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.

Converse Shoes

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

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

Banana Still Life

Small one- 6x8inches, acrylic

Landsford Canal State Park, SC

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

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

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!

January still life

Always lots of oranges in the grocery store in January!

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.

Walking in Central Park

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

Low Country Marsh -SOLD

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

Boggie Board

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