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

Fruit of the Month

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

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

Sunflowers and apple

8x10 acrylic

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.

South Carolina Marsh- SOLD

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

Colorful Landscape-SOLD

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

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!

Southern snow storm- SOLD

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

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

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

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

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

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

Row Boats

Some Maine rowboats. 6x8 acrylic-SOLD

Sunflowers

This was an exercise in fast painting- directly from life. 12x12 acrylic-SOLD

Still life practice

Some practice- sun was shifting fast and shadows were hard to follow- but good practice. 8x10 acrylic

Three Wine Bottles and Busy Summer

Its been a very busy summer- just lots of little things with all three girls home. Looking forward to a quick vacation and then completing my summer project of painting and decorating the dining room. I did a big 40X40 painting for the dining room and I will photo and post soon. I should be able to paint more by late August. This is a second wine bottle painting I did a while back. My vision is holding steady and that's all I can hope for. I'm headed for cataract surgery- probably in September and praying it goes smoothly. Bit of a blue haze on this because I took photo around 8pm- getting too dark. SOLD

Glencairn Garden, Rock Hill SC

This painting came out un-intentionally abstract. But, there is something about it that I like. 8X10 acrylic

Make Up

A gorgeous day for painting outside. Decided to practice some still life painting. 6X8 acrylic

Blue Shadows

Sometimes I like to paint something very ordinary and make it look interesting with strong lights and shadows. That was my goal here. I like all the greens and blues with the neutral ground color. 6X8 acrylic.

Spring Sunshine

Struggling a bit lately. Feeling like my paintings look like"paint by numbers". I am starting to see some of my mistakes- I guess I will just have to paint through this.... 8X10 acrylic

Pittsburgh Alley

This is one I started a long time ago but never finished. Trying a limited palette and took out the blue sky. I think that helped a lot. 11x14 oil

Rock Hill/ Wells Fargo Building

Photo is a bit dark. Acrylic 8x10

Rock HIll, SC

I started painting outside today, but it was too cold to finish. I should be able to finish this from photos. 8X10 acrylic

Wine Bottles

A little rainy day painting. 5x7 acrylic.

Abstract Woods

Trying a little abstract painting. Tougher than it looks. 5x7 acrylic

Colorful Junk Store

This was a wild,crazy and colorful junk store. Inside, it was a lovely gift shop! Painted here with my plein air friends. Its located in Wesley Chapel, NC- a suburb of Charlotte. 8x10 acrylic

Dark Oranges

This one took me a long time. Thought the wine bottles would be the hardest part, but the oranges and apple were a struggle today. 8X10 acrylic

Row Houses

I love how the sunlight hits this row of houses in my neighborhood.Acrylic 8X10. I tried to keep it loose and not overwork the details.

oranges on table

Good practice painting today- needs a little more work. Acrylic 8X10

McAlpine Greenway-Ballantyne

We went to the greenway today, but everything was brown! Decided to paint this overpass instead. 8x10 acrylic http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/jennifer-spaker/overpass-bridge/121408

Quick sketch

This quick sketch of my living room came out better than a large boat painting that I have been working on for days. Sigh!

Grand Canyon finished

This one came out a little darker than I would have liked, but I still like it. It was fun to paint something big- hadn't done that in a long time. This is 30x40. I'm working on some other big ones now...should post them soon.

Grand Canyon

This is a large painting for me. I've tried a few paintings since my eye surgery, but they were pretty bad. I'm hoping this one will be better! It's the grand canyon, painted from a photo from our trip there a few years ago.

Fort Mill, SC Neighbors

I love painting my sun/shadow effects on my neighbor's houses. It's also great to paint from my front yard! 8x10 acrylic

Old Town Rock Hill SC

Plein air painting of Rock Hil, SC. My studio is on this street. Rock Hill has done a great job of revitalizing this area. There are now buildings with artist studios, new businesses and restaurants opening. 11x14 acrylic SOLD

Near Lake Wylie-Plein Air

Had fun plein air painting with my friends today! We parked at T-Bones restaurant and walked around the boat launch area. There weren't many boats out today so I painted this tree instead. 8x8 acrylic

Maine Rocks

11X14 acrylic

Red on Green

I'm selling my paintings on www.dailypaintworks.com. Please take a look! 6x6-oil

Lots of green

In continuing my practice with oils, I completed this today. It was harder and took me longer to complete than I thought. It also came out differently than I intended, but I still like it. Practice, practice,practice.... 8X8 oil