Bird Series

 Goldfinch

8" x 8"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

 Bluebird

8" x 8"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

 Chickadee Love

12" x 12"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

 Bluejay

8" x 8"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Robin No. 2

8" x 8"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

As Spring is hopefully approaching, I have been working on a series of birds. I hear the birds every morning as they are building nests and laying eggs! It brings such hope and excitement as new life begins all around. All of the paintings above will be available at Panoply in Huntsville, April 25 - 27 at Big Spring Park. Hope you will all come out!

I Love Pears

Reflections of Pears

11" x 14"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Whenever I start feeling crazy or out of sorts I always go back to painting something comforting, like pears. I love the shape of pears and I am a sucker for blue and green together. So this painting just practically painted itself! 

Day 30 !!!! 30 Paintings in 30 Days!!!

Will You Be Mine?

6" x 6"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Wow! The 30 Day Challenge is over and I am a little bit sad. Such a great experience to push through the days when I didn't want to paint or couldn't think of something to paint. I think that was my biggest AHA moment, you can paint anything! Even the dessert you pick up at the store for a meeting! I took chances and painted things I had not painted before and nothing terrible happened! It's just paint, you can wipe it off or paint over it if you don't like it. Just making myself sit down and paint has encouraged me because sometimes I just need that extra push. This was a fabulous experience and I want to thank Leslie Saeta for putting the challenge out there! 

Day 29 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Pretty Please With a Cherry On Top

6" x 6"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I was struggling yesterday trying to think of something to paint. I was also taking dessert to a meeting last night and in typical fashion I went to the bakery to buy the dessert. While I was there I thought, why don't I just paint the dessert!! Genius! I think I may go back to the bakery again today..

Day 28 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Another Beautiful Day

11" x 14"

Oil on Canvas

This is actually the same composition I painted yesterday but I changed up the palette. I tried to go softer and more pastel, more of an early morning look. It was fun getting out of my comfort zone and mixing up different colors. I tend to paint more on the warm side so this was different for me.

Day 27 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Beautiful Day

11" x 14"

Oil on Canvas

I have wanted to do an abstract landscape for a while now and had a perfect photo to work from and I had so much fun! I will definitely be doing more of these. I love just mixing colors and laying them in where they feel good! 

Day 24 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

The Blue Vase

10" x 10"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

This is one of my favorite vases and I have painted it several times but I love pairing it with different items for still life setups.

Day 23 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

It Takes All Kinds

5" x 7"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

$45

Well I got back on schedule today with some apples on a small canvas. The funniest thing happened when I was gathering my fruit for the still life. I grabbed all the apples and as I was arranging them I thought, this green apple feels funny…. I got it out of the refrigerator…..but it feels weird…. Yes it was fake. Someone (probably myself) put it in the fridge thinking it was real. Well props to the fake fruit making people, good job!

Days 21 - 22 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Happy To Be Together

14" x 11"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

SOLD

I tried so hard to get this one done in one day but it didn't happen. I had to put the finishing touches on this morning, so this is a 2 day painting. I went back to what I know, hydrangeas. While I still have a lot to learn about painting them they are my favorite.

Day 20 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Pomegranate

6" x 6"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I picked up a Pomegranate at the store yesterday and the color was so great I thought, this is Day 20!

Enjoy!