Poppy- sold

Oil on stretched canvas, 6" x 6"
One more flower- I love those big orange poppies.

Auctions end soon for the rose, click here









And the sunflower, click here

BACK to the diner

 

 At the Seaplane diner again this morning with Ed. I'm going to have to find a better vantage point, I think.

Sunflower field

Oil on canvas, 6" x 6"
Second in a series. I'm auctioning these, you can click to bid.

The cure for the blahs

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Oil on canvas, 6" x 6"
I've been fooling around with some flower paintings for a class I might be teaching and feel like I've found the cure for the winter blahs. Paint flowers! Fun, colorful, exuberant. I can (almost) guarantee you'll feel better.

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Monday night's model.
And speaking of portraits, if you like John Singer Sargent, you might enjoy"Strapless" by Deborah Davis. It's about his painting of the famous Madame X. An easy and interesting read. As a society woman, she couldn't let just anyone paint her portrait. He had to convince her he was the right person for the job, and the result was extremely controversial.

Orange Umbrella-sold

Oil on canvas, 10" x 8". From last summer, on Cape Cod. This will be in my show at the Rowley Gallery in July.

Traveling, sketching

We just got back from a trip to Las Vegas and Death Valley National Park. We stayed in a little town called Beatty, NV, to go to the park, where I did some sketching. I also did my best to make use of time sitting in the airport, sketching the other captives. (If I never see the Las Vegas airport again, that will be too soon.)

 

On the easel

A few process shots of an 8" x 10" painting. Painted on a panel where I sanded off another painting, so there is color underneath. (I really love painting over old paintings, as long as there's not much paint buildup.) It's not quite finished.

Taryn Day has a wonderful blog called The Art Room, where she's currently writing about artists who blog. There's a nice post about moi. Check it out!

Also a shout out to Carrie Decker , who has a blog called Crazy Over Art, where she's featuring art by different artists. 

Bits and pieces

Oil on canvas, 3.5" x 5"
Another piece of a painting saved from the landfill, a pear that was beside a vase of lilacs but now stands alone.
$50.00 plus shipping

Portrait

Oil on canvas paper, 11x14
Last night's model. It was good to get back to painting portraits after the Christmas break. I'll be teaching a portrait class in April at the Portsmouth (RI) Art Guild.

Out with the old- sold

Oil on canvas, mounted on board, approx. 4" x 5"
I'm in housecleaning mode, and I've targeted all of those old paintings that I couldn't get myself to throw away or paint over because there were a few square inches of painting that I liked. So what I decided to do is cut out the pieces that I liked and throw the rest away. Brilliant, huh?

So here's the first, who can resist primroses, they have always seemed like harbingers of spring when I see them at the market.

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Cheers- sold

Oil on panel, 10" x 8"
A couple of days late, but here's to a new year. I have two resolutions, and the second one is just to keep remembering the first.