Enter with a Pail and a Mop SOLD @ RRFAS 6-15

One of my traveling brothers ( have several) sent me some photos he took while in Europe. I love this gate and the greenery..  I added the lady, the bike, and the plant.  I really love this.. I used my #16 Silver Black Velvet brush on the whole painting.. what a honey of a brush..  i could paint loosely and tightly @ the same time..  Once again my art pals helped out with their critique.. they saw that the HOE i had in her hand looked like a PLUNGER... i changed it to look like a mop, i hope.

Rides

I found a small painting board in my pile of art stuff, that someone gave me. What to paint, What to paint?? I had ripped a photo out of a magazine while we were in Oregon.  Of course the ocean was in the background.  I loved the bikes and wagons ( only put a couple in).. needed some humans so i put 3 kids to match the 3 rides and one kite.

Lady of the Lake SOLD @ RRFAS last week...

This was fun. Acrylic on canvas board. I just wanted to use the Magenta paint that i bought..  I have sketched several boat shapes and re-arranged them on the dark blue background. It turned out pretty stunning.  Some of my friends that critiqued it thought the Pink boat was a female boat being shunned by the mate boats..  weird concept, just sayin'...........

Sibling Rivalry SOLD @ Pekin 6-14

Oh my, i haven't painted little faces in a long time.  My 93 year old friend, Lucy, was cleaning out, what she called junk, old photos.  She gave me several, saying her family doesn't want them..eek.. This one was taken in 1926..Lucy and her siblings. I love the expressions and body language of these kids. I had sketched this first and was pleased with how it turned out.  I haven't shown it to Lucy as yet. 

Got Milk??? Gift to Sam, the man...

I took a photo of the "Oreo Cows" a couple of years ago with plans to paint it some day, maybe in a triptych. A friend gave me a large frame and wah la.. i dug out this photo.. what fun to paint .. i love the blue sky but wonder if I should add some cloud action..

I wish I had put the clouds in this painting sooner.  I thought about it but was liking the solid blue sky so the emphasis would be on the oreo cows. I so like it better now.

"crowin' in the wind" SOLD

I added these crows hoping it will be entered into the Crow Show @ the Spirit Room in Feb. I googled crows in the wind and found a video of crows flying all over the place and sketched some of them. I also used photos I have taken of the crows in our back yard in winter.. They are an interesting bird and they don't go "south" for the winter, by golly... SOLD @ Crow Show...

Back to the tundra

Hi Blog sweethearts.. we have been back in ND for a week with about 3 blizzard-type weather warnings.. Yesterday, after sending out my late/Christmas cards, i painted crows on an already done painting.. Prairie Road.. it is cool .. will post it later today welcome to my blog