Coneflowers on Gesso SOLD 3/15

I painted on this watercolor/gouache painting ALL day Sunday. I worked on an old piece of w/c paper that had medium on one side and splatters of gesso on the other.. Can't remember what workshop i had prepared this paper for.. The gesso was just on parts of the paper.. I attempted to paint on this paper @ the Park Rapids workshop, painting an ugly farm scene.. I washed it off and had an interesting background just waiting for me. I used a photo i had taken of Carl's cone flowers a couple of years ago. I added the 2 on the right of the painting to fill the page and they don't have the pazz-zazz the others do..Maybe they are from a different seed package.. who knows??

I added some Acrylic color to this painting.. mostly in the background.. trying to make it exciting.

"Winetester" SOLD

I was not happy with this painting... took it out of the frame and worked to make the "tester" more handsome and sleepy looking. Not happy with the title either.. Do love the orange inside the bar with the blue door frames, the red chairs, etc.

"Color Rules!!!" or is it "Colors Rule??"

SOLD @ my reception

Demo....

Oh, and Tuesday, I had the privilege of doing a "portrait painting" demo @ the Cormorant Art Club. Always fun to travel out there for an event.. fun group and fantastic meeting room.. I enjoyed, hope they did...

"honey, we missed the bus" revisited...

I had such a great time painting this.. i took a photo of this couple in downtown Portland this summer.. Tourists with their own lunch, i am sure. Anyway, the background evolved out of my mind .. wah lah, there seemed to be a bus outside the "window".. that they missed 'cause she is the boss and it was "time to eat"... so there ya' go!!

July, 2018 ,,, Dug this out of the pile, worked on the background.. . i still love this painting so much..a memory of our travels.. I know a lot of folks take photos of mountains, etc.. not me....

Blue Coffee Pots sold

I took a photo of my coffee pot collection years ago with Carl's daisies, I drew it into my sketch book a while back during my sketching/drawing frenzy. This is painted in Acrylic on stretched canvas, that i had painted bright orange. The painting is brighter than the photo, in real life.    MARCH 2013...  During our 3rd or 4th 3-day blizzard i started to redo older paintings...  i really got carried away with this one..  i really like it even tho it is QUITE BRIGHT .. 
SOLD @ the Langdon 125th Event...