Floating Floral

This was a stretch for me. It is for the square foot show in Bismark ..  I LOVE the background with its texture and funny markings.. Flowers, not so much. I worked so hard on that rose, it looked just like a cinnamon roll, no matter what I did.  I'd planned to have bubbles around the flowers, Change of plan, thank goodness.  Acrylic.
      I decided to add an interesting background but as i look at it now, it looks a little rigid.. oh dear.. looks better in person, i think..
 7-18  i covered up the red roses..  like it better.. what will i do next?/  who knows?

Willie SOLD, I can't believe i sold you, willie...

Love this guy.  His music, His voice, His attitude. His sensitivity.
Did this as a demo for our painting group last week,  Had just finished his book "It's a Long Story" ..so i sketched this from the cover photo but  added the braid and bandanna. Used white gouache and payne's gray for the whisker affect.    enjoyed it,

moonshining sold at gallery4

I am practicing painting barns, as i will be heading to my home town in a couple of weeks, to "do art" with the residents at the local nursing home.. I have 3 adorable aunties there, Carl has cousins and old neighbors there. i used to work there.  lots of connections.  ANYWAY, First, i painted this canvas bright blue then i painted the old barnyard. i got childhood memories flooding into my head of my brothers and I playing outside by the barn after dark.
 i hope the moon doesn't look too much like a golf ball..

 April 11, 2019, i repainted the sky on this painting today.  Altho the other photo is better  and brighter,.it is better in real life.  The April blizzard was today, i forgot to mention.