Barn-um and Bale-um.... Gifted to Pam

     OK, this is what happened last week.. i attended a Cormorant Art Mini Workshop on painting in OILs.. i hadn't painted in oils for about 35 years.  it was luscious and fun.  Teacher, Sharon, was wonderful and provided photos, canvas, oil paint and mineral spirits. I really tried my best to swish the paint around on the whole work, like i did on the bales..  not easy.
     Also, proud to say, the frame was unfinished and i applied tong oil, what ever that is, that i found in hubby's garage menagerie..

A Dry Spell

I've had this painting, of just the background, hanging in my studio since the Calvin deRuyter workshop 5 years ago.  always intended to add some buildings or something to it.  The Rural show is coming up at the Red Door Gallery so Wah La!... used white gouache to help out the watercolors i took directly from the tube..  what fun to remodel stuff o mine....originally it was posted on Sept 2, 2013
   i don't believe anyone lives there anymore, a scenario seen more and more in the rural areas..   

Glass Art Surprise SOLD at Pekin show

I painted this weird one about 8 years ago..  it had the large blown glass thingy that i had taken a photo of in Oregon @ a glass blowing studio...  Since it is Acrylic, i can do about anything to it .. it took me 2 days to change it.. i added the street scene, glass flowers and the Toad.. drawn from one of my glass frogs, that i collected, after i got tired of collecting shoes and nuns..
  i adore the couple, for some reason..  didn't change them..  nothing like painting a blonde perm...
Painting, before i messes around with it, was posted Nov 29, 2013.