Seven Grandchildren Commission..

This is a commission I just did for a client that had commissioned me to paint her 5 grandchildren by the lake a few years ago..  However, she now has 7 beautiful grand-kids.  I loved the body language of one of the photos she supplied me.  Since they are "lake folks" I attempted that feeling in the back ground.   She liked it. 

Lil Pink Fish & Friends Gifted

This started out as a watercolor demo when I visited the Brush Bunch in Walhalla last week, I painted the Gold fishy to demo glazing, and on to the little one to demo "lifting"and blending, etc.  One of the members painted the yellowish fish while i was eating lunch.. I had to do a lot of repair work on it later..ha..  It is a playful painting, it seems.

Walhalla

From Park Rapids, Bobbie and I traveled to Langdon then on to Walhalla, where I gave a mini watercolor workshop/demo to the Brush Bunch, a delightful group of artists that meet every week to share ideas, lunch and DO art..

Art At The Lake #9 for me..it is SOLD, mostly..

This was the 10th year that RRWS sponsored the AATL in Park Rapids, MN, with Ann Kaese as coordinator. always fun to go to this wonderful facility and make art. I've only missed one year. My buddy, Bobbie, usually goes with me.  This year we did watercolor batik, a whole new concept for us.  many layers and many decisions as to color and value..  FUN... Instructor was Linda Renaud from Dickinson, ND, she was fantastic.
. i framed 1/2 of this and it sold at the Pekin  show.

the big apple 2-22 Donated to Pekin art auction

12-9-19   I just had to mess around some more on this fruity painting.  I used some gouache and some acrylic over the watercolor..  layer, layer, layer..  got rid of the sick red apple.. it may show up in a collage painting some day, cause i don't throw much away...   on 2nd thought, i framed it in a free 11x14 my friend, Diane, gave me... looks oK.

Pacific Sundown Sold at Holiday show

I started this at our Thursday group, as we were doing a class in Acrylic painting and my part of the class was to paint "sky"...  i used a photo i took in Oregon a long time ago..  Seems a little dark. I used a yellow undercoat color so of course there are some green hues.. but it is OK...

Found and saved in my art pile (Umbrella one SOLD @ FMVA show & Truck sold at Edgewood )

i actually am cleaning out my art studio, found these 2 small works in the throw away pile. Top one from Andy Evansen workshop earlier this summer. Other from Karen Knutson 2 summers ago. What the heck?  Also found smallish free frames to put them in.  They are probably called "studies" or "practice" pieces but you never know what may come of them..