A Painting Today

Thanksgiving's a few days away and I'm psyched for the way the kitchen smells when the turkey's roasting and eating my we...

My apologies for not posting during the past two weeks.  By the time we arrived in Hilton Head - after days of packing and go-go-go,  I ...

I'm on a painting marathon these days, working on new pieces for a dual show in early December with the artist Ken Auster - taking plac...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold It is a happy painting day when I can balance the loose with the tight.   A woman resting her feet o...

8 x 10" oil on panel sold Occasionally, I finish a painting and don't quite like - so I rest it nearby my easel and obsess...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold A splendid day for a bird looking towards the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

16 x 4" oil on panel sold A special offering from my own collection, visitors resting in front of the Metropolitan Museum of ...

12 x 6" oil on panel sold A special offering from my collection, a woman standing firm in front of Mark Rothko's 'No...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold When I was in San Francisco this past spring, to teach a workshop, our home base was a rental in the...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold Meet 'Little Buddha' - a pug we met on our visit to San Francisco.

4 x 12" oil on masonite sold I'm noticeably having fun with the blues and turquoises of the ocean and painted this loose ...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold A loose, painterly study of a woman keeping watch over the tackle box - from Hilton Head Island, Sou...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold I absolutely love figure drawing and miss going to sessions with models - it's been years.  Ther...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold What I was dazzled with out west was the expansive views - seeing forever - noticing how color and t...

4 x 4" oil on panel sold After a long day of painting something a bit tighter,  I took a cue from the beloved Bob Ross a...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold  I might have sworn never to paint a lighthouse, but it's silly to vow I'll never paint any ...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold I'd say, with all the miles we drove across the country and back, tooling through the wine count...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold I've been leaning towards nit-picky and needed to loosen up.  From a storefront, on a sunny day,...

4 x 4" oil on panel sold A strong, interesting face to paint - an addition to my ongoing series ' 100+ Faces BUST-ED '...

6 x 3-7/8" oil on panel sold You may think you know how to paint a figure until something like an elevated view or water dis...

Now that I'm finished this fun project, I want to explain, one more time, what the Hilton Head Gang is.  I get emails that prove some ...

4 x 4" oil on panel nfs Fellow artist  Dawn Hartigan ... 4 x 4" oil on panel nfs ... and fellow artist NJ D...

  4 x 4" oil on panel nfs A true mugshot pose - fellow artist Kit Hefner   4 x 4" oil on panel nfs and Ca...

4 x 4" oil on panel nfs I'm on a mission to finish up these gals - the Hilton Head Gang .  It has been a well-...

 4 x 4" oil on panel nfs Fellow artist Allyson.  4 x 4" oil on panel nfs  And fellow artist Linda Nickle...