A Painting Today

Well..... my studio's Mac is in the hospital which has forced me to catch up on fall cleaning and getting the house ready for guests. ...

8 x 10" oil on panel sold A new painting featuring one of my favorite paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago - Edward H...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold And now, for your moment of Zen. A woman choosing to be idle for the time being. From Hilt...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold Geezaloo. I'm back from the dead.  Mostly. I brought back a nasty cold from my trip to...

I've just returned from my favorite city - Chicago. Perfect weather, thank you so much Mother Nature. The sculpture is one of fo...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold I was in the mood for something calm to paint yesterday and the horizontal stripes of grey-blue ca...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold  I finished just in the nick of time.  The cracking of thunder over my painting hut means time to ...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold From the second floor in the American Art Gallery, one of six 'Chicago Panels' by Ellswort...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold A patron enjoys some French Impressionism in the Art Institute of Chicago.  In full view is 'Y...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold The sculpture 'Cloud Gate' in Millennium Park reflecting the Chicago skyline, visitors a...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold I l-u-r-v-e this painting. And I loved this whole afternoon holed up in my little hut, away fr...

9 x 12' oil on panel sold Brand-new, hot of the easel, a woman looks closely at Grant Wood's iconic 'American Gothic...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold Often I am asked how I am so prolific with painting.  First there's motivation and mine, right...

6 x 8" oil on panel sold I wanted to do a larger version of this scene, so I thought I'd get a better idea of colors an...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold A museum visitor getting a seemingly disapproving look from 'Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold I'm so very pleased with this painting I did today.  It's just the right balance of tight ...

12 x 7" oil on panel sold I was in the middle of painting this piece earlier in the year and had to put it aside to jump on...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold I thought I'd take the day off of painting but that would mean cleaning the house.  I did,...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold There is a place I like to go to fuel up before I hit the Art Institute of Chicago, just a few blo...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold This was a tough one. I started out wanting to keep it very impressionistic and loose, then I ...

5 x 7" oil on panel sold I spent my high school years in a suburb of Chicago and I'd occasionally cut school and spend ...

11 x 11" oil on panel sold I spent all weekend and today on a couple of paintings that had a deadline date - including this...

7 x 5" oil on panel sold I'm starting a fundraising effort for a return trip, in the fall, to my favorite city Chicago ...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold That song just played in my head while I was painting this happy hound. From the beach on Hil...

4 x 4" oil on panel sold A warm-up that turned into a portrait I really love.  And a new addition to my ongoing series BUST-E...