A Painting Today

I like this quote. "An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leave...

13 x 6" oil on panel A nice reminder of those warm, summer days. Email me if you are interested in a purchase.

6 x 6" oil on panel sold Back to work.  I had a wonderful Christmas, hope you did too. Homemade beef stew and biscuits,...

Just a reminder - I have a few calendars left... purchase your Wall Calendar 'Days at the Museum' by clicking here . ...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold I needed a sweet, positive image to paint today and this darling woman just embodies goodness. ...

4 x 4" oil on panel sold A new addition to my ongoing series BUST-ED .

6 x 6" oil on panel sold Inspired by the Christmas reds and from a good friend's photo, taken at the Uffizi Gallery in ...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold Home Sweet Home in Natchez, Mississippi.

5 x 5" oil on panel sold I've had a frustrating painting week with a couple of wipe-offs.  Rusty I guess.  Too tight.  ...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold I took time out from painting this week to enroll in the Affordable Healthcare Program and I would...

5 x 5" oil on panel sold Brett entered the studio as I was finishing this new painting and said 'he looks like he's...

6 x 6" oil on panel sold The truth about my absences - I've been on three road trips, totalling over 4,000 miles since ...

Happy November and Hello to All ~ My beloved Mac was returned to my studio today and I'm whole again. First thing this week, I wante...

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...