Moveable Feast

The Movable Feast Show opens Friday at the Hammond Harkins Gallery in Bexley , OH.  5-8 pm.  Hope to see you there!

Moveable Feast 36" x 60" oil on canvas

Strawberry 4" x 4" oil on board

Hanging Out 10 " x 10" oil on board

Strawberries 4" x 4" oil on board

Things Are Heating Up 8" x 10"  oil on board

Three's A Crowd 12" x 12" oil on board

Stewed Two 48" x 60" oil on canvas

Blueberry Juice 48" x 48" oil on canvas

old computer..new work!

Sorry for the lapse in posts.. my old computer decided it would no longer let me access my blog.  It was only 10 years old or so... I had to break down and get a new computer, and there is a bit of a learning curve for someone not terribly  into technology and who would rather paint than type.  But, on a good not, I can now update my blog!

I have been trying to loosen up a bit with the paint and have been enjoying it.  I have two paintings that I recently completed and I see progress!!  One is another Mason jar of shells, and the other is a night scene of a gas station I took a picture of the other morning on the way to the airport.  It's kind of hard to see in the photo, but I really like the way this one turned out.  I'll try to re-shoot it one of these days and see if I can get a better photo.

Beach Memories 36" x 48"

The Station 36" x 60"

To Charleston!

These are some paintings I am planning to take to The Wells Gallery Charleston next week.  Roman Window' is my first painting from our trip to Rome earlier this month.  :)  Have a great weekend!



Steaming Up!
60" x 36"




Roman Window

36" x 48"

  

Sillside
48" x 36"



Keli's Marbles

Just wanted to give credit where credit is due!  I usually take all my own reference photos, but Keli Tolley had taken a photo of a Ball jar with marbles in it at the show at The Wells Gallery in Charleston, SC and I loved it!  She was kind enough to grant me permission to use it as reference for this painting!  Thanks Keli!!

Keli's Marbles oil on canvas 24" x 48"

Ball Mason jar paintings, 'Bound' and 'Cocoon'

I have painted a couple more pieces from my new series.  I really love the challenge of trying to capture all the overlapping transparencies while trying to simplify what I can so as not to over paint it.
The rest of the week will be spent working on a commissioned painting of marbles.

Bound
24" x 48" 

Cocoon
48" x 60"

"The Gangs all Here" and "Three of Us" ready to be shipped to Charleston, SC!





I finished my two Mason jar paintings and readied them to be shipped to the Wells Gallery in Charleston, SC last week. And now this week I'm back in the studio working on a large Lifesaver painting!  I will post pics soon!



 

The Gangs All Here
36" x 48"

Three of Us
48" x 36"





 

 



"Preserving Memories" oil painting

This painting is a commission from a woman who had seen my work and it reminded her of her mother canning every fall when she was young and she now cans her own salsa every year. I too have fond memories of my parents canning a lot of the produce from our farm. As a kid you have no concept of how much work goes into every jar, but as an adult I am so grateful to have been raised by parents who cared enough to work that hard to keep us all eating home grown produce all year. I was excited to get started on this painting and am very pleased with the outcome!


I titled it, "Preserving Memories"


48" x 60"

Up Front and Slightly Off Center painting

I promised my friend, Vicki, that I would post this painting I had been working on. I titled it, "Up Front and Slightly Off-Center". I'm still not sure it's done. I will have to live with it for a while. I'm quite intrigued by things that are out of focus.. my husband thinks I'm crazy... and it's probably from never wearing the glasses I finally succumbed to getting this year... but they have such a softness and are far more difficult to paint than I could have imagined.. and yet... I'm very anxious to paint more!


36" x 48"