Boldbrush Award

I am so pleased, honored and humbled to have been awarded the June Boldbrush award for my painting, Studio View, depicting the view I have of New Jersey out my studio window through marbles on my windowsill.

Please pardon my lapse in postings, but I have been busy learning about and exploring my new city as well as painting several commissions and new works!
More exciting news-I am now represented by Brandt-Roberts Galleries on High Street in Columbus, Ohio and my work will be part of a group show, Clear Reflections, at Mason Fine Arts in Atlanta GA opening July 31. 

Good things, great weekend!

I'm thrilled to report that my show with Carl Holzman, Mid Century Revival, at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art opened this past weekend.  Unfortunately I couldn't be two places at one time, and was thrilled to be in NYC for my daughters wedding.  I am so anxious to see the show later next month and hope you can get there too if you are in the area!
http://www.mariettacobbartmuseum.org/carl-holzman--sally-tharp-mid-century-revival.html

Happy new couple!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2015!  I've had a great start to the year! Thanks to the Shain Gallery for my first sale of the year, and thanks to Coca-Cola Corp. for not only including my work in the upcoming book on the 100th year of the bottle design, but for touring two of my paintings in a year long, 15 country tour along side the work of Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell and more!!  I am so thrilled to have my work included in this show!

I spent a lot of time last fall in NYC- watching football games, exploring museums and neighborhoods and spending time with my two favorite people in the world, my kids!  My plans to move there are shaping up and I am trying to sort and organize ( not my strong suit) things before the big move.  In going through my things as well as my parents household, I am struck by the things we as humans keep and the things to which we attach value.  I have started a series that reflects this.  here is one of the first paintings.

Trying to Keep It Together
oil on canvas
18" x 36"

Shain Gallery

I am so pleased to now be represented by the Shain Gallery in Charlotte, NC. 
PLease stop and say hello if you are in the area!

Pickle Juice Jars 48" x 48"

Three Ideals 48" x 60"

Shain Gallery
2823 Selwyn Avenue  Charlotte, NC  28209  
704.334.7744   
shainart@earthlink.net 
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10-5

Thank you for your patience..

The last 8 months have been filled with heartache, change and turmoil, and I am so grateful for your patience as I took time off to process all the emotions and loss and change that has happened.  I am now getting back in the studio and feel more like myself again.  I am loving painting and am thankful for commissions and upcoming shows that are keeping me busy!
Here are a few new works.

Just Add Sugar 30" x 72"

Bounty 48" x 72" (commission)

Lemon and Limes 36" x 60"

Happy Thanksgiving

Sorry for not posting a lot lately, but I did want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving with wishes for all a joyful and blessed day for each of you.  Here are a couple recent paintings...a mason jar painting and one from my NYC series..

Quick Seal 36" x 60" oil on  canvas

Shoe Shine 24" x 36"

Busy summer!

I apologize for the lack of posts these past couple of months.  I knew that June would be busy, but July proved to be just as crazy!  But it was all good!  June was full of college visits for our youngest who was offered several football scholarships, and chose to commit to Fordham University in NYC to play D1 football next fall!  We are so proud of his hard work and so excited for all the opportunities he will have there.  And... he will be close to his older sister, so we will get to visit BOTH kids when we go!  :)  July started off with a secret we had to keep for weeks until our older son proposed to his girlfriend on the lake Michigan beach with all of the family in attendance.  So thrilled for them and happy to have Ally as part of our family. Having said all that, I have been able to get a few paintings completed and started a new bag series which I am really enjoying.  Here are a few of my recent paintings...

It's In the Bag  11" x 14" oil on board

It's What's Inside.. 9" x 11" oil on board

Goody Bag  10" x 10"  oil on board

Kiss Me 8" x 10"  oil on board

Inner Glow 36" x 48" oil on canvas

It Was Beautiful 48" x 48"  oil on canvas

delivered work!

I delivered these new works to the Hammond Harkins Gallery in Bexley, OH this weekend!  Stop in to see them in person!

Sealed 48" x 60"

Big B 40" x 30"

Waiting For Spring 6" x 6"

Can't We All Just Get Along?  36" x 60"

Table Setting  20" x 30"

Making Lemonade 60" x 36"

A couple recent works..

I am very sorry for the lack of posts, but I have been getting ready for the show in the Foundation Gallery at The Mansfield Art Center that opens Jun 30.  I will post more soon, but for now, here are two recent works...

Sealed 48" x 60"

Peanuts 24" x 36" (sold)

Margaret Twitchell Swank Award for Painting

So pleased and honored to have won the Margaret Twitchell Swank Award for Painting with my painting of old dolls titled, "The Congregation", at the Mansfield Art Center's 68th annual May Show. Thank you MAC and juror Gordon Lee.

Facing Fifty

On Friday of this week, I turn 50 years old!.  I don't feel "50".. not even sure what that is supposed to feel like.  Most days I don't think about it, and when I do, I feel like the same awkward, outsider girl I was in high school and I certainly don't feel like a "grown up" even though I have lived this long and have raised children to adulthood.  So to record this milestone in my life, I painted a self portrait.  I wanted it to be a little naked and raw.  No makeup, no hair style, no jewelry, with the scars and wrinkles I've earned along the way.  Just me, reflecting on getting to this point in my life.

Facing Fifty oil on canvas 20" x 30"

Mooooving right along!

I have been working hard on glass paintings for the Contemporary Realism show in March, but Saturday I felt the need to break out a bit.  So I went through my thousands of reference photos and found this old girl asking for a portrait. I had the best time painting her!

How Now, Brown Cow oil on canvas 48" x 48"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And these two are paintings on which I'm working for the show...

On the Rocks oil on canvas 36" x 48"

Hang Ups  oil on canvas 36" x 60"

Have a great week!

one more doll painting... for now

I finished this painting at the end of last year and have to be done with my doll paintings for a month or two.  I have lots more that I am looking forward to painting, but I will be focusing on getting work done for the Contemporary Realism show at the Hammond Harkins Gallery, opening March 8, 2013!

The Congregation  oil on canvas 36" x 48"

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday and I wish you all the best in the coming year!

Staying busy!

I have been happily busy these last couple of weeks!  I finished and delivered three small ornament paintings and one tiny candy painting to the Hammond Harkins Gallery in Bexley, OH.

 I finished and shipped two commission pieces fro the Wells Gallery in Charleston, SC.

I finished a painting for a cookbook cover,

 and got a new treasure for my studio!!

End of Cherry season

A few weeks ago I was at the grocery and grabbed one of the last bags of cherries for the season to paint. I love the red cherries in the green jadite dishes and I love the challenge of painting things in the background out of focus!

Double Take  48"X 60" oil on canvas

New work!

The past couple of weeks I have been working on two paintings that couldn't be more different from one another.  One is glass, with bright colors and hard edges and the other is a flower with soft whites and soft edges.  I have really enjoyed going back and forth between them. 

A Rose By Any Other Name.. 36" x 48"  oil on canvas

While roses are not my favorite flower, I couldn't resist the challenge of the warm shadows and cooler highlights. 

Minding My B's and Q's 48" x 60" oil on canvas

The jars introduce my new flea market find!  The jar is a Quick Seal and I loved painting that big Q for a change!!

Both paintings will probably head south with me in October.

Another for the doll series

Another painting from the doll series. 

Prayer Chain oil on canvas 24" x 48"

And now back to painting glass and mason jars for a trip south in October!  I will be painting at Wells Gallery on Kiawah Island on October 25 at Art Uncorked.  Art and wine, doesn't get much better! :)

Current Work In Progress..

This week I will be finishing this painting, Peony in Pink. Then I have some great ideas for some smaller works!  Happy Tuesday!  (And a belated Happy Left Handed Day!)

Peony in Pink 48" x 60" oil on canvas

A few works in progress...

I have been working on a couple pieces at the same time this week.. something I don't normally do, but I have really been enjoying it and learning a lot.. which is what it is all about!
  We were at the beach for a family vacation last week and found this conk shell.  The first thing all the kids did was to put it to their ear.. Hence the name..

Sounds of Surf 60" x 48" oil on canvas

 And this is a painting that I started back when the peonies bloomed, but just now got back to it!

Inner Beauty 36" x 60" oil on canvas

 

 

 

Also this week, I was delighted and honored to find out that my painting, The Station, received the Hazen/Taft award at the Ohio Sate Fair professional exhibit!  It is a great and impressive exhibit and I would encourage anyone in the area or going to the fair to see it!

The Station 60" x 36" oil on canvas

Today I am headed to Mansfield Art Center to help with Art Explosion.  If you are in the area and looking for something to do, stop by!  I think it will be a great time!  Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Flea market finds.. and baby ducks!

We spent last Saturday morning at the flea market.. so fun!  this is a painting of one of my new treasures! 

Morning Marble 48" x 48"

I didn't get much else done this week because we were too busy watching the baby ducks hatch outside the studio window!

Kaleigh watching the ducklings hatch

One of nine!