Invite for the "Refresh" show

I am really looking forward to the show and am thrilled to be showing with some amazing artists!  Hope you can join us next Friday if you are in the Atlanta area!!

Getting ready for a road trip!

We booked our final hotel and I think we are ready to go!  We are headed to Atlanta, to Mason Murer Fine Art to drop off work for "Refresh", the group show opening February 17.  Then we are driving up to Asheville, NC because we have heard so many great things about the area, then down to Charleston, to The Wells Gallery and to visit for a couple days, then back to Atlanta for the opening Friday night, then home on Saturday!  Phew!  It will be a lot of driving, but we are looking forward to seeing everyone down south!
A few of the paintings we will be bringing..

A's and B's
oil on canvas
36" x 60"

 

Blueberry Juice
oil on canvas
48" x 48"



Pickle Spears
oil on canvas
36" x 60"

Two More for the show..

Two more for the show at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta..


Tomato Juice 36" x 60"




At Odds 48" x 60"



Canned Heat

I have been painting quite a bit over the last few months in preparation for my upcoming show, Canned Heat,  Part of "Refresh", at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, GA.  Here are a few of the pieces I am working on!


A Pair of Pickled Peppers 36" x 60"




Pickle Juice 48" x 48"




Blueberries 36" x 60"



Commissions and the Canning Series!

I have been painting Mason and Ball canning jars mostly empty, and showing the transparency and distortions of the old glass so I was a little scared when a commission came in to paint one full of something-  I was asked to paint stewed tomatoes...   But that commission has led to me to think more about their original purpose of storing food through the winter.  So I have have been working on a series of the jars full of, or containing the things for which they were created!  It has been great fun to research all the things that people used to can.  I remember my parents putting up pickles and tomatoes every year but it seems that it is possible to can just about any fruit or veggie there is!  And over the next few months I will be working with these as my subject matter!  I will be debuting the series at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta in February!


Stewed Tomatoes
48" x 60"
oil on canvas