Color Palettes

The past couple of weeks I played around with some different color palettes and really tried to focus on the color harmonies as I painted.  

For Medicinal Purposes Only 30" x 40" oil on canvas

 And, yes, more dead birds. :)

You Call I Cry 8" x 10" oil on panel

You Fall I Die 8" x 10" oil on panel

 

Salon International 2013 at Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio

SO thrilled to have two pieces selected for the Salon International 2013 at the Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio, Tx!!  I will be sending off both "Locked" and "Sleep Well Sweet Song" early next month for the show opening April 13, 2013. 

Locked 9" x 12" oil on panel

Sleep Well Sweet Song 11" x 14" oil on panel

Have a great weekend!

 

Expired birds..

Last week I found this poor dead bird in the driveway.  We live out in the country and there are tons of these swallows that live in  the neighbors barn during the summer.  They are beautiful to watch and keep the mosquito population in check.  This one must have gotten caught by a car coming down the drive.  I love its colors and shape.  My dear friend Vicky thinks I need to be medicated for painting dead things.  It's not like I kept it or anything.. my husband wouldn't let me.  :)  But I took a ton of reference photos, and not to further scare Vicky, but I loved painting it and am going to do so again.  Soon.

Funeral For A Friend 16" x 20" oil on board

Death at the Doorstep 9" x 12" oil on board