The Spooky Owl

This week's square painting was inspired by the coming holiday and my children. 

How they loooooove all things Halloween.

Baby Owl, 12x12 inches, Oil on Canvas

Maple Leaf

Maple Leaf, 12x12 inches, Oil on panel

My children and I went for a walk on Sunday evening. Wow! The trees are lit up around here!

My little ones helped me pick the perfect leaf to paint. 

The Black Widow

This beauty is about 5x7 inches, created with ink and watercolor.

I just loved how she turned out!

The First Apple

The First Apple
12x12
Oil on Canvas

One year ago, on October 1st, we moved to the cutest house in the world.

Among the many things we loved it had four mature and beautiful apple trees.

The trees looked like this in the spring

The apples are so beautiful and plentiful, I felt inspired to paint today's painting.

Maybe on our 2nd year anniversary, I'll paint 2 apples.

Barn

I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world!

Sketching

Sketching.

It is probably my most favorite part of starting a painting.

My paintings always begin with a sketch.

I absolutely love to draw.

The Morning Workout

"Currently I am studying swimmers and their graceful, often playful movements. I have discovered wonderful patterns of energy created with the interaction of light and color. I have just painted my way through a study of my little pink swimmers. I was so intrigued by the combination of childlike energy with the quiet grace of movement found so often in the water. I chose pink, as it seemed the perfect color to recall the playfullness of childhood.

 Additionally,  the shadows of these swimmers have caught my eye as there is so much life and energy in these simple and charming forms. I was interested to see how I could show the interaction of people and relationships in the simplicity of their shadows. The possibilities are exciting and endless."

My most recent swimmer is everything about water paintings that I love. Light, color, distortion, movement. It is on its way to Horne Fine Art for the show on September 20th.

The Morning Workout, Oil, 30x24 inches

The art show will be beautiful. There will be a couple new artist and their work is lovely. Of course Karen Horne and her mother Phyllis will be showing their latest and forever breathtaking work.

The Latest

This year has been great so far.

Some great little paintings have come off the easel.

 The titles are not necessarily permanent yet, but here they are.... 

Mother and Daughter

11x14, Oil

 Swimming in Pink

 9x12, Oil

Pink Silhouette

12x12, Oil

Testing the Water

28x22, Oil

Women Like These

I am so, so blessed to have amazing women in my life. 



8x10 inches, The Blessing Day, Oil



8x10 inches, The Beach in Autumn, Oil

Beautiful, Amazing, Inspiring Women

 

Priceless