Someone brought this bottle to my Open Studio.  I’m not so into wine as much as I love the colors of the bottle and how it looked on my wooden kitchen table with a little bouquet of roses and a small box of chocolates, red, red, red.  I seem to go in color cycles.   Happy [...]]]>

Someone brought this bottle to my Open Studio.  I’m not so into wine as much as I love the colors of the bottle and how it looked on my wooden kitchen table with a little bouquet of roses and a small box of chocolates, red, red, red.  I seem to go in color cycles.   Happy New Year!

The other one was so much fun I thought I’d give it [...]]]>

The other one was so much fun I thought I’d give it another shot.

Bought a poinsettia, my first ever, for the open house.  Fell in love with the red heating up the cold weather, short days. Don’t usually get to use this much [...]]]>

Bought a poinsettia, my first ever, for the open house.  Fell in love with the red heating up the cold weather, short days. Don’t usually get to use this much red.  Fun!

Here I am at the Santa Clarita Art Association meeting doing a demo of loose floral painting.  It was a lot of work to bring all my stuff out there.  I felt like I was about to Occupy Barnes and Nobles (the meeting location).  But the group was very appreciative.  Some even contacted me later to [...]]]>

Here I am at the Santa Clarita Art Association meeting doing a demo of loose floral painting.  It was a lot of work to bring all my stuff out there.  I felt like I was about to Occupy Barnes and Nobles (the meeting location).  But the group was very appreciative.  Some even contacted me later to say I had inspired them to paint again!

This has a festive feel to it that I [...]]]>

This has a festive feel to it that I didn’t plan.

Working on this piece based on the sketch at Pierce and a photo for the last couple weeks. I like the blue sky reflecting off the cow hides and the bright [...]]]>

Working on this piece based on the sketch at Pierce and a photo for the last couple weeks. I like the blue sky reflecting off the cow hides and the bright green grass.

Schlepped out to Pierce College to do some plein air painting so as to submit for the Rural Remnants of the San Fernando Valley show at Galleria Gitana. I set up and had been painting for about 20 minutes when a tractor pulled up and parked literally in front of the view I was painting. It [...]]]>

Schlepped out to Pierce College to do some plein air painting so as to submit for the Rural Remnants of the San Fernando Valley show at Galleria Gitana. I set up and had been painting for about 20 minutes when a tractor pulled up and parked literally in front of the view I was painting. It ran out of gas at that precise moment. Luckily, I’m flexible, and just moved my easel and started over.

Those are cows in the shade of the trees.

I worked this up from a photo a friend posted on Facebook after I asked permission.  I like the symmetry [...]]]>

I worked this up from a photo a friend posted on Facebook after I asked permission.  I like the symmetry of it.

A painting from imagination during a “Bliss Weekend” with Shiloh McCloud.  I don’t usually work this way.  Also it’s acrylic instead of oil and you can’t see it but there’s a lot of glitter on it.  What do [...]]]>

A painting from imagination during a “Bliss Weekend” with Shiloh McCloud.  I don’t usually work this way.  Also it’s acrylic instead of oil and you can’t see it but there’s a lot of glitter on it.  What do you think?

A larger painting that took most of September [...]]]>

A larger painting that took most of September to finish.