I have wanted to paint this tree for years - and this is the first time I've been in Defiance when it is in full bloom! Seizing the day, it was my first painting in town. I love having the opportunity to really study the colors and values in that tree. It's amazing how much the extra focus helps strengthen my skills. Come see this and all of my paintings at the Augusta Plein Air Art Festival Saturday April 29, noon to 5, on Walnut Street in Augusta. Painting number 3764 in 3764 days.
What fun it was to paint downtown Defiance! Come see this painting in person at the Augusta Plein Air Art Festival sale on Saturday from noon to 5:00! ❤️🎨
I am so honored to receive an Honorable Mention in the Premiere Artist's Paintout in the Augusta Plein Air Art Festival!! After reading the clock to get this morning's Walnut Street painting finished and turned in on time, I ran into the same thing with this painting! I am studying my subjects and honing my skills,, and I am taking more time with track painting. I'm producing less art, but that art is fine tuned! Thanks to judge Brian Haynes for the mention and to Mount Pleasant Winery for a wonderful Artist Dinner!! Painting number 3760 in 3760 days.
What a treat to paint along the water this afternoon, enjoying wine and the warm sun!! I think this is life as it should be! Painting number 3759 in 3759 days.
I love painting these last daffodils as much as the first! I wish spring would last all year! This has been an amazing year for them, and I now have only a couple late varieties left. I had more grandbaby time today with Quinn, Casper and Kirby, and Mike joined me, too. It's great to squeeze in a miniature before meeting more family for a TSA celebration dinner! Painting number 3754 in 3754 days.
After a fun day planting flowers with Gus, and playing outdoors with Michaela, Casper and Kirby, I find a little time to honor these beautiful blooms. My old-fashioned lilacs are blooming - and I just HAD to paint them before heading inside! Planted by my grandmother many years ago, I wonder if she ever dreamed I would one day be painting them each spring? I remember her picking the fragrant blooms and bringing them into the house, where the rooms filled with their sweet aroma. I was quite young, but I have such clear memories of the light on the blooms, and sticking my nose right into the flowers and inhaling deeply! I'm so happy to paint these and relive sweet memories of days gone by. Painting number 3753 in 3753 days.
It's SUPER fun to explore a new handmade paper from the pier at St Augustine Beach! Like every large body of water, the Atlantic Ocean is ever changing! Light, color, and value shift with the light, clouds and the angle of the sun. Rarely does the ocean painting match up to the seascape at painting's end. It is key not to chase the light, so I mark all passages quickly at the beginning, and keep true to that through the finish. I am focusing on the shifting waves, and how to describe that with watercolor here. In addition to pushing this new softer, thinner paper, to see what it can do, I'm figuring out all that motion in the masses. I have even used a scalpel to scratch into the waves, adding to the highlights and motion. The ocean tide is mesmerizing, and the more I study it - the more I understand it. All this beach time in the last months has strengthened my seascape game, and I can hardly wait for the next opportunity! Painting number 3750 in 3750 days.
Oh, how I love painting those first tulips of spring! Each fall, I find special varieties to add to my gardens, and with a name like Rembrandt - how could I resist? Each one is a different color, all striped as with a paintbrush! Spending long days in my flower beds, it feels good to relax for a quick paint of this little gem. I think I'll add sunrises and sunsets to my daily time spent outdoors, I sure did love that on Anastasia Island. What better way to start and finish the day? Painting number 3748 in 3748 days.
There is nothing like a rainy day for painting in a greenhouse! Chased inside by the lightning and thunder overhead, the heavy downpour was delightful as it hit the nursery roof. One by one, my artist friends left, and I was the last one on site as I finished this second painting. Mom and I chose some gorgeous, very wet, snapdragons to take home afterwards. I do love the floral beauty at Rosehill Gardens, and will certainly come back again! Painting number 3747 in 3747 days.
