Daisy Dukes

Daisy Dukes

9x12 oil on museum board

This was a pure joy to paint and I wanted to share it with you

so we can celebrate the arrival of spring together!

You're invited!

I also wanted to invite you to the big show at

Wenmohs Ranch the last two weekends in March.

This painting will be available along with five others of mine.

There will be a huge variety of styles from many local artists.

All day Saturday and Sunday

March 21/22 &28/29

click for directions here:

Kick your heels up and enjoy the fun!

Hope to see you there:)

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Flower Festival

Flower Festival  9x12 oil on board
sold

I did this plein air painting in France last spring when I took

a workshop with Ovanes Berberian,

a true master painter and student of

Sergei Bongart.

There were only four of us in the workshop

which was great!  Very unlike the large groups

he has in the states. It was wonderful to get so much

personal direction from a master's perspective.

The best thing about a workshop IMHO is

to be able to focus on painting and not worry about

anything else.

With so much going on about my house I really

relish these memories of the moody French

countryside and just painting, painting, painting!

Thank you for viewing my artwork, your

comments are encouraged and appreciated!

Morning Smiles

Morning Smiles 12 x 12 oil on museum board

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These colorful flowers brought a smile to my face

this morning.

They seemed to be dancing in the sunlight.

Happy, happy!

Blue Shutters

Blue Shutters 8x8 oil on museum board

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Some things just make me happy:

sunshine, bright colors and blue shutters:)

Wishing you some happy moments today.

Room With A View

Room With A View 8x8 oil on museum board

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This painting was done late in the afternoon sunlight.  

The room above had the most spectacular view of the

sunset across the rolling French countryside.

 

 

Climbing Roses

Climbing Roses 5 x 7  oil on museum board

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Roses climbing to the light on a rambling shed

striking a charming pose,

brightly colored laundry flapping in a soft breeze,

warm sunshine hugging my shoulders as I'm painting,

this is where smiles are born:)

 

 

Red Geraniums

Red Geraniums  6x6  oil on museum board

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I loved painting outdoors in this beautiful French courtyard,

filled with wonderful flowers

warm memories,

and occasionally some sunshine:)

 

 

50 Scarfs and 150 Pounds

Le Vieux Couvent, Frayssinet, France

What do 50 scarfs and 150 pounds have in common?

The BEST workshop ever!

That's right, we were the ultimate consumers in every since

of the word.  I might actually be underestimating that

we gained 150 lbs.collectively, the number could be higher,

and we all did out best to keep the local economy going too.

Dreama managed to keep us all somewhat on track

with lots of demos and chocolate tastings.

If you get a chance to do a workshop with Dreama or

visit this charming French B & B- 

go for it!

I'm home again and sorting through my suitcases-

Postcard winners will be announced tomorrow!

Thanks for following along:)))))

A-pear-atif

 

A-pear-atif  6x6 oil on museum board

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I found these precious miniature pears in the

grocery and couldn't resist buying them

to paint.

They went really well with a glass of

white wine,  visually that is:)

 

Thanks so much for viewing my artwork

and taking the time to comment.

You complete me:)

 

 

Glass Gerber Daisy

 Glass Gerber Daisy

 

I love painting this checked cloth. When I started

this painting I had the checked cloth as the

entire background.  I loved

painting it but at the end of the day I stood back,

took a good look and decided it was way too much!

It also had the problem of having the white space in the

cloth right up against the white daisy, which always

causes me problems.

I scraped it down in the evening and this morning

added a blue cloth and limited the

crazy wild checked cloth.

I like the distortion of the cloth under in the glass vase.

Sigh of relief, I feel so much better now!

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Orange Rose Tea

Orange Rose Tea  6x6  oil on board

These little still life paintings are really about

patterns of light and dark which I

never seem to get tired of.

Painting them is like putting a color puzzle

together.  I choose the colors

according to my mood.

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Blooming Color Give Away

It's my birthday so I can do what I want to- isn't that

a song?  If not it should be.  I'm back from a great time

stateside in Austin, Texas visiting with friend and family just

in time to who I'm giving what to on my special day.

The winner of this fine art print- Blooming Color -is

Edward Mills!

Send me your mailing address Ed and I'll ship it out to you

framed and ready to hang in your home. 

This was so much fun I think I'll do it again soon.

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by clicking here and visiting my website.

Thanks! 

Blooming Color

Blooming Color 6" x 6" oil on board

This was done for the Daily Paintworks paint a rose challenge.

I was a bit of a late bloomer in getting it in on Saturday just before a

new challenge was started.  My first rose went into the compost pile

but I decided to give it another try. 

I find everyday ordinary things that no one really thinks of

as beautiful much less intimidating to paint than something as

exquisite as a rose, a flower that has

inspired poetry and love songs since man has been creating them.

To get over my hang up about it I decided to just have

fun with it and play with the

color and the brushstrokes.

I'm glad I didn't give up!

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