Colorado Creek

"Colorado Creek"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel

I saw the glisten of water from a distance and pulled over to photograph it. It turned out to be a small creek but had some charming curves to her banks, foreground weeds and a steep hill of pines on one side. The hazy hill in the distance probably didn't even have a name, but it captured my attention, nonetheless.

I love to paint water in a landscape. It's seldom the same from one painting to the next in hue, value or texture.  Like sky it changes with the day.

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Zinnia Zing

"Zinnia Zing"
16" x 20"
Oil on stretched canvas

She was still unfurling when I happened on her in the garden that morning.  She probably turned into quite the beauty by the end of the day, but I had already left her zip code by then. 


I used my sponges on the petals of this zinnia to glaze a variety of colors over the initial application of lemon yellow.  I hope to find more multicolored blooms like her this summer to sustain me through winter.

I love that you visit my art when you get a chance.  It means a lot to me to know you're out there.
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Joyful Garden

"Joyful Garden"
8" x 10"
Oil on canvas panel

The afternoon light dusted the tips and tops of summer's finery in the Walled Garden. It was one of those days when the flowers looked more beautiful than ever, they looked positively joyful.  


This was a fun piece to paint. It gave me great joy to do it.


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Repose

"Repose"
12" x 24"
Oil on wrapped canvas

Her lacy knit top probably covered her adequately several months prior, but not at the time she sat for me.  This pose was not my favorite of the ones I painted, but it was practice at something for which I've had no training. 

I enjoyed working on the Rosa paintings. They made me explore a difficult subject and gave me even more respect for people who paint the figure with exquisite sensitivity. 

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Heartbreaker

"Heartbreaker"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas

I'm mad about Steve Madden shoes. They fit my personality, my wardrobe and my foot.  I could stand and paint at my easel in them. In fact, I did tonight while I painted this.  They're heartbreakers alright!

I just couldn't resist. I had to paint this tonight!  I'll post one more Rosa painting tomorrow.

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Rosa

"Rosa"
16" x  20"
Oil on stretched canvas

Rosa liked color, so I posed her on a red blanket.  I draped the shawl we had used to swaddle her vessel so that her reason for being with me showed.  

This is not the painting Rosa chose for her portrait, but I enjoyed painting it, nonetheless.  It was my third attempt, EVER, at painting a person.

And on a sad note, my friend Chuck Simon passed away yesterday. Chuck was the recipient of the Superman logo I painted on April 5th.  He was indeed a super man.  He will be missed. 

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Imminent

"Eminent"
10" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel

Imminent, in deed!  Rosa showed up for her pregnancy-portrait sitting with little more than a shawl, so I swaddled her vessel, as she called it, and pulled the wings of the remaining fabric behind her.  This pose was one of my favorites, but she opted for a more colorful one.

Since Rosa's sitting I've wanted to paint this pose.  I tried a simple study to see how it might look, and I'm not disappointed.  I'll post a couple more Rosa paintings over the next few days, but one was already posted, so I put her in the first row on the front page of My Gallery.  Check out Rosa in my silk kimono.  

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