Sunday, June 3, 2012

Peaches and Pears


Painted this for Daily Paint Work's "Stripes" challenge.
(after the style of the early impressionists,
especially Matisse and Cezanne).

8" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Spotted Teapot


Painted for DPW's "Polka Dot" challenge.
A brightly colored painting (after Josephine Trotter) 
sets a blue spotted teapot and lively pears 
on waves of tablecloth against vivid blue wall.

In following her style, I particularly liked her use of 
primary colors and her compositional movement.


6" x 8" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Spring Storm in the Tetons


Painted this from a photo I took while in Western Wyoming,
one of my favorite places. The Tetons Rockies are amazing in spring.
But beautiful and majestic in all seasons.

6" x 8" palette knife acrylic on canvas panel


$50.

Monday, May 28, 2012

In the Afternoon Shade


Painted for DPW's "Polka Dot" challenge 
(after John Singer Sargent).

6" x 8" acrylic (used like watercolors) on canvas panel

$50.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Blue Butterfly



Don't know the names of either the pale green flowers or the butterfly,
but I really liked both so I put them in a painting.
The butterfly has bluish, semi-transparent wings,
with black outlining which gives them a stained glass window look.

6" x 8" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.


Decided to paint the butterfly in a smaller painting and
submit to DPW "Seeing Double" challenge.

4" x 4" acrylic on linen paper

$35.

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Yellow Azaleas and the Old Wash House



Painted for DPW's "Yellow" challenge. I actually saw his scene
on a drive in the beautiful Oregon countryside.
A ramshackle old wash house with a very overgrown garden
with Azalea bushes growing over the roof.
Wet clothes hanging on the clothes lines.

8"x10" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

One With Water and Air





Painted this for Dana Marie's Rendition Me This challenge "Canard".
We are to paint a 'rip-off' of the challenge painting,
similar but with our own spin on it.
I wanted to bring out the metaphysical environment
of this duck's life through the water, air and colors.

5"x7" acrylic on canvas panel

SOLD

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Geese in Flight




Besides mountains and valleys, high desert and coastlands,
another beautiful natural resource in Oregon is the 
bird sanctuaries. 
This was painted from a photo of the Klamath wetlands bird sanctuary,
which is host to many species of birds, who flock there in great numbers.

8"x10" acrylic on canvas panel

SOLD

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

A Summer Garden



A purple finch sits amid the lovely blues and purples
of the Wisteria, and the bright red roses,
of the garden filled with summer blooms.

10"x8" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.
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