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.

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.

A Light Rain

Painted for Dana Marie's Rendition Me This
Lilies in the Light challenge.

8"x6" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

Berries in a Yellow-Green Bowl

Painted for Barb's Studio Atelier 'Abundance of Berries' challenge.

6"x8" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

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.

Roses in a Blue Vase

6"x6" acrylic on linen paper

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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

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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

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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.

The Turquoise Pool

I painted this for Dana Marie's Artistic Sentiments's challenge - Turquoise Dreams,

 from a photo she provided 

of a rich deep turquoise pool with a rocky background.

She asked that we add something to the painting.

I chose a white heron taking flight.

I also decided to paint mostly with a palette knife, 

for the texture achieved on the rocks and bird, and smoother on the water; 

with only a small amount of brush work.

I am thinking of painting this on a larger canvas.

5"x7" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

The Gardener

Painted for Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout in Gdansk, Poland.

I am not too happy with the way this painting photographed.

The flowers are really a little more yellow, than the gold shown here.

5"x7" acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

Goldfinch in Lilac Blossoms

The birds are back at our feeder beneath the lilac bush,

but the leaves are just beginning to show.

I painted this in anticipation of the lovely purple blossoms.

10"x8" acrylic on canvas panel

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