White Spring Violets in Red Crystal

Oil on Canvas Panel 6"x4"

sold

With this post, I will be posting paintings already seen on a different Blog. I am facing a few new challenges and will probably not be painting much for at least a few weeks.

These will be some of my favorite canvases, ones that I have enjoyed living with over several months. I hope you will enjoy seeing them too.

And now, I know how to put "Buy Now" buttons so that if a picture comes up that calls to you, it will be easy to purchase it! Each will come gift wrapped (I truly feel that original paintings are a gift).

I love the gift given to me, to see and to draw and paint. I like to have the purchaser feel the joy of this gift by receiving it wrapped.

 

" City of Rocks from Circle Creek Overlook"

Oil on Canvas 24"x 48"

sold

Detail of Wild Flowers which grow in the City of Rocks Area, southern Cassia County, Idaho

Detail of Sagebrush and Pinion Pine

Patio

Oil on Canvas Panel 20"x 16"

sold

This seems to be a season of finishing projects for me.... It feels great. This one is only a few weeks, the next, "City of Rocks from Circle Creek Overlook", has been over a year!

Next will be my saw blade project and "Bennett Springs".

Abstract One

Oil on Canvas panel 11"x14"

When a dear niece was a three year old, she loved playing waitress and would write down our orders in child scribble with a distinctive pattern. Beginning in the upper left hand corner of the page she worked in bumps she felt looked like writing working to the right edge. Then she would come back to the left with the same words. She would make about three or four lines of that, then go around the outer edges of the paper. I was quite intrigued by the operation and the resulting drawing.

I began copying them. They were just right for working on hot summer days in my south facing studio. At that time (she is now a grandmother....), I worked with watercolor and produced a large series. I still have one of them hanging in my studio. I have long wondered if the idea could travel to oil paint.

"July"

Oil on Canvas Panel 11"x14"   

 

Iris and Poppies

Oil on Canvas Panel 20" x16"

Early summer joy to see these two colors together, light blue violet with brilliant red-orange!!

 

(as Work in progress...)

" Mexico City Temple"

Oil in Canvas Panel, Gallery Wrapped 16"x20" sold

Sometimes commissioned work is a special privilege, like this one. A dear nephew emailed to ask me to do this as a birthday present for his wife!