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I have heard from so many of you with beautiful and heartfelt condolences, and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you. I have appreciated the love and support of each and every one of you. I am indeed blessed with marvelous family, friends, colleagues, and blog readers. You all are precious to me. … Read more
Here is my new oil painting titled Praise You Like I Should. It is 24″ x 36″ done on an archival panel, and it took a lot of time to do this fastidious, meticulous work. I am pleased with how it came out and the also am refreshed by its release from a rule-bound … Read more
I did this pastel last weekend. It is 11” x 14” and titled Summer Shade with Lyla. I took care of baby Lyla one morning a week last summer and this is where we hung out. I loved this view of New Pond Farm, so when I was invited to paint something for their up-coming … Read more
I love this painting of mine with its raw expression and vibrant intensity.
Pinajian has been discovered as a master of abstraction posthumously when his paintings were discovered piled high in a garage on Long Island. I find this very encouraging and exciting, just like the fact that Van Gogh sold only two works in his lifetime is as well. It makes me feel that someday my artwork … Read more
Over year ago on my birthday, my husband gave me an enormous canvas. I have finally finished it. Done in oil paint over an acrylic ground, it…
I started this last fall on my unheated side porch but its completion was interrupted by snow at the end of October.
My oil painting teacher was Brooks Anderson from northern California. Click here to see his photos of his amazing work! Among the things he most wanted to impart to us was the value of “underpainting.” He is always asked why his paintings are so luminous, and the answer is found in this underpainting process, as … Read more
This is the painting I started in my pastel class. It is the largest pastel I’ve ever done. It has been sitting on my mantel for over a month awaiting completion! I had a great time finishing it. This was done from a photo of mine taken on the Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park, … Read more
I really enjoyed painting this one in the sun on my front porch, while sitting in one of our white Adirondack chairs and smelling the newly mown grass. Below are photos of the same painting. Which orientation do you like best?
I read somewhere that effective abstract art should work from all directions. I had to move this around enough while working on it to get the arcs right that I have come to the conclusion that the rule holds true in this case at least. Look at the same painting rotated below; each has … Read more
It was the first real balmy day today, with sublime air, pungent with pine needles and the promise of spring. I painted on an oil painting on my front stoop, breathing in deeply the wonder of the day. That painting is far from finished; today I did layer two out of about twenty. (The first … Read more
I painted this today. I’ve had a day of contemplation — trusting God can sometimes be difficult full-time work. Often I work it out much better by painting. This is today’s solution, rendered. Enjoy.
