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Not usually a fan of still life, I have at last found some still life paintings that I genuinely love. Check out here and on her website, the work of Marion Dioguardi. Who knew cups could be so exciting? These are so wonderful; my hat is off to her!
Here are the four oil paintings I did in three days on the Stonington Beach. I had a great time doing them. The top two are smaller than the bottom two. The top one was done at dusk, the second was misty late afternoon, and the bottom two were done midday. The last one … Read more
I was glad for the opportunity to go sailing on a lovely day with my friend Paul, together with his wife and his mother-in-law, whom I had not yet met. (Blog readers have seen Paul’s art here as one of the featured artists on this blog.) He has a 24 foot sail boat, but … Read more
I’m in this charming New Pond Farm Art Show. You can see the whole invitation at the bottom, and if you are local, I encourage you to come see the show in person and buy something, as proceeds go fund New Pond Farm’s wonderful non-profit educational mission. My painting in the show is the … Read more
– I painted this for my older sister’s birthday which was yesterday. It is of a sunset over Eagle Lake in Acadia National Park, and was done in pastel. Last summer she visited Acadia for the first time, so between that fact and her love for the color blue, it seemed appropriate. We put it … Read more
While I was on the last leg of finishing the pastel painting above, I saw the remarkable light over my shoulder past Cherry Island. I quickly abandoned…
Here is the watercolor I did from the Schoodic Peninsula looking out over Winter Harbor. What a wonderful afternoon I spent painting it!
I started this last fall on my unheated side porch but its completion was interrupted by snow at the end of October.
I’ve let this blog post gestate a while before writing it today. I waited to find my peace about this first, but still it seems to me there are issues here that bear discussing. Several factors have converged to make me feel this way. First, I painfully listened to an award winning representational artist teach … Read more
Today I had the pleasure of painting outdoors on location with two other artists. (This is called Plein Air painting.) It was a very refreshing and invigorating experience. The pastel painting above was the first of the two, done under heavy cloud cover, which led to a hearty downpour. (My feet in my hiking books … Read more
This a landmark in the Palo Duro Canyon, near Amarillo Texas. I will be visiting there soon, and I painted this for my husband’s Uncle Harvey who is having a birthday party while we are there. Uncle Harvey is an artist at heart too (although an oil and gas man by profession) so I thought … Read more
I painted this on my birthday, listening to jazz, transported to a place I’ve been that was warmer, sitting on a comfortable rock, near a babbling brook.