Roses and Cup

Painted this today wet into wet paint in one setting.  8 x 6 inches oil on stretched canvas.  It is at auction DPW here

Golden Fields, Alderpoint

This was painted from Diana Anzini's porch.  8 x 16 oil on stretched canvas. I painted most of it plein air and finished up in the studio.  Available at DailyPaintWorks  here

"Oleanders"

8 x 16 inches on cradled canvas board.  I love Oleanders even though all parts are extremely poisonous.  These are at the end of my driveway away from most things and present such a pretty site against the background woods.  This is painted today plein air with palette knife in places.

"Little Girl."

I've had the little black and white reference photo of this little girl over 40 years.  I'm not sure who it is even, but the pose was so charming I've always thought it would make a good painting and finally got around to doing it.  6 x 4 inches oil on canvas panel.

Springtime, Benbow

6 x 8 inches oil on canvas panel.  I painted this today along with 5 other women painters who were doing the same.  It's totally plein air except for a few last touches in the trees back in the studio. It is currently at auction DPW here

Peach Roses in Round Clear Vase

20 x 20 oil on canvas.  Another floral for the show.  I Like painting flowers especially roses.  Their lines are so full of expression and of course the colors are soft and beautiful.  It's easy to go overboard and get too sweet so the stripes and deep cast shadows help with this.  Painting is such a balancing act and demands constant attention. sold

Red Roses with Apple

I've begun painting for the upcoming show at Piante Gallery in June.  Judy Evenson and I are sharing the gallery for the show.  I always like to get the big ones done first then glide along with the less intense (usually) smaller pieces.  This painting is 30 x 24 inches.  It's painted alla prima which is wet into wet paint.  When it dried in unfinished areas I had to repaint to maintain this approach.  Red is a color in a different category.....one can't mess with it by adding other colors to lighten or darken and if you do the beautiful redness is destroyed.  So these are reds right out of the tube and done with palette knife.  For a darker red I used cad red deep....for the lightest cad scarlet.  The rest of the items are studio props I use frequently.  I love shiny reflective surfaces.