Crawfish painting 2– April Challenge Day 10
Crawfish painting 2, 6×6, oil on gessoboard, $75 SOLD Am I really one third of the way through my thirty in thirty? Ten paintings down, twenty to go. Honestly, it’s been far easier than I thought it would be. And I’m happy. Really happy. Not sure how else to say it. I go to bed […]
Crawfish Painting Season- April Challenge Day 9
Crawfish 1, oil on gessoboard, 6×6, $75 SOLD Haven’t painted crawfish in a while, and it’s that time of year again. They aren’t the most beautiful creatures in the world, but I think that’s why I like painting them– trying to capture a beauty not readily apparent. I recently received a commission to do a […]
Mother and Child Art– April Challenge Day 8
Mother and Child 3 8×8 oil on gessoboard $100 Click to purchase Since I’ve decided to renew my love affair with oil paints after a three year hiatus, I just had to revisit this image. The palette’s changed a lot too; not necessarily on purpose, but I felt drawn to cooler shades. This mother and child […]
Pelican Painting– Chin Up, April Challenge Day 7
Chin Up, oil on gesso board, $75 click to purchase If You’re #blessed, What Am I? Grief in the Age of Social Media I started my pelican paintings when my world started to crumble around me. I’d had an ectopic pregnancy that I discovered in a scary emergency room experience. No heartbeat. Fallopian tube. A […]
Mother and Child Art, April Challenge Day 6
Mother and Child 2, 8×10 oil on canvas $112 click to purchase I’ve been focused on mother and child art for a while now. I go back and forth between the abstracted faces and the more natural ones. For Lent I decided to set aside some time each day to reflect on the scripture readings of […]
Madonna, Mother and Child Art– April Challenge Day 5
Blue Madonna, Mother and Child 12×24 acrylic on canvas $225 SOLD This Madonna emerged after layers and layers of lines and textures– I set out not to create a work of art but to pray. It started as a horizontal painting, the lines across it vertical, full of tension and confusion. When the image of mother […]
Fly Away 3- Another Pelican Painting- April Challenge Day 4
Fly Away 3 6×6 acrylic on canvas $75 SOLD I’m tired. I’m teaching painting classes and trying desperately to work on my own art. I’m taking care of my son full time. It’s only day 4 of my 30 in 30 challenge for the month of April, and I’m struggling. Cutting it close. My pelicans […]
Fly Away 2, Pelican painting- April Challenge Day 3
Fly Away Pelican 2 6×6 oil on canvas $75 SOLD Okay. Another pelican painting. Expect a lot of them this month. I rode the causeway early yesterday morning and was greeted by six pelicans flying in the opposite direction. This is rare. I never see more than two flying together and even a couple is odd. […]
Mother Child Art- April Challenge Day 2
Mother and Child 1 $75 Click to Purchase I’ve been working on a series of “little madonnas”. Some are based on real faces in which I reference photographs. Others are abstracted, created in my imagination, and, I’d like to think, expressive and raw (will be posting these soon). This one is based on a couple different […]