Crawfish Painting Season Continues- April Challenge Day 14
Crawfish 3, 8×10, oil on gessoboard $112 Buy Now Mid-month crisis? The more I paint, the more I realize how much I want to paint. Every day during Ezra’s nap time isn’t quite enough. And just when business starts rolling in (six commissions in the works!) the business of life starts rolling in full […]
Advice, Reflections– Pelican Painting April Challenge Day 13
Reflection, 6×6, oil on canvas SOLD I’ve been painting a lot so I’ve been thinking about painting a lot. Worried that I paint too many pelicans. Worried I’m not contributing anything important to the world. Worried. When I was teaching creative writing to high school seniors, I made them read Kelly Cherry’s poem “Advice to […]
Bird Painting, Watching– April Challenge Day 12
Blue Heron, 6×6, oil on gessoboard $75 SOLD Day 12. Started this one a couple days ago. Most of my pelicans are flying, but I usually see egrets and herons still and watchful, which is probably appropriate because April can be the cruelest month. I’m about to take my paintings outdoors– Mandeville is stunning […]
Branching Out, Egret Painting
Purple Egret, 6×6, oil on gessoboard $75 SOLD I kept thinking of titling this post “no egrets” but even I (the self-proclaimed queen of puns) realize that’s pushing it a little. Also a little weird considering the subject of this painting is, in fact, an egret. That’s what people who aren’t pun queens don’t understand– […]
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 […]