Deer Harbor

I recently enjoyed a little get away on Orcas Island, WA.  We stayed in a resort in Deer Harbor.  This painting was inspired by a late morning walk along the beach at low tide.  The fog bank was just burning off.  

Sold!

Thanks to Facebook and blogging, I sold (more truthfully, I bartered) this piece !!!!!!!!   (Please see my last image of Lilly Leaves!)

I guess there really is something to this blogging thing!

I think I've finished another painting in my "Garden" series.  This one was the most challenging for me to paint with the leaves so large, but fun.

Return to the studio!

I finally had a chance to paint again today (after a hiatus of travel and commitments)....it felt so good to be in my little studio again and start a fresh canvas.... yahoo!... I imagine other artists know of what I speak.  I felt grounded and centered....a coming home if you will.... its time to further my garden series as well as the abstract project that seems to have a will of it's own!
Here is one of 3 "Vessel" paintings to be shown at our Art Salon Holiday Sale and Party in November.

Tech impaired! Help

I'm busy trying to figure out how to link my blog to facebook. Any hints?

The past few weeks have been full with commitments that have taken me away from the studio. Yet, I've been continuing to push a few older paintings to completion. "Ode to Martha Stewart" is one such painting that I think is resolved.

My Muse Tricked Me, Again!

My stream of inspiration has been circling around for awhile, as if eddied, with no clear sense of direction. So I decided to revisit some old canvases and earlier work that I've been storing in the studio. As I went through the piles I began to see how some of the pieces could be reworked and or worked further. After a few hours in the studio (here and there hours) I started to feel the inspiration returning. I chuckled to myself as I realized my Muse had tricked me again. She'd been whispering in the back of my thoughts, "You really should revisit those old paintings." I'd been holding it as a "should" instead of an "I GET to do this"! Now I'm eager once again to dive into the work.