More!

Last month a small local newspaper printed an article about the Lakewood Arts Council Gallery and our current show.  Accompanying the article was a photo of the bird on the limb painting (shown in my  previous blog entry). The painting attracted the attention of Al and Linda who came to the gallery to see the painting.  Discovering that it was too small for their dining room wall, they asked me to paint another, larger piece in a similar style.  I visited their beautiful home to see what they had in mind.  What I made for them is a 30 x 24 acrylic and shown below. I called it 'Bird Talk'.  And I made some wonderful friends!  Thanks, Al and Linda!

I've been also printing my own greeting cards from the photos of my work, which my husband diligently corrects for color.  Now I wish that my friends and I wrote and mailed more notes!

Long Time Coming...

Wow!  so much time has gone by..I must be more diligent.  I have been busy with both painting and architecture...experimenting with different styles.  See these from the last few months. Each is an acrylic 12" x 12".  I'm loving the patterns and contrasting borders.  It's hard to tell here, but when the acrylic work is finished, I add linework with a silver gel pen.  Kinda like doodling!

Berries! and Cards...

18x24 acrylic

I've always liked berries...especially in a red and green color scheme...perhaps this one will become a Christmas card...speaking of cards, I will soon have lots of greeting cards at the LAC gallery, thanks to the technical help from my photographer and printer husband Scott...take a look!

Larger Work!

A few months ago I mentioned to my friend (and talented artist) Kathy Berl,s that I needed to paint larger...6x6's were not where I wanted to go...and she graciously offered me an extra canvas she had (32 x 42) and said she was anxious to see what I would do with it! (no pressure there!) Wow..that's a lot of blank canvas space..but I used a few reference photos from an April visit to South Carolina, when the azaleas were in full bloom and loaded with butterflies...here is the result!

Summer in full swing!

Time flies!  and I've been painting...my garden is in need of a good trim,- it is so overgrown...but is wonderful to paint..lots of new plants and ideas about plants for next year...some of my latest work is below...

These are 12x12 acrylics.I've decided that the 6x6's  are too small...these are from flowers seen at the annual LAC Garden tour...always fun to check out other gardens!

New Style...

 Most birds are quite graphic...I wanted to portray geese and crows in a "stained glass style" with each section of color separated by a border of the white canvas below...they were fun and may lead to more glass ideas!




"Dueling Crows" - 18x24 acrylic on canvas






"Hidden Geese" 16x20 acrylic on canvas

More 6x6's...Birds!

I have decided that I really like the 6x6 format...and birds!  Take a look...these are all acrylic on self-edged canvas...