Pears on a plate - daily painting

I love this one, it's not very often that I like a piece so much that I don't want to list it for sale. This one is going to stay with me for a while.

6x6, oil on stretched canvas - sold :(

I discovered something wonderful during yesterdays daily painting. Mixing up your own medium, two parts spirits + one part walnut oil = perfect painting bliss. I'm really excited to keep using it. I'm also really excited about the 5 new paintings that are still too wet to photograph, they'll be up soon.

Denver from City Park - daily painting

This one is part of my husband's Valentine's day gift, even though it's already in his office.

6x6 oil on deep stretched canvas, not for sale

The love pears - daily painting

Just in time for Valentine's day :)

6x6 oil on deep stretched canvas - Sold

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Sea life - aceo watercolors

Another little set of sea creatures, they make such interesting lines and shapes, it's impossible not have fun with them

SOLD

Eat your vegetables - daily painting

6x6 oil on stretched canvas -Sold

I liked yesterdays peppers so much that I decided to make a matching piece in a complementary color.

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The chili peppers - daily painting

oil on 6x6 stretched canvas - sold

Seven chili peppers on a striped kitchen towel. It's been a long time since I've painted on canvas!

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Pear and stripes - daily painting

This painting just makes me smile, I really like how it turned out.

oil on 6x6 gessobord panel - sold

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Finally!

I've finally gotten around to making paintings to cover up the awkward fireplace vent holes in our living room. It took me a while to think of something that I would be ok with looking at everyday. I decided on this little scene, that I painted on two 16x16 canvases that I had lying around. Here are my 6x6 versions which are on sale here

SOLD

Art Cards, Editions and Originals

This year Christmas meant that I got to spend a relaxing week in California, but it also meant that I'd be without my oils for a while. Which seemed like such a waste since I was going to have so much free time, and usually I'm fighting for a few hours a week set aside for painting. Luckily I have a travel watercolor set, which I purchased in Florence :), so I tried making a few of these little ACEO drawings. And even though watercolors aren't my favorite these were super fun to make.

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Favorite fruits

These are two of my favorite still life paintings, unfortunately both sold within an hour of me listing them, I kind of miss having them around.

oil on 6x6 inch wood panel - SOLD

oil on 6x6 inch wood panel - SOLD

December 2, 2009

I've been so distracted with my new etsy shop that I've completely forgotten to update my blog.
This whole etsy thing has gone a lot better than I expected. I've sold 9 paintings already and I haven't even been open for two weeks. There are a few new paintings that I'm excited to post, but I have to wait till they dry, fortunately I live in the driest climate ever and that happens pretty fast. For now here is one of my newer ones:

Oil on canvas panel, 8x8 inches

SOLD

November 15, 2009

The walls in our new house are still completely bare. So I was brainstorming about ways I could fill them. The thing is it's hard for me to have my own work up on the walls day after day, it makes me want to change things, or somehow make it better. So whatever I put up there is going to have to be something I really love. Today I completed a very small version of something I might want, I would change a few things, but I think this has potential.

SOLD

oil on canvas panel, 4x8

November 13, 2009

I love painting pears. They're always a different shape, they're usually a wonderful green color (at least the ones I pick are), and I think they have more personality than any other fruit. I think these two could have speech bubbles depicting their conversation.

6x6, oil on panel

SOLD

November 11, 2009

Today's painting was much more successful, in my opinion. It was my first attempt at painting on a masonite panel. It had a very different feel than canvas, but I loved it. I chose another photograph that I took at the Santa Barbara courthouse, since I really liked how the other one turned out.

oil on panel, 6x6

SOLD

November 8, 2009

oil on canvas panel, 5x7

SOLD

I'm going to try painting a few on hardboard. I think the texture of the canvas panel is really throwing off my groove. Maybe it will be amazing. Till tomorrow:

November 4, 2009

I thought I would try my hand at another night scene. It's not my favorite one, but I did learn a few things that will help me next time.

I'm working on a series of paintings now that will all be painted pretty quickly. I want the brushstrokes to be very loose, and I want the colors to be more vibrant than they would be in real life. I also want to chose subjects that have extreme dark and light areas. I've learned that these are usually things that drawn me to a particular painting. It's also a fun way to paint.

Oil on canvas panel, 6x6

Snow day

Last Thursday was a snow day, my first one ever. And I discovered that snow is much more fun when you get a day off work, and have unexpected time to pursue happier things.

oil on canvas panel, 6x6

SOLD

10-25-2009

I painted this from a photo I took at the Santa Barbara Courthouse, when Zach and I were there getting our marriage license. Mostly I just wanted to paint the sunlight on the bushes, it just looked fun to me.

oil on canvas, 6x6- sold

10-23-2009

Things have finally settled down after the wedding and moving to a new home. My new studio is all set up, and super cozy, the perfect place to paint.

oil on canvas, 5x7 - sold

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September 1, 2009

This painting might be my favorite, and it's not very often that I'm satisfied with one of my own works

oil on canvas panel, 6x6

SOLD