Local Strawberries Ready

Local Strawberries Ready

So long, limes-HELLO strawberries..
The pick your own strawberry farms are now open here.
Bill and I are going very early next week to pick.
The first year we were married, we entered our strawberry jam
in The N.C. State Fair and won a blue ribbon.
We are planning to do that again this year and see if we can win again.
You never know...

6x6 in. oil painting

Who You Callin' Chicken?!!

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Who You Callin' Chicken?!!

That just flaps my wattles.

"Actually, in reality, I am Super Chicken." (81k)
(click to listen)


Okay, I'll admit I had fun with this one.


6x6 in. oil painting
on gesso board
$99 framed

Making Salsa

Making Salsa!
We've got the lime juice, got the orange juice, but where
is the mango? We can't make the mango salsa to go on
the fish with no mango.
6x6 in. oil painting on gesso board

   

"Slide"

I saw one of these on Kelley MacDonald's blog, which I love, and it gave instructions but now I can't get it onto the side of my blog-just as a post.  If anyone can help me, I'd love to hear from you!  Thanks

Lovin' Limes

Cut-Ups

This has been a very productive painting day.

Finished a large painting and did three small ones.

Forgot to put the highlights on this shiny bowl but did not realize it 

till now.

6x6 in. oil on gesso board

Three Of A Kind

Three Of A Kind

I don't care if you are bigger-three of a kind beats

two pear!

6x6 in. oil painting

on gessoboard panel

Floating Flowers

Floating Camellias

I'm including the photo of the flowers in one of my grandmother's

"ribbon" glass bowls-the bowl is very old and made from pale pink glass.

I threaded some ribbon through the outside edge and found this to be a rather difficult

set-up to capture even though I was painting from life, not from the photo.

The glass, reflections, water, and shadows were all challenging so I look forward to trying

this again sometime. I welcome any suggestions.  I think the values are not quite right.

5x7 in. oil on museum quality panel

Curve Ahead

Curve Ahead

This is a landscape painted from one

of Carol Marine's photos she took in Germany.

I will be sending it to the Daily Paintworks Challenge.

It is so interesting to see the different interpretations of the two landscapes 

that are posted for the challenge.

6x6 in. oil painting on museum

quality panel.

Watch Out

Watch Out

Better hide, she's talking about making

an apple cobbler. There's whipped

cream in the fridge.

6x6 in. oil on

museum panel

Dogwood Blossoms in Chinese Red

Chinese Red Vase

With Dogwood Blossoms

Last night we went to the opening of an exhibition

of pottery by Ben Owen III and paintings by William Mangum.

It was wonderful -so go if you get the chance during April.

It's at the Campbell House Galleries.

My husband requested I paint Dogwoods today so I 

obliged by putting them in one of Ben's lovely Chinese Red Egg Vases

which was a gift to my husband several years ago.

8x10 in. oil