Old Car In Florida

Old Car In Florida

This is the very first of the Daily Paintworks Challenges and I finally

got around to doing it today. This one came before I started doing the challenges.

 Carol Marine took the photo and

put it up for all of us hardworking painters to take a crack at it.

Thanks, Carol.  It was tough but fun.

6 x 6 in. oil painting

Bugs Bunny Treat

Bugs Bunny Treat

Carrots have more sugar in them than any vegetable except beets.

This could be why Bugs loves them so much. 

I chose carrots to paint because the blue rubber band around them is such 

a fine "compliment" next to the orange.

6 x 6 in. oil painting

Upside Down Stack

Upside Down Stack

Bright colors for a bright and wonderful day!

Happy Mother's Day!

6x6 in. oil on panel

Up-Beet Spring

Up-beet Spring

There is, in my estimation, only one time of the year better than Spring(and that would

be summer).  Where I live, it gets too hot to enjoy gardening after about June. So you

keep everything watered and just have to hope that all the work you did in the garden keeps it 

producing veggies almost til the first frost. Which of course gives you more time to 

enjoy summer by heading off to the beach every week-end. Just pulled these beets up

this morning and looking forward to having them for dinner!

6 x 6 in. oil on panel

Monastery Chicken

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Monastery Chicken

An added bonus on a visit to a Buddhist Monastery in Bhutan was this lively and entertaining
chicken.   This colorful creature was a favorite of the young monks.

6x 6 in. oil painting on museum quality panel

Today's Magnolia

Today's Magnolia

Driving home from dinner in Raleigh last night, I jokingly told my husband that

I ought to go ahead and pick a magnolia now so I can get an early start painting in the 

morning.  Next thing I knew he pulled over beside a huge magnolia tree and asked me if I needed the flashlight.  I should know by now not to say anything like that unless I mean it.

I did get a large flower that was fully opened up and had fun painting it first thing this morning!

6 x 6 in. oil on museum quality panel

Southern Magnolia

Southern Magnolia

Rainy morning turned sunny early so I did get to go out and pick some magnolias.

This is the one I chose to paint and I achieved exactly what I was aiming for by

doing a very quick study and focusing on the shapes and contrasting light and dark areas.

I did not allow myself to think "magnolia" because I aimed to paint what I saw

and not what I expected the flower to be.

Tomorrow I will do another variation of this.

6 x 6 in. oil on museum quality panel

Tulip Tree Flowers

Tulip Tree Flowers

Bill and I were walking the trail around the reservoir yesterday

and lots of these beautiful flowers had fallen from the Tulip Poplars. I brought a few

home so I could paint them.  Their fragrance is very sweet, a little like a magnolia, and come

to find out-the tree is not really a poplar at all.  It's a member of the magnolia family.

They attract all kinds of birds, and the squirrels like them too. Hummingbirds also love the nectar from these flowers.  I'm just glad they were on the ground--I woulda hated to ask Bill to climb

that 30 foot tree.

6 x6 in. oil painting

Feline Friend

Feline Friend

This is Bentley, a delightfully affectionate cat.

He is good-natured and maybe it's because he sleeps a lot.

6 x 6 in. oil

Family Resemblance

Family Resemblance

Can you tell which two are related?

The Granny Smith just doesn't fit in with the Galas,

who are discussing old times growing up in the same orchard.

They are small with very long stems. When I was a kid we used to twist the stem

while saying the alphabet and whatever letter you were on when it came out was

the first initial of your future husband.  It never did come out on the "B" so I guess

it wasn't a very accurate predictor!

6 x 6 in. oil on museum quality panel