Kitty Was In The Field

Kitty Was in the Field

5" x 5"

acrylic on canvas
sold

No. 16:  30 in 30 Challenge

Persephone

Persephone

5" x 5"

acrylic

No. 15: 30 in 30 Challenge

Fox Tales II

Fox Tales II

8" x 8"

acrylic on panel
Sold

No. 14: 30 in 30 Challenge

White Stag

White Stag

14" x 14"

acrylic

No. 13: 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Window Seat

Window Seat

8" x 8"

acrylic on cradled panel

No. 12: 30 in 30 Challenge

Night Angler II

Night Angler II

7" x 7"

acrylic

No. 11: 30 in 30 Challenge

Night Angler

Night Angler

8" x 8"

acrylic on panel

No. 10:  30 in 30 Challenge

Heiwa (Peace)

Heiwa

(peace)

2" x 7"

acrylic

No. 9:  30 in 30 Challenge

Carnival

Carnival

30" x 40"

acrylic on canvas

Day 8: 30 in 30 Challenge

Place and Time

Place and Time

11-1/2" x 11-1/2"

acrylic

Day 7: 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Signs of Life

Signs of Life

14" x 14"

acrylic

Day 6: Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 Challenge

Soul's Journey

Soul's Journey

6-3/4" x 6-1/2"

acrylic

Day 5: 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Night Studio

Night Studio

14" x 18"

mixed media oil

Day 4: Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 Challenge.   This is a canvas that I had started last year, and have reworked for the challenge. Am enjoying experimenting with texture and color.

Tree of Life

Tree of Life

6" x 7"

abstract, oil

Day 3: 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

20" x 20"

acrylic

Day 2: 30 paintings in 30 days challenge 

I've been obsessed lately with the energy, the force, and the intense beauty of the animal kingdom. In our profound connection to the animal world lies our capacity to find both great love and immense danger.  

Fox Tales

Fox Tales
6" x 6"
Mixed Media

I've joined Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Day One. My intent is to work out some new ideas in small sketch form, and to take larger pieces that I've been working on over the course of a year, and finish them in a day. This is a departure from my normal work. I thought the speed of the challenge would prompt me to pursue some concepts without continuing to mull over them for - oh, well months ;)

Happy New Year!

Window Seat

watercolor

9" x 12"

Gosh, almost a year since I've posted. Thought I'd restart with a painting I had done of one of the wild cats my mother had rescued many years ago. This was Loveye. The first one rescued, and the last of mom's cats to pass away. She liked to sit in the South window tucked between a keepsake box and a childhood photo of my stepfather. She was devoted to mom, and survived through the advanced stages of mom's Alzheimer's. Which, in retrospect, spared Mom some grief when Loveye passed away. 

Solo Show at the Artist's Gallery, Frederick, MD

Please stop in if you're in the area! 

Thank you.

Garden Party

Garden Party

10" x 10"

acrylic on panel
sold

It's be fun joining Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. My goal for the challenge wasn't to  paint one painting start to finish in a day. I usually have 10 to 20 paintings in various stages of development in the studio. Some take days, some weeks, some months to resolve. I layer on paint, scrape out, start over, and sometimes just watch them for a while before completing.  My goal for the challenge was to finish one per day, and that one may have been "cooking" for quite a while. Thanks to Leslie for hosting the challenge, and generously letting artists continue to post to her blog site. She also hosts a weekly radio show called "Artists Helping Artists." Well worth the visit.

Thanks for stopping in. Happy Painting!

Swimming In Uncharted Waters

Swimming in Uncharted Waters

8" x 8"

acrylic on panel

No 29             30 in 30 Challenge