Category: Painting

  • New Paintings in Progress! Baby Turtles.

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      I seem to be enjoying the multiple painting thing.  Here’s what I managed so far today:       This is a bit of a challenge because I’m doing it in Acrylics.  I wanted to use a glass gel medium that I found a while back, and this will be the perfect opportunity!  I’ll…

  • Harlequin Seahorse

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    The first three paintings are finished and with the photographer now.  Here is the fourth, completely different, and very cute.  This is a rainbow seahorse, an endangered species, and I thought it was a great way to finish off the series.  I’ll post a picture when it’s finished.    

  • Seahorses on the Way

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    Currently, I am working on a triptych of seahorses. 

  • Dreaming of Home Complete!

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      This is my first painting from working under the tutelage of Rose Adare.  I have learned so much, and I have so far to go!  There is so much I love about this painting.  Papa goose looks toward Maui, as though he longs to go home.  Mama is keeping an eye on us, protective of…

  • Finish or Not?

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    The first caveat is, paintings are never done. Every painting I’ve “finished” could have used more work in my opinion.  A week, a month, or a year later, I’ll figure out how to fix something that was nagging me, or finally understand what bothered me about a painting, and I have to let it go. …

  • Dreaming of Home

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    As I work on paintings, they get working titles.  This gives me something to file them under besides “current painting”.  Sometimes the titles stick, and sometimes they don’t.  This painting is about a family of Nene with the father looking out to sea while the mother keeps an eye on the observer.  The babies mimic…

  • What do you get for the person that has everything?

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    I often run across this issue, and I understand it so much better now that I am in my 50s.  What do I want?  Youth, happiness, time to paint, and various art supplies.  Other than that, most of the things I want are things I can only give myself.  What do I do for others…

  • Happy Birthday to my Sister!

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    My sister is 5 years older than I am.  She bore the brunt of my machinations through middle school.  She bought a LOT of my clothes once she started working.  She has always been there for me when I needed her.  She more than anyone else has inherited little bits of me through the years. …

  • Glass Palettes

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    There is a lot of talk lately about using “neutral” palettes to mix paint, that somehow it helps you get your colors closer to what you want them to be.  Most of us start with a white palette to mix our paints on. I tried something different. Since I was looking for specific colors to…

  • The Three Kings

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    This year, I wanted to paint something new for a Christmas card, and this was the result.  Oil on canvas, 16 x 20, and already sold!  I will have prints available soon, and the Christmas card packs are popular at the farm stand.  This painting was spoken for before even before I varnished it.  I…