Lauren

Oil on Canvas

6 x 6"

$100

     Faces. Without doubt, my favorite thing to paint. I am currently choosing the black and white photographs of the actresses of the 1940's. The lighting is usually interesting, and the poses are a mixture of allure and innocence or pure sophistication. I prefer that to the broad, heavy-handed treatment of sex-appeal that is so often used these days.

Three Galas

Three Galas

Oil on Canvas

12 x 12"

$288

     Bill enjoys Galas and I enjoy Fujis. He says tomaytoes and I say tomahtoes. In any language, red apples, upside down or right side up, are wonderful to paint.

Doug

Doug

Oil on Canvas

6 x8"

$96

     The big gray squirrels drank at our birdbath all the time and I loved them. Then one day there was a new kid on the block, a douglas squirrel. Smaller, more color, and just adorable. He is a favorite now, but the birdbath did not survive the move, and our new location is a bit too low in elevation for the douglas. The grays are here though and I am glad about that.

Stella 2

Stella 2

Oil on Canvas

8 x 6"

$ 96

     Another of those blooms from my new garden.

Stella 1

Stella 1

Oil on Canvas

6 x 6"

$75

     We moved. From big house to little house. Have you ever done it? It is an amazing experience requiring more creativity than painting a picture. 

     One day I saw that a crummy, dead looking bush in the new yard had sprouted the most delicate blossoms--a stellata magnolia! It kept changing daily and showing forth more and more blossoms. I photographed it for days. It was wonderful--until the deer ate every last flower in one night.

     I still have the photos though. How good of my new place to give me this gift to start me up painting again after being away from the easel for so long during the move.