"Nutcracker"

Oh how much fun I had painting this crazy guy! Some of these colors are straight from the tube without mixing in anything at all. This painting is available for sale from my website or from my etsy store. It will also be shown at the Artini Festival here in Fayetteville on Thursday night and Friday night. If you live here, I hope you can make it because it sounds like it will be a blast! Art show and Martini competition by local bartenders.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and is enjoying the holiday season!

Sock Monkey

Raise your hand if you had, and loved a sock monkey! I did! My grandmother made each of her grandchildren one and I loved mine until it fell apart. I've wanted to paint this for a very long time and finally did it. The original sold immediately after I posted it so I guess I'm not the only one with a soft spot for the monkey. This is available as a 5"x7" giclee print on canvas. Click here to order from my etsy store

Eggplant and Apples

I sure wish eggplant tasted as good as it looks! I really can't like eggplants but I've wanted to paint one for a long time. So, I went down to the Fayetteville Farmer's Market and bought the eggplant and flowers and got right to it. I'm really happy with this painting. I think the colors go together well and I will definitely paint eggplants again. This painting is 12"x 6". Click here to buy or visit my website.

The Art Biz'

I recently had the opportunity to communicate through email with Moshe Mikanovsky, a great artist and someone who enjoys learning and teaching the business of art through his blog. I highly recommend you check it out if your an artist who struggles with the technology aspect of the business. If you're like me you want to be in the studio painting, not trying to figure out how to add gadgets or learning SEO or social media. He can help and he's really, really nice too:)

"Emma"

This is my most recent painting and one of my most favorite of all that I've painted. It's of my daughter who just turned 17 on May 26. I love this pose. It's a very important and pivotal time in a child's life. They are on the threshold of adulthood. So many decisions and opportunities ahead of them. Life starts moving pretty fast from this time on. I remember being scared and uncertain at this age. I pray she goes forward with confidence and finds her passion and a way to make a living doing what she loves as I have with painting.

This painting was juried into the 17th annual artists of Northwest Arkansas exhibit

"Lilies"

9x12 oil on panel Available. Click here to visit my website or to buy.

Green Beans and Blue Jar

I was commissioned to do this painting that would be given to a person who loved canning vegetables. Because I paint from life and because it's winter here, I had trouble finding some of the things I was told this lady enjoyed canning. I finally found some beautiful string beans and though this wasn't my first choice, I think it turned out nicely. This can be purchased as a giclee or fine art paper print. Send me an email for prices and information.