"Sunflowers"

This is a painting I started a few weeks ago and I didn't like it/wasn't having fun with it so it sat in my studio screaming "failure" at me every time I looked at it. Since I'm participating in that show in Nov. I need all the paintings I can come up with so I decided I needed to finish this one today. I dreaded it but pushed through. So guess what, I love it now! I'm so glad I made myself complete it. The colors are brighter and more vibrant in person. I wonder if I will ever figure out how to photograph my artwork and use photoshop.

"Lime Wedges" 30"x40" oil

I just finished this today. It will go to the same client who bought the lemons. I thouroughly enjoyed painting them. Actually, I've enjoyed painting anything on a very large scale these days.

Wine tasting/art show

Last night I had the priviledge to set up some of my artwork at Ella's restaurant in the historic Carnall Hall here in Fayetteville. You can read about it here http://ellasrestaurant.com/ The third monday of every month they hold a wine tasting club and they feature a different artist. I was the artist last night. I made some great contacts and also learned a lot about Spanish wines in the process.

Golden Delicious

This is a 5"x7" oil on canvas. I will be showing my art at a boutique show in November and I want to have many small paintings for those who don't want to spend a lot. The funny thing is, it took me as long or maybe longer to do this painting than it does to paint one twice it's size. I haven't figured that one out yet.

Pumpkin Trio

On my latest trip to the grocery store to pick up subjects to paint, I found a huge box full of these little pumpkins just as you walk into the front door. I couldn't wait to get home and get started. Here in Fayetteville, it's started to feel like fall a little earlier than usual so it seemed fitting to paint these and they were so much fun I think I'll paint something else with pumpkins.

Lemon Slices

This is a large commissioned painting for a client and, now, friend who I've been painting for for many years. The size is 30"x40".

Barns and Pears

It's been so long since I've posted anything. Wow! School's out and I'm busier than ever with kids going every which way and me trying to paint in between. I have had several commissioned jobs and for that I'm very thankful. I've actually been busier the past few months than I've ever been. I hope that means I'll be even busier once the economy improves. For now I have two paintings to post. One is a 24"x30" commission of a barn. The client grew up with this barn and now it will be torn down. He wanted a painting to remember it by. This one was very difficult because the photo the client gave me wasn't a good reference photo. I decided to make the trip out to the barn about an hour away and take my own photos. I got several good ones but we had just had a terrible ice storm that took down many of the trees. I had to use my imagination for a lot of this painting which I never like to do. The other painting that I'm posting is just a still life of a pear. I love the simplicity. I want to do a very large painting of this soon.