Archive for the ‘Interiors & Still Life’ Category

Vases Alive – original acrylic painting

Vases Alive – original acrylic painting

Another in a series of abstract, whimsical and fun florals. TITLE: Vases Alive SIZE/SUPPORT: approx. 8″ x 8″ on wood, with handmade 1-1/8″...

Wiggly Jiggly – original floral painting

Wiggly Jiggly – original floral painting

Two frolicking vases dance around so happy to be filled with colorful flowers! TITLE: Wiggly Jiggly SIZE/SUPPORT: 7″ x 7″ on gessoed Arches MEDIA: acrylic,...

CRAZY Recycled Clock

CRAZY Recycled Clock

This is a Christmas gift, so SHHHHH.  My brother in law is on my Web Design team and he calls his business “Upstairs Consulting” so I put...

 
Lively Floral Series

Lively Floral Series

A lively floral series that just zings with energy! TITLE: Lively Floral Series of 3 paintings SIZE & SUPPORT: 7″ x 7″ on gessoed 140 lb watercolor...

Lively Floral Series – 3/3 – an original painting

Lively Floral Series – 3/3 – an original painting

A lively floral series that just zings with energy! TITLE: Lively Flora Series – 3/3 SIZE & SUPPORT: 7″ x 7″ on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper,...

Lively Floral Series – 2/3 – an original painting

Lively Floral Series – 2/3 – an original painting

A lively floral series that just zings with energy! TITLE: Lively Flora Series – 2/3 SIZE & SUPPORT: 7″ x 7″ on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper,...

 
Still Life and Pears – an original painting

Still Life and Pears – an original painting

An entirely different palette….changes everything. Oh what warmth of that antique-y background. TITLE: Still Life with Pears SIZE & SUPPORT:...

Still Life in Blue – an original painting

Still Life in Blue – an original painting

I don’t do much still life, but this was from a photograph I took inside a most delightful German restaurant on the Finger Lakes this past October. TITLE:...

Floral Joy

Floral Joy

TITLE: Floral Joy SIZE & SUPPORT: approx. 8″h x 8″w on 1/8″ wood panel MATERIALS: Professional archival acrylic paints NOTES: Sides/edges...

 
Set The Table – Series 3/3

Set The Table – Series 3/3

TITLE: Set The Table – Series 3/3 SIZE & SUPPORT: approx. 6″h x 6″w on 1/8″ wood panel MATERIALS: Professional archival acrylic...

Set The Table – Series 2/3

Set The Table – Series 2/3

A fun little series…. TITLE: Set The Table – Series 1/3 SIZE & SUPPORT: approx. 8″h x 7 1/2″w on 1/8″ wood panel MATERIALS:...

Set The Table – Series 1/3

Set The Table – Series 1/3

A very fun little series…..in my mind’s eye I can see these painted HUGE and displayed at a chic restaurant. Ah, let me dream. TITLE: Set...

 
Two

Two

If you look closely you will see the collage pieces I glued on to this support….as a starter.  Turned into a richly textured floral. Enjoy! TITLE:...

Yupo experiment

Yupo experiment

Catalog Shopping First yupo experience, 9 x 12″, Watercolor and grease pencil PRICE:  $25

Pears on Crinkly Wood

Pears on Crinkly Wood

Crinkly Pears 8″ x 18″ wood panel This is big (for me)….crinkled up white tissue gessoed to 18″ x 8″ hardboard. Then...

 
A Leaf and a Vase – new techniques

A Leaf and a Vase – new techniques

Autumn Leaf pencil, watercolor, wet in wet technique Vase pencil on 130lb pentallic wc paper, watercolor laid in layers, then new pencil drawing, then...

Little painting…a floral

Little painting…a floral

FunSplashy Floral 4.5″ x 7″, 130lb Pentallic, Schmincke watercolors, india ink The floral was my impression of a tiny little table decoration...

Chair Study

Chair Study

Shaker Chair 6″ x 10″ on 130 lb pentallic, pencil, watercolor, ink Took this sweet little chair, put it out on the living room floor, and...

 
My nudes in bed

My nudes in bed

My Nudes in Bed 17″ x 11″ on 130# pentallic, kid’s set of gouache (leaves added for modesty) Just couldn’t leave the two of them...

Bought some gouache

Bought some gouache

Bought an inexpensive set of gouache yesterday…just had to see what all the fun was about. Here’s my first…a pretty bowl in the cupboard....

Going for the Simple…

Going for the Simple…

The watercolor at bottom was the first page in my new Fabriano journal – and i soon found out that this journal and watercolor don’t really...

 
Drawings from inside the house

Drawings from inside the house

Since i started using my Fabriano Artist’s Journal I have used my Lamy Safari pen over and over. Disappointed that this journal, though delightful...

More interiors…

More interiors…

I’ve decided that Homebody that I am…..interiors are v fun to draw and paint. More catalogs, and Home magazines that I don’t even subscribe...

New fountain pen practice

New fountain pen practice

New fountain pen practice, so excited…got the Lamy Safari pen so many of you rave about, and the Noodler’s Ink. But alas, I didn’t...

 
Me, a homebody…

Me, a homebody…

I’m a homebody, I admit it, though i envision myself getting outside and sketching landscapes and all that. But i’m so doggone busy, tied...