Friday, March 29, 2013

Rainy Day Project!


How do you overcome the last of the winter blues when it's dark and ominous out?  
You paint!  We had downpour after downpour and gloomy weather, so I started looking through my inspiration file that houses all my reference photos I collect to get my creative juices flowing, and I found this bright, cheery scene of lovely spring daffodils.  

It didn't take much to decide this was a good subject on such a dreary day.  I will create my own sunshine!

Hope you enjoy.


"Ushering in Spring"
24"x12" oil painting on 1 1/2" profile canvas
$625

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Finally!


After a drawn out move, some travel mixed in and a lot of adjusting to a new town, I have gotten my studio space set up and finally put some time aside to paint yesterday.  I decided to "go big" and painted a 20"x30" floral painting.  Pretty ambitious for not having picked up a brush in over a month, but I loved the process, tried some different techniques and loved the result.  It brought me right into Spring and Summer on a cold rainy night here in Bend.

 I hope you enjoy it too!




"Wildflower Field"
20"x30" oil painting on 1 1/2" profile canvas
$750