Here is the first of the sea life series drawn from my sister's love of the ocean, diving and her adventures down below.
"Hammerheads of Galapagos"
18"x18" oil painting on 1 1/2" profile canvas
$200
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
If you like ocean critters - stay tuned!
I felt particularly inspired lately to paint and with some new ideas that came to me late at night. I have 7 paintings lined up and ready to go...
Here is the first of the sea life series drawn from my sister's love of the ocean, diving and her adventures down below.
Here is the first of the sea life series drawn from my sister's love of the ocean, diving and her adventures down below.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Deva's Ganesh
My friend Katy Latta has a lovely little 3 year old daughter named Deva. She's full of life, full of love and since she thinks Ganesh is the coolest thing ever, I decided to paint the elephant God for her so she could have him look over her all the time.
Hugs to my friends!
"Deva's Ganesh"
Hugs to my friends!
"Deva's Ganesh"
16"x20" oil painting on canvas
Sold
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Yesterday's Effort
A great artist and friend, Dreama Tolle Perry, talked about "just showing up" on her blog yesterday and it got me inspired to get in front of my easel, even though I wasn't really sure what I wanted to paint or feeling especially moved to paint.
I rifled through some of my reference photos and was tickled by the feel of some poppies, so I just "showed up" and let the rest happen.
Here is the resultant painting. Makes me smile, so it's a masterpiece in my mind!
"Poppies II"
12"x12" oil painting on canvas
$150
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Who doesn't love manatees!?
Today's painting! My biggest canvas to date! 4'x2'! I love manatees, I love the tranquility and peaceful feeling when I look at this. The colors and subject make for a happy, serene experience!
Hoping my sister will want it for her Florida water front home!
Hoping my sister will want it for her Florida water front home!
"Manatee"
48"x24" oil painting on canvas
$400
Monday, October 29, 2012
From Flowers to Jelly Fish
Well, I am drawn once again to the jelly fish today when I was looking through my inspiration photos. I hope the people who keep asking for jelly fish like this!
Jelly Fish
18"x18" oil painting on 1 1/2" profile canvas
$200
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Delicious buttermilk gluten-free pancakes!
Wow! These turned out even better than the typical buttermilk pancake! I didn't even miss the gluten!
Obviously, to cook GF you need special flours and starches, so I recommend either hitting Bob's Red Mill in Portland (as I did) or going online to King Arthur Flour and finding the ingredients and keeping them handy.
So far I have made GF pizza dough (yummy and crispy!!), GF pancakes now and GF bread. All worked out great once I got used to the different texture and long list of ingredients that accompanies GF recipes.
Give these pancakes a try. They were so good I ate mine sans butter, sans syrup and sans jelly. They were so good by themselves!!
1 1/2 cups of GF Flour mix (This is a blend of 140g of brown rice flour, 47g of potato starch & 23g of tapioca starch/flour)
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
4 tablespoons sugar (I used maple sugar!!! Made it delish! Could smell the hint of maple sweetness and taste it too!)
1 1/2 cups of buttermilk at room temperature (I use the dehydrated buttermilk powder so I can have buttermilk in the house all the time - this stuff is amazing)
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 extra-large egg, room temperature
Heat your griddle to medium high
In a large bowl, place the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar and whisk together well.
In another bowl whisk together the egg, buttermilk and butter.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour wet ingredients on top and whisk until all the lumps are gone.
I ladle the batter onto the griddle and when one side looks dry and has holes in it, I flip over and cook until lightly browned on the other side.
These are best served nice and hot off the griddle!
ENJOY!!
Obviously, to cook GF you need special flours and starches, so I recommend either hitting Bob's Red Mill in Portland (as I did) or going online to King Arthur Flour and finding the ingredients and keeping them handy.
So far I have made GF pizza dough (yummy and crispy!!), GF pancakes now and GF bread. All worked out great once I got used to the different texture and long list of ingredients that accompanies GF recipes.
Give these pancakes a try. They were so good I ate mine sans butter, sans syrup and sans jelly. They were so good by themselves!!
1 1/2 cups of GF Flour mix (This is a blend of 140g of brown rice flour, 47g of potato starch & 23g of tapioca starch/flour)
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
4 tablespoons sugar (I used maple sugar!!! Made it delish! Could smell the hint of maple sweetness and taste it too!)
1 1/2 cups of buttermilk at room temperature (I use the dehydrated buttermilk powder so I can have buttermilk in the house all the time - this stuff is amazing)
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 extra-large egg, room temperature
Heat your griddle to medium high
In a large bowl, place the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar and whisk together well.
In another bowl whisk together the egg, buttermilk and butter.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour wet ingredients on top and whisk until all the lumps are gone.
I ladle the batter onto the griddle and when one side looks dry and has holes in it, I flip over and cook until lightly browned on the other side.
These are best served nice and hot off the griddle!
ENJOY!!
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