Hello - daily painting,children,birds,oil painting

6x6 oil - do you doodle? this is one of mine, done with paint. always always doodle faces

Treasure - mothers and children, beach scene

6x6" oil. Treasure. Today was busy with getting our backyard pond cleaned out and good to go for the season...around our pond are many of my boys 'treasures' found over the years.... they make me smile

Molly - portraits,children

16x20" oil. Theres a great cast of characters that frequent Chez Miller and Molly has been a regular over the years. Love having another girl around especially one with such spunk!
Think this captures her spirit a bit. - thanks Mols!!

P#17 - Matt -portraits

8x10" oil

P#16 -Sophmore2 -portraits

16x24" oil Sophmore
have to give a little shout out to my boys - I mean its hard enough to be a teenager these days without your Mom painting pictures of you and plastering them all over the internet!! They are good guys for putting up with me.

And thanks to all of you who have been following my blog and especially those that have been leaving comments! Ive been laxed in responding but want you to know i read them all and love you for them!

P#15 -Harry haircut -portraits

12x12" oil Sometimes you just knock one out of the park....

(I call him harry haircut because it always seems like he needs one)

P#12 - sweety -portraits,children

6x6" oil
a little sweety. more portrait practice

P#10 -Teddy -portraits,do what you love february

6x6" oil
heres a couple things you should know about this:
-Teddy is the artist of my bunch and also the big critic...so I had to work extra hard on this one
-the green background is 'bamboo' green of course
- my boys eyes - especially Teddy's -are very dark - to make them look 'right' I have to lighten them a bit
-the eye on the left is my favorite part
-weird photo of this painting - all that yellow/green is difficult to photograph - its better in person
-I am in for the crit of my life when school is over :)

P#9 -nick -almost 16, portraits,do what you love february

11x14" oil Nick -almost 16.
all about the body language. I could paint teenagers all day.

P#8 -harrison 2 -portrait,children,do what you love february

9x12" oil
Wasnt feeling the painting love this morning but pushed thru and ended up with this... would never have done it if it wasnt for my feb. goal....

P#7 -Harrison -portrait,children,do what you love february

6x6" oil
Harrison. ....pre-haircut :)

P#5 - Boy - portrait,children playing

8x10 oil

P-#2 - Yellow Dress, figurative,do what you love february

6x6" oil.
Portrait #2. Yellow Dress. love this project. Painting this small isnt going to cut it. too restricting, so I'm priming some bigger panels.

In every painting there is a spot that I fall in love with - all painters are like that, although Ive never asked any - I can just tell :).
For me on this painting its the yellow of her dress on the shoulder. no reason really - just love that part

Thinker - oil painting,contemporary,children

oil 12x16 - said I wouldnt touch this in earlier comments but couldnt help it, just needed a little tweeking.

struggling to find my groove and get inspired this winter - especially with all the grim news lately...however, and this may seem odd but that drippy paint and exposed underpainting at the bottom just might be the thing.

It is calling out to be explored - this contrast....

"Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right" - robert hunter

commission

12x12 oil. commission.
yes a commission but this might as well be in the 'My October' series. the image really spoke to me and it was sooooo fun to paint - tapping into that inner child for sure with this one as it reminds me of the many nature walks we went on as kids, playing "Roots, rocks and rattlesnakes". Popped it into a gold plein air frame which really compliments it....hope they like it as much as I do!

Leaving Summer Behind -09 -beach scene,children

12x12 oil on masonite panel nfs -yet. more info on where this going soon!!

This is one of my all time favorite images and one I paint it alot. Starting to take some old faves and paint them bigger.

Chilly here in RI today....thinking about that warm sun on my shoulders feeling....

Shadow Dance - daily painting, beach scene

6x6" oil on masonite panel. Back to my comfort zone today. phew.

Happy -daily painting,doodles,flower heads

6x6" oil on masonite panel. I like Mondays. Its my get back into a routine,get the house organized etc day.

But its also my girl day. Mondays I have the honor of spending with my 2 yr old niece Mirabelle. Today, we decided was a good day to paint- and by 'we' I mean She of course -

Is there a better way to spend a rainy, chilly monday? I think not. ...and typically up popped the 'flower heads' again. Which my little studio mate promptly named "Happy".

Perfect.

Down Time 2 - daily paintng,children playing at the beach

6x6" oil on masonite panel

DownTime - daily painting, children playing at the beach

6x6 oil on gessobord. Down Time. Looking forward to little of that - Happy Weekend.