cupcake 4 - daily painting,debbie miller,cupcakes

6x6 " oil on canvas
ode to Wayne Thiebaud . 
Just can't paint pastries with a pale background and not think of him.

sweettart -

8x8 oil on panel.
finally back to painting after all that computer housekeeping. here is a sweet little bouquet of pink roses.
just for you and me
because we deserve 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)

At the Coast - encaustic

12x12 - encustic,oil - At the Coast.
layers of oil and wax - love doing these. this one may be going out to a new gallery, still deciding...still rainy here on the east coast!!

Ski Day

6x6" oil on masonite. sold
a 'little' skiing - the runner up title, since this is a little painting of a ski day. :-) busy few days with sick husband and kids home and a no school day yesterday. SO, we needed a family project and below is the almost finished product. we took a big canvas and each of us painted a simple self portrait, the boys wanted to include the pets so they added them too, then we wrote words around the sides that remind us of our family, then we hung it in the family room - of course. :-)
anyway, it was a fun family project and got us through the rainy sickish day home

Well Fed

6x6" oil on masonite
this is so luscious in person. the photo doesnt really do it justice.
Huckle Cat. 10 yrs old. born in this house, he is the most gorgeous shade of dark silvery blue grey with a white tip on his tail. He is also neurotic,has a real love of baby rabbit heads, meows too much and too loud and climbs on the screens to get in the house...but we love him anyway.

Spunky

6x6" oil on masonite

Happy New Year everyone. After a very busy December, I took some time off from painting and the computer, now easing back into the swing of things. Tons of ideas for paintings this year and ready to get at it...however...slow start today...so back to a favorite subject - actually 2 -dogs and shadows on the street.... this is a little spunky manchester terrier

The Miracle Suit

The Miracle Suit
6x6" oil on masonite panel
If there are 'rules' for painting, one of has to be 'paint what you know'. Well, as a 41 yr. old mother of 3...I'm familiar with the Miracle Suit ;-)

Beach Bums

6x6" oil on masonite sold
OK - this is from a few weeks ago. I did paint today - 3 still lifes actually - but since I havent painted in ...well, 6 days (gasp!) ... I'm alittle rusty. Its been a busy week aand now its the weekend again! how did that happen? anyway, still diggin the beach scenes, this one is another quick loose one. I'ld really like to do a whole series of bigger beach scenes...maybe soon. got a few commissions to tend to as well.

Siesta

6x6" oil on masonite

One week from today is the RISD alumni/student sale. Hopefully we will have weather like today! Its so gorgeous out. If not, we'll be under tents. Its such a fun sale either way. Look for my sign(below) and lots of little daily painting originals!

Seasons End

6x6" oil on masonite panel sold

Painted at the beach today. What a gorgeous day! a bit windy though and once again spilled my medium! but I'm happy with this one and the day. The golden rod and asters in the beach grass and roses are in full bloom. Gorgeous. I love this time of year. Below check out all my goodies I picked up at the farm stand on the way home. Now thats some fall inspiration! :-)

Summer Shoes 3

6x6" oil on masonite

The people paintings which I do love to paint more than all other subjects are a bit taxing, so usually I have to follow up with something loose and simple. (and sometimes a nap!) Still inspired by summer at the beach though

Making Plans

6x8" oil on masonite

More from the beach. Technically its still summer right?

Thirteen SOLD

6x8" oil on masonite panel sold
the title says it all doesnt it?

4Wheeling

6x8" oil on masonite panel
I know painting little kids at the beach is a cliche BUT this is my life, its what I did and my kids and friends kids do now. Now that the end of summer is near I feel like painting these beach scenes, kinda like a tourist taking home shells or sand to try and capture a bit of the magic of a summer at the beach. My oldest son is 13 and well, his beach enthusiasm has changed a bit but when he was little, this was him, running back and forth with a truck.

Beach Art SOLD

6x6" oil on masonite panel sold

This image speaks to me because like her, I can remember carefully placing stones and shells on my castles when I was a girl, getting lost in the magical little world I could create. Every kid should get to build a sandcastle.

Triple Threat SOLD

6x8" oil on masonite panel sold

Fall is my favorite season but this is Summer's last hurrah and I cant get enough of these beach scenes.

Splash SOLD

6x8" oil on masonite panel sold

Spinning

6x6" oil on masonite panel

Still need to finish up a commission, making new panels, waiting for frames so I can frame more for the gallery,trying to get organized before school starts...its a little crazy right now. I think I'll be a sporadic painter/poster for the next few days, bare with me until I can get the groove back (other wise known as 'Back to School' :-)! )

A Bunch of Friends

6x6" oil on masonite panel
One of the best things about painting is how it can be like meditating...at least for me, but I suspect it is like that for other artists as well. Your mind has a task to focus on. For this it was really trying hard NOT to zoom in and crop like I usually do. It was hard! Also, I think about alot of other stuff when I paint. While working on this I was thinking about how I draw Black Eyed Susans ALL the time in my doodles and sketchbooks and have for years. They are like old friends, I know them so well. Then I was thinking about if all the Susan's out there in the world like these flowers or not? I'll have to ask the Susan I know. Lastly, I was thinking "Why didnt I crop and make a more interesting composition?!"
Coolest thing about daily painting is ...tomorrow! another day, another painting. Tomorrow I crop!