Red Twinkle Light Heart

 Everyone love's twinkle lights.  So why not take some red ones and make a big heart?  Made from chicken wire and several strands of lights and Presto!  You've got yourself a unique, one of a kind, super cool light.

 Did I mention I love twinkle lights?  Giant globes tossed into the tree branches are great too.

Waiting- figurative, portrait

At portrait painting last night I just wasn't in the mood for my usual. Something about the red pillow on the couch and her scarf just grabbed me.

Cosmetic Colors, daily painting, Debbie Miller

6x6" oil on panel

Hello. 
Did you know lipstick and nail polish are the new cupcakes?
Well they totally are. 
So. Much. Fun. to paint.

Santa - daily painting, beach scene,debbie miller

6x6" oil on panel

I can't stop. 

Beach Santa 1 - daily painting, Debbie Miller

 6x6" Oil on panel -  With Turkey Day behind us - even the leftovers are gone - it's full steam ahead.
         For sure Santa is in the weeds and dreaming about his upcoming beach vacation.

I'm getting ready for the RISD Holiday Sale THIS sat. at the RI Convention Center and also My Holiday Open Studio on Dec. 10.  busy busy busy.... but look who has popped up to lend a hand....

A Sweet Match - daily painting, cupcakes, Debbie Miller

6x6 " oil on panel
Apples used to be hard for me to paint.
Now they are fun ....amazing what happens when you paint a lot :)

and Did you know Granny Smith was a real person? ...I didn't until just now!
check out THIS ARTICLE  

Smooth Operator - cupcake painting,debbie miller,red velvet

6x6"  oil on cradled panel.

Hello.  I know what you're thinking - "Where has she been"?  
 - Hiking Machu Pichu...cooking school in Paris...busy raising a flock of exotic chickens ?

Nah.  Just doing the 'Mom Thing' trying to survive summer vacation. 

So, now that a routine is emerging again -  its back to my favorite go-to prop - the cupcake - to get my painting groove back on.

Believe it or not, I have never actually tasted a red-velvet cupcake - but I imagine them to be the smooth operators of the bakery set.  - especially this one with his red rose and slick frosting....

Tan Lines, sun bather,beach painting,Debbie Miller

20x20 oil on canvas. $1200.
-Oh Hello - My new favorite painting.

Where did this come from you wonder?
---Spring fever. - craving the warmth on my face, some green, blue skies and flowers.
---Take all that mix it up with some paint and good music from the ipod and this is what you get.

Rose Red - daily painting, floral

6x8" oil on panel. Rose Red - snow day today! thankfully had my box of paints and an extra panel still in the car.
None of my boys would sit still long enough to do a portrait so the roses won out. I used the same flat brush for the whole thing and tried to keep it simple. pleased with the results.
and below - well seriously how can you resist playing in all this sticky snow? ( fave part is the jar with candle in his hand)