Cow -daily painting,cows

6x6" oil on masonite panel
Dont Ask.....working on a commission today, this was just for fun

Love Bite -daily painting, cupcake

6x6" oil on masonite panel

For You Sweetie - daily painting, still life,cupcakes

8x10 oil on masonite panel $160
a little scene from my studio - lilies,tulips and 2 of the stalest cupcakes ever :)
trying to be loose and painterly and deliberate with the paint. thought I would work on it more but changed my mind...on to other things

Towards Westport -daily painting,plein air, beach scene

8x10 oil on masonite panel $160

worlds worst photo. I'll fix it tomorrow, technical difficulties today.

****edit -switched photo but still doesnt show the true lushness

Painted this yesterday at Goosewing Beach in Little Compton RI looking towards Westport, Mass. Favorite thing to do: plein air at the beach with my dog. He looked at me with an expression like "seriously, we're painting today? my drool is freezing. Ok, cool, I'll go roll in something smelly"

Foggy - daily painting, beach scene

8x10 oil on wood panel $160
my goal for the next month is to paint (and post) everyday! Since February is the month for love, might as well do what I love AND paint what I love. So #1 is Foggy, cause there is nothing I love more than a foggy day at the beach and these little beach scenes are soooo much fun to paint.

Beach Bird - children playing at the beach,beach towel series

16x16 oil on panel $500
another from the beach towel series...

Beach Flip - daily painting,beach scene

16x16 oil on panel

A Patriotic Celebration -daily painting,cupcake

A Patriotic Celebration SOLD

6x6" oil on gessobord

A Presidential Party - daily painting,cupcake

6x6" oil on gessobord
couldn't resist these cupcakes at the market yesterday. Got me thinking how many red white and blue cupcakes are being made for presidential parties this week.
Used a limited palette for this and painted on a bright red ground, specifically trying to be loose and impressionistic with my brush strokes- staying away from tight and fussy.

Seeing White

The Seeing White show is up at gallery 297 in Bristol RI heres a link:
http://gallery297.com/gallery297.html#

Ive got a couple paintings in the window!

Secrets in the Snow - daily painting,children playing in the snow

Secrets in the Snow
6x6" oil on gessobord

set out to paint the beach today but was drawn to winter again - this image in particular. weather its children creating with snow or sand its a subject that I just adore.

Sweety - daily painting,cupcakes

8x8" oil on supported panel

Another little sweety. whenever the mood strikes to paint a still life a la prima, most of the time these little cupcakes shout out to be painted. The nice thing - or gross thing - is that they hang around the studio for months! ewe.
There is one spot in a painting that I and I think all artists just seems to fall in love with. As much as laying on thick paint like frosting FOR the frosting is the funnest part...I love that little sprinkle on the left

A Step Ahead -daily painting, still life

8x8" on supported panel
back to a still life...

Skate - daily painting, winter,children

6x6" oil on gessobord
I love winter. funny isnt it? painting the beach most of the time.

More Glam - daily painting, chandeliers

6x6 oil on gessobord
its my usual winter ADHD kicking in, cant seem to stay with one subject matter for long :)
keep returning to old faves though and full of ideas and to-do lists

My Spot- daily painting, still life

6x6' oil on gessobord
Working on some work for galleries for the next week or two. this little scene on my desk caught my eye this morning so used it as a warm up. loving this color palette right now too- all leftovers from the self portrait day

A Little Sweetie

6x6" oil on panel

Note to Self

today is self portrait day over at Daily Painters. A challenge for sure. I havent tackled a self portrait is 20 years!!! yikes. As a student at RISD way back when, I took a portrait class my senior year and it was probably my favorite class. For a semester I had to do 5 portraits a week and bring them in for crit. Painted friends on occasion but mostly it was just me. Only a few survived over the years but everything I learned came right back. Found myself setting up my palette with the same colors and in the same order, adjusting the light and the mirror in the same familar way...everything the same except of course the image in the mirror! hmmmm, it was alot more fun back then but still such a great 'assignment' for any artist. Try One! I might make it a yearly event from now on. :)

nfdp - getting these framed and ready to go out to a Winter White show. more info soon

****pssst****

nfdp Sneaking in here....I'm not officially back until Jan. 7.... just thinking back on all that 2008 brought and looking forward to what 2009 has up its sleeve.... just wanting to send thanks out to all of you for inspiring me last year! now back to the 'to do in 09 list'.....