Guardian Angel

12 x 12 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

Sometimes I look at a painting awhile and decide it needs to get another layer glazed over.  

In this case, it toned the color down a notch and added energy.  It also sold at the very next art fair ....

Beloit Paintout with Lydia

I like to take a photo of what I am painting for my records.

16x20 oil on gallery wrapped canvas -available for sale

Lydia and Tinkerbell

16x20 oil on Gallery wrapped canvas- sold

Lydia's finished paintings

Lydia took a photo of her subjects too.

Torso

20 x 20 oil on Gallery wrapped canvas.  

Monday Night Life Drawing

 I got this far Monday night...

16x20 oil on canvas panel

This is what I did today.

Backyard Garden

I started a new painting of my backyard neighbor from 1994. He was a farmer his whole life and when he sold the cows and moved to town, he treated his garden like he was still farming. His wife would bring him lemonade and they would sit under the tree and watch the garden grow. My plan is to take photos as I go to show the process, but sometimes I get caught up and forget to snap a picture until I am finished.

Almost everything 'not green' is done. The rest will be a trick to keep separate...

Jessica reading: before and after

16 x 20 oil on canvas panel

Jessica sat for our group April 10th.  I have been staring at this painting ever since because it just felt too 'sweet'.  Not that Jessica isn't sweet, all the colors were too pastel and lacking correct shadows.  I like it much more now that I have added more darks.

Jess with tulips

20 x 20 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

The rain couldn't dampen our spring fever this morning.  I love painting people and flowers.

Inner Calm II

16x20 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

This is how I feel when I attend the Eck Seminar in Minneapolis.  I am blissed out and ready to paint!

Berta

20x20 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

 I am way behind on posting my Wednesday morning portraits so I will start off with this large one of Berta.

Easter Lily

This painting was inspired by the Easter lily homeopathic remedy. After I read about it, I sat down and sketched this image and later turned it into a watercolor.

Paintings for sale at the Viroqua Food Coop

I have 8 of my latest oil landscape paintings for sale at the Viroqua Food Coop for the month of August. There are 6 shown here and the originals show much better than these photos! I am grateful for the chance to share with my hometown what I have been up to since the closure of Art Vision.

Midday pause at the coffee shop

available for sale 9x12 oil on panel $175 framed $75 unframed - Cedarburg Plein air event Across the street, I found a nice shady awning to paint under this sweltering day. People came and went very quickly at that table. It was unbearably hot!! This man was ready to go the minute they sat down.

Fishing reflections

available for sale 9x12 oil on panel $75 unframed $175 framed - Cedarburg Plein air Event This fisherman had a beautiful day out in his boat, unfortunately he never caught a fish the whole time I painted this scene. Near the shore by my feet, fish splashed around in the weeds and startled me every so often.

Red Umbrellas

sold 9x12 oil on panel - Cedarburg Plein air Event

Here is a Cedarburg classic -Red Umbrellas outside one of their popular coffehouses.

Beloit Farmer's Market

sold 9x12 oil on panel

Beloit has a great Farmer's Market on Saturday's. They block off two of their downtown streets and fill them with Venders and Customers. I was amazed by the amount of dogs there, I found out that two nearby Farmers' markets do not allow dogs, so dog owners from miles around go to the Beloit Market to buy their veggies and to show off their pooches. This particular booth was owned by a longstanding vegetable vender who had broken his leg at 80 years old. His two daughters were filling in for him and I could tell he was well liked by all of the well wishes his customers were sending him. I could also tell it was killing him not to be there because he kept calling and getting updates on sales! His red headed daughter bought this painting as a surprise for him.

Friday's in the Park - Blues music

available for sale 9x12 oil on panel $200.oo framed $100 unframed

Here I am painting last weekend in Beloit WI while listening to great blues music. The town is working hard to improve it's image and it is working. Local Photographer John Spates took this photo of me while I painted.

I entered this one in the Plein air paintout competition and is available for sale until the end of July in Beloit at the Villager Art Gallery and Fabulous Framing 608-365-6007.

Tourquoise umbrella

available for sale 9x12 oil $50 unframed
Last week we were rained out and this week we had beautiful weather at Monica and Brian Woody's house. Their daughter Loran graciously posed for us.

Showing at the Fair

available for sale 11x14 oil $150 unframed $225 framed
My ex-husband Terry is a great photographer. He has captured hundreds of glimpses of people living their lives. This painting was done from one of my favorite photos in my stash. I think I will enter this one in my local fair. It was taken there close to ten years ago.

Driftless Cafe Show - Plein air Group

"Gandolf" aka - Jerome McGeorge -sold- oil on canvas

"Duck hunter" - Pete Strachen - sold - oil on canvas

My Wednesday Plein air group and I are showing our work at the Driftless Cafe thru the end of July. I have these two portraits plus the "Waterfall" (see below). All of my paintings are $175.00 for this show. This Thursday evening at 7:00, meet the artists, enjoy some great food and listen to music.

The Meeting

not for sale watercolor 12x18
This painting was inspired by the children's song "Row, row, row your boat". It struck me, we are all rowing our own little boats down the river of life. These two figures have paused for a moment to meet eachother.