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I love my local flower shop! I love the smells, the colors and the exotic flowers she has on hand. One day when I stopped by, however, my eyes rested on this simple vase with peonies from the owner’s own garden. They looked loose and casual – not formally arranged. I snapped a picture and really enjoyed painting this – especially the glass vase!

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This was painted for our 10th and last (so they say) grandchild, Hazel Marie. This is a two panel painting is called a diptych.
Of course, her name is hidden in the wings and I hope she has fun finding it when she gets older!

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So, I went to the shoe store and pulled out some georgeous shoes that I could NEVER in a million years possibly wear. I took some pictures and put the shoes back.
What woman has never had a pile of shoes like this in their closet?
My challenge was to get the blue shoe to look like suede…
It was a fun moment when I decided to sign the painting in the insoles of two of the shoes like the “designer”!

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This was a quick, painterly study of some lemon wedges I cut for lemonade one day. Really enjoyed painting this … and also enjoyed the lemonade!

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This was painted specifically for my dear husband. He is a pastor and has about a million books! Actually some of his favorites are loosely represented here. Today this painting hangs in his study … hence the title!

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This canvas was an opportunity for a new free style of painting! It was so much fun to represent many images of fall and Thanksgiving in an abstract fashion. I know there are not blue leaves but it seems to work in the composition. It was fun and I hope to do another soon!

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We had been streaming a lot of the show “Heartland” lately and I had become enamored of cowboy hats! Hence this kind of western painting! Now I just need to get myself a pair of cowgirl boots!

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Well, I had a leather frame! I figured the only thing that it should hold is a painting of a horse. Do you wonder about the title? My husband’s favorite joke is the old one about the horse who walks into a bar and sits down. The bartender comes over and takes a look at him then asks “Why the long face?”

The background is almost pixelated with consistent short brush strokes – I liked the effect!

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In my quest to keep it “fast and loose” I tackled these pears of many colors! I liked the composition of the two nestled together still hanging on the branch! Quite a pair!!

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This is my first attempt to paint “fast and loose”. I am used a large brush to keep me from too much detail. This guy was a lot of fun to paint and I loved the color combination! This rooster found its forever home immediately making me so very happy!

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I was determined to work on painting snow this winter and was enamored of these pine cones. While working on this painting I learned there are actually male and female cones! These are female! The background seemed to take an awfully long time but painting the pine needles was fast and fun!

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This painting took a different turn about halfway through. I had included a coral/rust color that just wasn’t working. After it was covered over and I found the mint green I was very happy. The title comes from the effort to use 3 or 4 brushes at the same time and getting the actual strokes and paint colors to work together to represent music coming from the piano ….. Harmony!