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It is safe to say that this painting was started about 17 years ago. While still living in Minnesota, I was a more than an occasional golf widow once the weather would finally warmed. I decided I’d spend a day in artsy Loring Park in Minneapolis, sketching with charcoal…
It is safe to say that this painting was started about 17 years ago. While still living in Minnesota, I was a more than an occasional golf widow once the weather would finally warmed. I decided I’d spend a day in artsy Loring Park in Minneapolis, sketching with charcoal and snapping some pics for painting. […]Read Post ›
An older redbud tree in my yard, which gives us so much in Spring and again in Fall. Redbud in Autumn 10”x10” Oil on Canvas
Across from my studio, there is a lovely hard working caterer with prematurely white hair tied loosely away from her face. She wears dresses and cowboy boots while she bakes and cooks all day. Outside her kitchen near our entrance is her little hodgepodge garden, a mix of old plants and herbs, some in pots, […]Read Post ›
36×24 Oil on Canvas My daughter graduated from college in 1997 and almost immediately went to work in Chicago. As she moved from working girl apartment to apartment, I’d be there to help with the moving while enjoying a weekend in the big city. This was the street view of her apartment around 2002 in […]Read Post ›
A year ago, I began a project in my rural county in the Blue Ridge Mts. After a life class failed to draw much interest, I thought a clothed model might be a better idea. I thought it might also be a way to get to know the folks in these hills and hollows. A […]Read Post ›
30×40 Oil on Canvas I started painting this while living in Minnesota about 16 years ago. We moved to Virginia shortly after, and although not finished, it was hung over the fireplace where it remained for about 13 years. Everyone loved it the way it was and I was afraid to finish it off. We decorated our […]Read Post ›
Tin Roof 30×40 Oil on Canvas Once settled in our new home at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mts., I began to paint the beauty around this place. Traveling on route 29 from Charlottesville west to Lovingston (yes, the place where the Lovings lived, if you saw the movie), I spotted this old barn […]Read Post ›
Living at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia provides never ending inspiration. Mountains and field, always full of color throughout the year. No wonder the Cardinal is the state bird. In warm seasons, like the male, this place is full of vibrant color. In the winter months, more like the female….a more […]Read Post ›
