Daisy Mae

5"x7"

 

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Commission

Daisy Mae is a senior citizen.  She's sixteen going on seventeen, thank you very much. And she is beautiful...STILL!  My mother will readily admit to being 85 going on 86.  I recently spent the week with her and I noticed all over again just how cute she is.  When it comes to beauty "age dont mean a thing." 

Cutest little mom in the world! 

Down On the Farm

 

 

9"x11"

 

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Amongst wedding activities, I have been painting commissions.  This painting will find its home in Indiana.  Nestled in behind soybeans and cornfields, is this happy house. These delightful  white farmhouses are sprinkled all over the hills of southern Indiana.

Wedding Project

These are two of the vases my partner in crime (the bride) and I  "DIYed."  The frosted glass version turned out well.  However, much to our dismay, the mercury glass vase cannot be a vase as it will not hold water.  The mercury glass treatment is done on the inside of the container and when water is introduced the paint flakes off.  Refusing to allow defeat, we found the mercury glass to be even better candle holders than vases.  The candles glow beautifully in them.

BFFs

 

 

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Best friends forever....hmm...actually not.  What you are witnessing here are two girlfriends  experiencing a rare moment of peace.  Daisy is a delightful dog who is just leaving puppyhood.  She pretty much enthusiastically likes everyone.  Thankfully, she suffers rejection well.  Seraphina, on the other hand, suffers fools no where in her life.  She has been quite up to the task of defining the boundaries of her relationship with Daisy.  But sometimes a girl just has to let her guard down and let love in!

I have been very busy with commissions and this painting was just the break I needed.

 

Bee Sunny

 

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This painting makes me happy.  It has done its job and distracted me from my very busy life.  The bee is me! 

I am knee deep into wedding invitation calligraphy, painting commissions and designing my website.

Mr. Wendall

5"x7"

Oil on Panel

 

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Mr. Wendal is a commissioned piece for my daughter's wedding.  The painting is an attendant gift.  Initially I was frustrated with the photo I was given to paint Mr. Wendal.  As the painting progressed I became aware of how wrong I was. The photographer's composition was perfect.  The vertical spokes on the chairs, the light and shadows, and the striped cat added up to a most interesting painting. 

Mr. Wendal is quite a guy.  He is another stray that showed up at his family's house.  He was injured and ill in the dead of winter.  Actually, he was a Christmas gift.  Mr. Wendal is a huge cat-must have some Maine Coon in the genetics somewhere.  He is a gentle giant and quite irresistible to all. Once no one seemed to want the pleasure of his company, now everyone he meets puts dibs on him. 

If he's ever gone missing, look for him at my house first!

Dominicker

 

Dominicker

 

       Original Oil Painting

On Panel

 

11"x 14"

 

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My mother is unabashedly the greatest mom in the world.  She is eighty-five years old.  And like most moms she rarely, if ever, asks for anything.  Until recently when she told me that if I never did another thing for her, she wanted me to paint a Dominicker rooster for her kitchen.  This one's for you, mom. 

Citadel Barracks

 

Original Oil Painting

5" x 7"

 

Oil On Museum Quality Panel

 

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This is another commissioned piece for my daughter's wedding.

More architecture.  I am still enjoying it!

This is the barracks at the Citadel in Charleston.  My daughter's fiance spent his undergraduate years living here. 

Citadel chapel

 

5"x7"

Original Painting

Oil on Panel

Citadel Chapel, Charleston South Carolina

 

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This is a commissioned piece for my daughter's wedding.  The wedding ceremony will take place at the chapel.  She and her fiance were graduate students at the Citadel.

Though I have not painted many buildings of late, I do really enjoy painting architecture.

Oil On Paper

6"x 7.5"

This is a commissioned piece of my daughter's wedding venue.   It is an old house in Charleston, South Carolina.  This painting will be on the invitation.  I will be doing a series of paintings for the wedding.

Big George

8"x12"

oil on canvas

SOLD

Good neighbors can be hard to come by.  George is my neighbor-has been for nearly fifteen years.  He never makes a pest of himself.  He just comes by every now and then for a friendly hello.  He peers patiently into the sidelights by the front door waiting for me to notice him.  When I come to greet him on the front porch, he showers me with kitty cat love.  When it is time to move on, he ambles off back to his own house. This is George's style.  He showed up at his present home much the same way.  He knew a good thing when it happened to him and stayed on.  I felt honored to paint him.