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done! “beach rentals”
Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s the first painting in my series called “Scenes from Hilton Head Island.” Visit my website to read about the inspiration for this piece.
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painting “beach rentals”
Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s the first painting I’ve begun since June that was NOT a commissioned project . Which basically means, it’s the first painting I’ve done in several months, in which I chose the subject matter. During the second day into this painting I realized something. I had just finished a […]
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Scenes from Hilton Head Island
Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s a preview of the new series I’ve been working on. It’s called “Scenes from Hilton Head Island.” When finished, it will be a group of six small 12″ x 12″ oil paintings. I’m creating them for Greenville Open Studios weekend — November 6 & 7, 2010 — which […]
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The reality of the early morning sun (“intercoastal sunrise” day 4 & 5)
Export to PDF | Export to DOCI finished my sunrise! This has been a very stretching landscape project to work on. Mostly because the lighting is so different in the early morning compared to the mid-day skies that I normally paint. The inner struggle I’ve had all week was this: “Do I paint what’s shown […]
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Making a fence appear (“intercoastal sunrise” day 3)
Export to PDF | Export to DOCYesterday I talked about having to make a conscious effort to ignore the negative voices in my head while working on a commission. Well then on this particular day of painting, I had a voice in my head that I decided NOT to ignore. The voice of my husband. […]
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Hmm…I think it’s turning out. (“intercoastal sunrise” day 2)
Export to PDF | Export to DOCEvery artist I’ve ever talked to agrees. It’s so much harder to paint a commissioned piece than just a painting you feel like doing as part of your body of work. The voice of the client is always lurking in the back of your head, saying “that is NOT […]
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How am I going to paint a sunrise? (“intercoastal sunrise” day 1)
Export to PDF | Export to DOCMy assignment for last week was to paint the second of three oil paintings I have been commissioned to do. In the previous week I completed “milk can” and then this past week I completed “intercoastal sunrise.” Two paintings down, one more to go! All three of these paintings […]
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“going to the beach” at Hilton Head, SC
Export to PDF | Export to DOCOne of the fun things we did this summer was take a short trip down to Hilton Head, SC for a few days. Here in South Carolina, when referring to their vacation plans, EVERYONE says “We’re going to the beach.” But they don’t ever say WHICH beach they are […]
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“shoreline view” finds a good home!
Export to PDF | Export to DOCWhile we were visiting my family in Milwaukee a few weeks ago, I had the privilege of selling another painting to one of my long-time collectors! Dave picked up one of my newest oil paintings called “shoreline view” while I was on vacation in Wisconsin. I first met he […]
