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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

Done! “shoreline view”

Export to PDF | Export to DOC“Shoreline view” is the sixth in a series of six oil paintings I recently completed. The series was called “WATER” and for simplicity’s sake, I was referring to each painting by a number. So if you’ve seen posts on “water painting #6”, here’s how it finally turned out. If […]

Done! “grassy dune”

Here’s an oil painting I created that’s inspired by the dunes in Saugatuck, MI.

Done! “salt marsh dock”

Here’s my latest oil painting of a fishing dock in the marshes of Edisto Island…

Done! “dune path”

Export to PDF | Export to DOC“Dune path” is the third in a series of six oil paintings I recently completed. The series was called “WATER” and for simplicity’s sake, I was referring to each painting by a number. So if you’ve seen posts on “water painting #3”, here’s how it finally turned out. If […]

Done! “salt marsh path”

Here’s a painting from the board walk in Edisto Beach State Park…

Done! “salt marsh”

This oil painting I recently finished was inspired by a camping trip we took to Edisto Beach State Park. “salt marsh” is the first of a series of five oil paintings called “WATER!”