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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Summer's End

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I just finished this painting with my adult class.  I was teaching glazing and layering techniques to them.  I put her in the osage prairie ...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Upcoming workshops

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I have two workshops coming up in the next couple of weeks The first is at the Gilcrease Museum. Sign up is through the museum. It is a o...
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SOLD Avacado

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I just finished teaching a workshop at the Gilcrease Museum and in the process, demonstrated techniques that I use to paint my little 6x6 da...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Granny Smith

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This is a painting that I just finished during my workshop this week at the Gilcrease Museum here in Tulsa.  We did several 'kitchen ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Red Apple 6x6 oil on canvas

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This is one of several paintings that i completed this weekend after a Saturday workshop at the Gilcrease Museum.  I taught a little class f...
Friday, March 11, 2011

SOLD Testing the Waters, 8x10 oil on canvas

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This is a little painting that I did after a larger, commissioned painting.  One of my students saw a photo of the larger piece and wanted m...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Osage Prairie 12x12 oil on canvas

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I have never been to a casino, but I have snuck down the dirt road behind one to paint several beautiful landscapes featuring the Osage P...
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Monday, March 07, 2011

Dylan's new Bike

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My son bought this old motorcycle and fixed it up and got it running ( much to my dismay ) He took this great picture of it though and I pla...
Saturday, March 05, 2011

Petunias in the Sun 16x20 oil on canvas

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I just finished this painting and thought I would post it here to brighten up your winter as it has brightened mine while painting it. I ju...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Nancy's Pets 6x6 oil on canvas SOLD!

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My sister hired me to paint portraits of her best pals. These are the finished products. Thanks to the daily painting group, I was already...
Friday, January 07, 2011

SOLD A Little White Cup $95

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Over Christmas break I decided to do a little teaching video to advertise my workshop at the local museum that is coming up this spring. Th...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

a little painting demo

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Monday, November 22, 2010

Another Macantosh painting w stripes

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I just think these stripes look like Christmas. I have been having a lot of fun with this striped cloth and apples. This is one of several...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Hot Cup 6x6 oil on canvas

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This is one of several little "kitchen" paintings that I have been working on in preparation for small works shows and holiday giv...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

SOLD 12x12 Macintosh on Red and White Striped Cloth $250

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I just posted this 12x12 piece to my ebay gallery along with it's little sister, a 6x6 macintosh on stripes. I put both on auction and ...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Watching the Gulls

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I have been working on this little commission piece and I love the way it turned out.  I put the commission opportunity on auction on ebay ...
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

SOLD! Hot Cup of Coffee 6x6 oil on cavas

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Hot Cup of Coffee daily painting 6x6 oil canvas Aycock.  Well it is that time of year again.  I am going small for holiday giving.  It...
Friday, November 05, 2010

Prairie Road

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Casinos are popping up everywhere in Oklahoma. I have never been to one but I have traveled down the little dirt road right next to the cas...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Petunias 16x20 oil on canvas

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

I am laid off from one of my very favorite jobs :-(

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I got the phone call as I was walking in to go to work ( early ) . The person I answer to at the Arts and Humanities Council was very upse...
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SOLD! 6x6 Vineyard

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My students asked me to demonstrate painting a landscape. Several wanted to know how I painted my Vineyard painting and so I demonstrated ...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Bouguereau w an Oklahoma Twist

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I teach oil painting to adults and every semester we pick a master to play around with.  Last semester it was a young girl painted by Bougue...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Peoney 6x6

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Just listed this on auction w no reserve for $39 and free shipping through my ebay store http://midwest-fine-art.com/    I did a whole serie...
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Sunday, August 01, 2010

flaming red head

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I usually work from life but during Tulsa's Mayfest celebration earlier this year I took several photos of street performers.  T...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

My Shining City 8x10 oil $150

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They tore out a lot of houses near my neighborhood in order to make way for the expansion of a near by university.  As luck would have it, t...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Gilcrease Workshop

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gettting ready to teach the kiddies all next week at the Gilcrease. I am really looking forward to working with the teens. I love that age. ...

SOLD My Secret Garden

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This is my back yard in early summer.  I must admit, I painted this from a photograph as early summer is a battle between actually gardeni...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

SOLD! One in my Oklahoma Sky series

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Out in Oklahoma we can all lay claim to some of the most beautiful skies in the world. This is one in a series of sky paintings that I am wo...
Saturday, June 05, 2010

Notes for drawing the human head

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Measuring the Human Head Many artists use measuring of one form or another during the process of drawing or painting the human head.  We ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Tips on Painting a Still Life from my Videos and Book

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Notes for a Still Life Workshop Setting up a Still Life. 1. Put objects together that might normally be seen together (or not) 2. Kee...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Cool Route 66 T Shirts designed by yours truely

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Description Once upon a time my mom, then a spry 23 year old, traveled from NY to California along that great highway, Route 66. She stop...

Coffee Cup Series

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I am so thankful for the daily painter group. Because of them I have been having such fun doing these small paintings. I have a series of ir...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Peaches and Pears ( Pears SOLD! )

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I have been painting as fast as I can to get ready for an upcoming show in my city, Blue Dome Arts Festival that runs concurrently with Mayf...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

Peach / Pear Series

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I have been working on a series of 6x6 paintings that I will display at an upcoming festival in May. I got started doing these after readi...
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Monday, April 05, 2010

SOLD! Still Life with Lemons 6x6 oil on canvas by Aycock

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I've been playing around with old canvases. Cutting them down to 6x6 stretched, repainting portions and then framing in bright little f...
Monday, March 22, 2010

SOLD !You can have your cake and eat it too! 6x6 oil

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. My friend, Louise came over the other night, bearing cake. She left us with a healthy share. Just before dividing the piece for our lunc...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Oklahoma Vineyard SOLD!

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I was working with one of my adult students today and she pulled out a photo of a painting that I had done years ago that she loved, an Okla...
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