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Friday, March 29, 2013

MUSICIAN SERIES IN ACRYLIC

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I usually painting in oils but doing these little mini paintings of musicians called for acrylics as there was really no blending on these p...

30% off sale today only on my artsy zazzle products

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Avocado

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You have to paint these things really quick as they get brown almost as soon as you cut them... That means you finish your painting before d...

A day in the life of a portrait lesson

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This is a sampling of our work, mid project at TCC.  I think it is interesting to see all the different takes on the same photo.  We use a p...

Tornado

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I have a great auction going on in both my ebay sites this week.  To bid on this painting Click here To visit my other full ebay gallery Cl...
Monday, March 25, 2013

SOLD! A Spooky Girl

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Buyenlarge 06590-7P2030 The Aw (Google Affiliate Ad) Pre Raphaelite like painting.... I call it " The Good Witch"  I don't k...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Community Garden in my Neighborhood

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I love my neighborhood.  This is what I did on my very cold Saturday.... I helped 40 of my neighbors turn an empty lot into a garden.  We ha...
Friday, March 22, 2013

Red Roses

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Sister painting to the one on auction this week through ebay.  This one is in my ebay gallery as well.  Check them out... click here
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

more pennies ( dimes and dollars ) from heaven

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Well the other day I was feeling overwhelmed by some pretty big expenses...one rental house needed a new roof, the house next door needed to...

Mayfest Fiddler 8x10 oil

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To bid on this painting and enter into my online auction where I have over 80 paintings on auction for one week only, CLICK HERE
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Big auction this week on ebay

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I will try to post a painting a day this week as almost every painting in my online gallery is on auction this week in order to raise $$ for...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Magic Age

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If you leave a painting too long in the artist's hands, she is going to end up changing something.  This painting was in the studio and ...
Friday, March 08, 2013

SOLD! Peaches and Cream 6x6 oil

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I reworked this little 6x6 last week and posted to ebay with a very low starting bid and no reserve.  I actually have a couple of peach pain...
Friday, March 01, 2013

China and Art

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Well the word on the street is that the art market is being effected by Chinese pretenders.  It has probably been going on for quite a while...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Quartz Mountain at the Gloaming 8x10 sketch

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A trip to Quartz Mountain had me doing a lot of onsite oil sketching.  What a wonderful weekend.  Here is one sketch that was done just a fe...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Fairy Tales oil on canvas

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I teach adult oil painting in Tulsa.  When I set up this still life for the class I kept coming back to the theme of fairy tales.  This pain...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Peach 6x6 oil

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I was looking over some of my paintings that have been in the studio for a while and decided to rework a couple.  This is one that got a lit...
Friday, February 08, 2013

SOLD1 Red Haired Girl 20x24 oil

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This began as a class demo.  I started with several photos.  a few of pretty girls and a few from our trip to the Wichita Mts.  Like Franken...
Sunday, February 03, 2013

Creativity Bleeds into the Garden "Bed"

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A couple of months ago we got rid of a single bed and were left with the problem of the wooden box springs.   I first used them to put on ne...
Friday, February 01, 2013

e books, my book is available

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Just in case you don't already know... my book on oil painting is available for download through createspace and amazon.  I keep noticin...

Make me an offer!... on or off ebay

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Just to let you art lovers know that you can always make an offer on anything you see on my Ebay website.  I know that some of these paintin...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Ruby's Slippers

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I don't claim to be a tango dancer but I have a lot of fun trying to become one.  This painting was inspired by the tango and by the rec...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Just for fun, a short video of me painting one object

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http://youtu.be/jLy5nQlqmkE
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Vintage Green Vase

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This fall I went to a garage sale and came across this great little green vase.  I have been wanting to paint it for a while and thoug...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

Remember When

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a few fun studies in the Pre Raphaelite vein

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Pre Raphaelite Girl in Oklahoma Field 20x24

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I am on a Pre Raphaelite kick and a red coat/sweater kick :-)  This painting was done earlier this year but is on auction this week so I t...