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Friday, April 26, 2013

my lilac bush

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To bid

40% off sale on Tees and Bags

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Today I am having a sale through my zazzle store on my tees and canvas bags.  Type in the code apparelbags13 and get 40%off. http://zazzle....
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Mayfest Violinist 8x10 oil on canvas

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Mayfest is coming up... this is a little painting that I did this time last year.  It is for sale in my ebay auction this week. To Bid
Monday, April 22, 2013

Revising old paintings

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A day to rework old paintings... Every now and then I go through my work and look at things with a fresh eye.  This is a painting that I d...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Stopping to pick berries 16x20 oil

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Last year we had a wild hair and decided to check out the wagon races in a small town near Tulsa.  So glad we went.  We found a great spot t...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Pears

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I was recently hired by the Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council to do a mini workshop so that people could test the waters of oil painting.  S...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

My God Children Picking Flowers

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I was looking for something else and ran across this old painting.  I did this painting about 8 years ago and sold the rights to it to Carpe...
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MEME Gallery opening

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There is a new gallery in town.  2022 E 11th in Tulsa.  I have a couple of pieces in the show which covers a lot of artistic ground from rea...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Notes for painting a still life from my book and DVDs

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I actually posted this in 2010 but decided to post again so you don't have to search deep into my blog to get this information.  I am do...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Prairie Brook

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To Bid This was a painting that I started on site and finished in the studio.  Friend, Richard Higgs took my husband and I to some of hi...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

2 class assignements in my adult class

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This is a painting that I just completed ( I think ) in my adult class.  I demo the process to my students.  We all start with the same phot...
Wednesday, April 03, 2013

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I thought it would be fun for you all to see what might happen if you leave a painting in the hands of the artist for too long.  I have had ...
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...