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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

First Day of School

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Today was my first day back at school at TCC.  As expected, one half of my class showed up ( A+ for you guys :-) and half did not.  Looks li...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Peaches update

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There were tons of peaches in our community garden this year, up until about a week ago when several adult people who don't live in our ...
Friday, August 09, 2013

Louise in the Prairie 16x20 oil

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If you leave a painting too long in the studio, you begin to notice things that you could do to make it a better painting.  I pulled this on...
Monday, August 05, 2013

Daily Studies

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I Love how these little paintings look in groups.  At one time, last year, I had around 12 or 15 of them hanging in my kitchen.  They, of ...
Friday, August 02, 2013

Life IS a Bowl of Cherries... a little reworked.

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I have been painting peaches like crazy as our community garden trees are loaded.  My husband brought home a bag of cherries from the market...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

CHERRIES FRESH FROM THE MARKET

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To Bid
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

August is House Concert Month at our house...

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We have some house cleaning to do to get ready for a month of house concerts.  Our first one is with David Olney and Sergio Webb.  I love th...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Peaches III

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One more in my series of peaches.  I am so glad I discovered the daily painting idea and the use of small canvases.  Something like fresh fr...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Peaches

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I am having so much fun painting these little studies.  They are 6x6 oils.  I am taking a break from a 3rd painting to post these to e...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Peaches 6x6 oil

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We have a community garden in our neighborhood and several years ago a bunch of us laid our money down and invested in fruit trees.  They pr...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Prairie Brook

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We live near the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve ( you know, where the buffalo roam... )  Well we have a good friend and my husband's co hos...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

SOLD! A walk in the Woods 16x20

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steal!  I did this as a demo in my adult class.  I always like to start with a master or a great photo of a beautiful woman  and adjust it a...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

sunrise on the Vineyard

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This is a painting that I first did on site at a local vineyard.  My class loved it so much that they wanted me to demonstrate the process s...
Friday, July 05, 2013

Peoney Garden

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I have been working on writing a new book, this one, on painting the landscape.  The process had me up in the studio, looking through painti...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Provence Rose Garden

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Maybe I am finished with this... I am not sure.  I just reworked some of it and toned down the red door as it was fighting with the red rose...
Monday, June 24, 2013

SOLD! Red Barn

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I was keeping my eyes out for cool stuff to paint near the college so that I might take my students plein aire painting.  I ran across this ...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Pre Raphaelite ' poem' .... to honor Summer in Oklahoma

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I love taking modern photos, mixing them w old painting, putting the subjects in my neck of the woods and creating a new work in the style o...
Friday, June 21, 2013

varnishing paintings today

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Man, the varnish really pops the darks.  This is fun.  Provence.... Oklahoma... Equal in beauty.

Cowgirl Dreams

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I have finally come to terms with the fact that I live out west.  I grew up on the east cost, near mountains and the ocean.  Now I live in t...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Gardening

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This is a fun little study that I did on our last week of class.  My students wanted to do a landscape before the semester ended.  I broug...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

My Peoney Garden

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Keep a painting in the studio long enough and you are bound to rework it.  This one is on auction this week.  a really pretty little 8x10.  ...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

House Concert w Amelia White and Robert Mache

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We had a great show at the house last night.  We are so blessed to have these amazing musicians/ singer/ songwriters in our very own home. ...
Friday, June 14, 2013

A naturalist's Desk

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It takes a great class to get me out of my comfort zone.  I open the discussion for themes for our next painting and ask for students to bri...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Dreaming of the West

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To Bid I set up this still life for my new students this past spring.  We like to weed out the weak ones in the herd right at the start.  ...
Monday, June 10, 2013

My Garden

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A little Plein Aire painting in my garden.  This painting was exhibited this time last summer at the Governor's Gallery in the State C...

I have 4 pieces in the More Color Exhibition starting Thursday, the 13th of June

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More Color Exhibition at the Equality Center You Oklahoma folks stop by for great food, great entertainment, and it goes with out saying, g...
Sunday, June 09, 2013

Little Red Barn

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Bidding starts at only $35 on this painting.  It is 9x11 or 11x14 or so... gotta go measure to be sure.  Oil on stretched canvas.  Saw thi...
Friday, June 07, 2013

The Garden at Notre Dame de Fidelite

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While in France, I spent a lot of time just a few yards from the guest house, painting the scenery around us, in the garden, the poppy field...
Monday, June 03, 2013

A Walk in the Woods 16x20 oil

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I combined several photos for this painting and added a little imagination.  I was demonstrating the process of painting a portrait for my a...
Sunday, June 02, 2013

Studies from Provence

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I recently had the opportunity to paint where Van Gogh and Cezanne painted.  I saw what they saw, and like them, was inspired to paint the b...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Peach on striped cloth

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to bid The last week of class I had spare time and decided to do a little study while my class worked on finishing up their projects.  Th...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

on auction this week

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to bid
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Did I tell you I have a Traveling Exhibit in France?

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hahahah!  A french lady staying at the guest house asked if I could paint over a hideous painting of palm trees that she has put up with f...

Wild Flowers in Provence

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I recently vacationed in Provence, France at an abby where a friend who is a nun there, was celebrating her jubilee year ( 25 years at the a...
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...