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Monday, September 28, 2015

Our house on the historic home tour

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One of my neighbors posted the news piece on our recent home tour and I am glad I clicked on the link as most of it was filmed inside our ho...
Monday, September 14, 2015

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This is really helping to clear out my studio and give a few buyers a great deal on an original oil painting.  A new batch of paintings this...
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

SOLD! The Woods

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My husband and I visited a Monestary about an hours drive from home and found a pretty place near a little stream to do...
Tuesday, September 08, 2015

study of French abby

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Another demo.  This one was completed in my Thursday adult painting class.  It came from a photo of the guest house where we stayed at an ab...
Monday, September 07, 2015

SOLD! 8x10 peaches and tea

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If you have been following my blog lately you will see that I am putting a lot of paintings on with no reserve this week ...
Saturday, September 05, 2015

SOLD ! Here's another one... Penny Auction

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A couple of the paintings have bids.  One has several but there are still a few that haven't had a bid yet.  This one is worthy of consi...
Friday, September 04, 2015

SOLD! Yet another Penny auction.. Daffodils at the Gilcrease Museum

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I have several big shows coming up and one of them involves a home/studio tour in our historic neighborhood in a couple of weeks.  I am tryi...
Wednesday, September 02, 2015

SOLD ! Another Penny Auction

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To Bid or to Visit my Ebay Gallery One of my students wanted help in bringing a photo of her once young daughter to life in paint.  I al...
Tuesday, September 01, 2015

My son Jesse on guitar and lap steel for Hard Working Americans

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Hard Working Americans in Chicago to visit Jesse's website, listen, order his own CD of awesome music, click here

SOLD! A WALK IN THE PRAIRIE

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To Bid or visit the Ebay Gallery To visit my blog There is no reserve for this auction so winning bid, no matter how low, gets the painti...

2 books on painting in a painterly style

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OK it is time to put in a plug for my two books on oil painting.  I have them for sale here on the site or you can always purchase off of my...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Tulsa Ballet Opening Season

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Recently I was invited to the rehearsals of the Tulsa Ballet so that I could gather reference material with which to work for the purpose of...

3 paintings accepted into the Illinois River Salon Show upcoming in Oct/Nov

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Hopefully one or two of these will make it all the way to the Crystal Bridges Museum.  I will let you know when they notify me.  Othe...

What a great night Jesse Aycock w Hard Working Americans

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Went to the Cains Ballroom last night to hear Jesse perform w Hard Working Americans.  Tulsa came out in full force and filled the room with...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Busy Month

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I have several shows beginning and ending this month and we are hosting 3 house concerts as well.  ( http://houseconcertsunlimited.com ) Jus...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Oh Tulsa show entry at Living Arts

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Actually it is the sister piece to this painting that is entered in the show.  Very similar, rainy Tulsa day.  The other one is a little m...

SOLD! OVAC 12x12 Summertime

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This is my entry into the OVAC 12x12 show coming up in a few weeks.
Sunday, July 05, 2015

4th of July Pancakes

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Red, White, Blue Blueberry pancakes made from walnut, millet, coconut flour with greek yogart , Honeysuckle Rose syrup
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Wagon Race Girls

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This is a little painting I did after attending a wagon race in Oklahoma.  We just happened upon it on a Sunday drive.  T...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Gathering Herbs

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To Bid This painting started out by using a master work as a jumping off point.  Originally this girl was in a cathedral or castle and h...
Monday, June 08, 2015

Where to find inspiration

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I think you find inspiration best when you are not actually looking for it.  It is best found when you keep an open mind and when an idea pr...
Saturday, June 06, 2015

Blooming Vetch

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To bid I took a walk with my pup way down into a  hollow that spread out into a beautiful field the other day.  The temperature was...
Monday, June 01, 2015

It was too pretty to pass up...

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It was too pretty today to pass up an opportunity to paint.  I took my dog for a walk down on the back 40 and then decided that the weather ...

SOLD

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Friday, May 29, 2015

Thoughts on gardening on the wild side

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I was out in the garden yesterday and picked lettuce and some spinach.  I noticed purslane growing in with the basil, sorrel and lambsquar...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

Testing the waters

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Memories... Everything about the beach makes me feel good.  Some of my favorite years as a child, as a teen, as a mom and now.... still ma...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Mulberry Tree

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One more day in the tops of the trees and I think it is finished.  I love my job.  Who else gets to hang out in the tops of the trees all...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

A work of art from the garden

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Revisiting a painting from this time last year

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I decided not to paint the peonies this year and just pick them and enjoy them.  I do love to paint them but this year put my energies into ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Mulberry Tree

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Sometimes the question pops up... " Should I pick it, or should I paint it?"  That was the case the other day as I climbed the ste...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Canoeing the Boundry Waters

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9x11 oil on canvas
Saturday, May 09, 2015

Mayfest Invitational

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I am excited to be invited again to participate in the Mayfest International Invitational show this year.  It opens Wednesday night ( ticket...

To Garden or to Paint? That is the question.

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I love Google.  I googled a recipe for honeysuckle jelly and decided to add a few rose petals for good measure and color.  I thought...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

The Journey

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A lot of people think that when they see a painting on the wall that the artist had a specific idea of how it should look in the end and tha...
Friday, April 17, 2015

To Garden.... or To Paint.... or Both!

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This week I am doing a lot of both. To start off with the harvest of lots of dandelion and redbud blossoms a few weeks ago is going to pay o...