Commission – Just Delivered

This painting is a commission from a girl I went to school with.  Because of certain “life happenings” that we sort of have in common,  she reached out to me to paint a special piece for a very special someone in her life.  This is quite an honor for me to have been able to

Update # 3 Late August Completed!!!

So this is an interesting way to post a Work in Progress.  I can no longer show you the complete completed work….until I deliver it!  They would like to be surprised and see it in person first.  I can share the grasses have a wonderful orangey glow and you can almost feel their movement in

Green With Envy – WIP Complete

I have reached the nearly finished stage of this painting.  I will stare at it and scrutinize it for a few days to see if I feel the need to go back in and color balance or make any adjustments at this time. The amount of work on this painting reminds me a lot of

Green, Greenish?

Ah…the colour of lush gardens and spring and grass and the lawn after a good rain.  Green conjures up so many images in my mind.  I remember that as a little girl no more than seven years old, I thought emerald-green was the most beautiful colour in the entire world.  My father once drove across

WIP – Hosta la Vista Baby and why someone should really help me name this one

 And  so it began.  A while back I was approached by a client who saw my hosta painting “Sunshine Shadows”  in acrylic.  She mentioned that both she and she husband are hosta enthusiasts and they would love a hosta painting.  No… no… no… not the painting I had already painted. Apparently my prized hosta  is

A lonely visit to the beach of my childhood – Mispec Beach

I have a painting commission to do of shorebirds.  This is the right time of year for photographic reasearch as the birds are in the early stages of their fall migration.  I know there is a shorebird conservatory a few hours from here (Johnson’s Mills Shorebird Conservatory and Interpretive Centre), but I though I would

My painting is on the front page of “The Showcase Magazine”

In April I was approached by Nina Ulloa the Publisher/Editorial Director of “The Showcase Magazine” to allow them to use one of my paintings on the cover of the June edition of the magazine!  The magazine is publishes out of Warren, NJ.  Of course I said YES.  I think it looks wonderful – very exciting!

Spring Travels

Just completed.. companion commission This watercolor is a composite of three photos of the same area somewhere down south.  The owners of the painting are well travelled. Thy have been keeping thier eyes open for a subject that would work with their first painting.  I love the colors of the water and the feeling of

Commission Trials and Tribulations

So… I have been working on this commission.  My clients purchased a painting  awhile ago and wanted a companion piece in another season.  They are well-travelled and were keeping an eye out for inspiration. I started the painting, got mostly through it and wondered if the boat was too large. So I started it over.

Old Reliable

Honestly, I think I was more afraid to start this commission than I have ever been when starting a portrait.  The owner of this tractor loves it.  He is more than proud of it. And so my conundrum (I love that word).   Painting nature is a bit more forgiving and less precise than rendering something