Three in a Canoe

6 x 12 Oil on Archival Board

Usually it's the person in the back that gets away with not paddling :-)  She could blame it on her paddle, I guess.  The longer paddle is for our kayak.  I'm not sure why we got the shorter paddle.  This is what happens when your dock house is a mess and the girls are anxious to get out on the water.  Trying to find anything is impossible!  It's Fall.  Now's the time to start cleaning it out in preparation for next summer. 

Finding a New Spot to Dig

6 x 9 Oil on Archival Board

This is the last in the series of three paintings of Lucy and Cooper (new friends) at the beach.  They were heading out to find a new and better place to dig....or happily walking off into the sunset, perhaps to meet again another time or place :-)

Buckets of Fun

8 x 8 Oil on Archival Board

 

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Lucy and Cooper once again....This time working hard to fill those pails with sand and, I'm assuming, discussing the day's events; or Cooper is instructing Lucy on the preferred technique of sand play.  This photo of the painting is much darker than the original, and the sand is not so yellow.  Also, there's a glare...Other than that, it's fine :-)    

Summer Romance

6 x 9 Oil on Archival Board

 

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Finding a new friend is always a wonderful thing, but especially when it's a summer romance.  Lucy and Cooper will probably never see each other again, but there is something special to be said for this moment in time.  The interaction, the sharing of pails and shovels (mighty big shovels at that), and two year old conversations, is what it's all about...That "ahhh" moment.  In our crazy mixed-up world, a moment like this is heaven.

End of the Summer

8 x 8 Oil on Gessobord

Children find things to do even if it's a little too cold to go into the water.  This little girl's colorful outfit and pigtails reminded me of my daughter when she was little.  I think she probably reminds a lot of us of summers long ago.  Then, school starts...... :-(

Family Day at the Lake

8 x 8" Oil on Gessobord

A study of a family at a park in Singapore.  My Daughter-in-Law took the photo I painted this from.  She's taking photography classes, although I really don't think she needs them.  She has an artist's eye and gets some great shots.  I'm so lucky she lets me paint from her pix.  She and my son live in Singapore and travel all over the world.  Their next trip is to the Himalayas to run a marathon.  I told her I expect her to carry her very heavy camera around her neck during the race so she can take more photos for me.  Very uphill..  Is that a problem??  Somehow, I don't think she's going to :-)

Children on the Move

9 x 3 1/8  Oil on Gessobord

OK..So this is a piece of Gessobord that I had my husband cut from a painting I had done a few weeks ago.  When I painted the original piece, the bottom of the painting just didn't look right to me.  The only way I felt I could keep the painting was to crop it which is easy if I'm doing pastel, but not so much on a hard board.  My husband was nice enough to drag out his table saw and cut the bottom off the painting.  Rather than throw the piece away, I just "played," and this is the result.  I might go back into this and refine it, but there is something about the lack of refinement that I like.  Even though there are ghosts around the figures, I think it gives the piece movement.  At least I think so....Just a fun little experiment.

You Can Do It!

6 x 6 Oil On Gessobord

Winding down the summer beach theme as Fall sets in...  I'm not quite sure whether this young girl was pulling her brother out of the water or pushing him in.  I prefer to think she was protecting him by keeping him from danger;  however, that might be wishful thinking on my part. This little painting is just a study of movement.  Something I enjoy so very much :-)

Waiting for the Right Wave

6 x 8 Oil on Linen Board

There is a perfect wave out there.  It's just a matter of waiting until you see it, or knowing it when you see it.  It's sort of the same thing with people, too :-)  

Family Day

8 x 10 Oil on Gessobord

I'm really into water now :-)  Painting it is not as easy as one would think.  It's a struggle, but when it comes out the way I'd like, I'm thrilled.  These last few paintings I've done have been such a joy.  I haven't gone into the process thinking about what it "should" look like when it's finished.  I've just been letting it happen, and the outcome has always been a surprise...and a happy one at that.  For me, movement is always the key.  I must say, though, that I did get new contact lenses recently ... Perhaps that's what makes the difference :-)

Best Friends

8 x 8 Oil on Gessobord

This is the second in the series of paintings I did of photos my parents took when I was young...way back when.  As kids, we were outside playing no matter what the weather, and I have to say it was a wonderful way to grow up.  This turned out to be one of my favorite paintings, perhaps because I actually remember that snowsuit and remember Robbie so well.  I can still feel my frozen toes :-)   I always find that when I really enjoy the painting I'm working on, the results usually work out for the best.

An Acorn and a Parrot

8 x 11 Oil on Arches Oil Paper

An acorn and a parrot were on a Brooklyn brownstone stoop...Sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn't it?  These two were certainly excited about Halloween.  The parrot must have decided to take his parrot head off.  I'm not sure why, but I love the wisp of hair sticking straight up :-)  His costume actually reminds me of Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean."  More flamboyant pirate than parrot...They are both so cute!  Smile on my face painting this one ...

Beach Work

6 x 8 Oil on Gessobord

So much to do at the beach!  Lots of fish to catch and mud pies to make. Emerald Isle, NC. 

You Go First!

7 x 7 Pastel Painting on Wallis Paper, 16 x 16 Framed

$150 + s/h (Framed)

Summer heat!!  Another painting of the children who visited us. What fun to watch them, and even more fun to paint them.  I can't believe July is over, but I'm really ready for Fall and those wonderful colors and fresh crisp air.