paintings: a hare, waterlilies, and a bee

I’ve been concentrating on working with a loose style. I tend to try to paint too precise (whether or not you can see it) and letting go of “it has to look real” is difficult for me. The blue sky in the above painting looks especially bright, and is not captured well in my photo

paintings: a horse laugh, a goldfinch, and a squirrel

I’m trying to list a painting a day through the summer, and don’t want to overload my subscribers’ (thank you!) email with too many posts. So I am stacking multiple paintings into one blog post. Would you rather see them as one a day? I know people can just delete, but one post a day

paintings: an indigo bunting, and a palomino

I spotted my first indigo bunting where I live, but of course did not have my camera on me. Maybe next time! 8″10″ oil on cradled wood board. SOLD, thank you! I painted from a photo shared by Terry Colby. What a shy glance from a lovely palomino. I love the way the short mane

painting: a horseshoe, and a daisy still life

 I zeroed in on the lovely shoe on this horse because it seemed unusual to me–extra flattened as though long worn. The horse was a draft breed, who appeared used to working. Horseshoes are symbols of good fortune, and I love to paint them! That little hint of tail swoosh brings it all together. I

painting: an oriole, and a roan horse

Didn’t he turn out lovely? Such vibrant colors. The bland background helps make him “pop.” I painted from a photo shared by Roy Heron. 8″x10″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop, here. SOLD, thank you! I love painting roan horses because all the little speckles are so much fun, subtly changing

paintings: a squirrel, and a palomino

Painting the bushy squirrel tail is the most fun part, the layers and streaks combining to form such a pop of a puff. Really brings it all together. 9″x12″ oil on stretched canvas. Available in my Etsy shop. From a reference photo shared by the generous Les Liddle. My very favorite pose. A glance back,

painting: horse mama and foal

12″x12″ oil on stretched canvas. I painted from a photo shared by Margaret Townsend. Available in my etsy shop, here. Summer is in full swing here, so I will be painting!

painting: bully commission

Didn’t this turn out terrific? I can’t take all the credit, as the reference photo I worked from was spot-on with the composition and colors. I merely translated what was already there. Keeping the background indistinct was my challenge, as I tend to go over-literal. So pretty!

painting: bunnies and friend

I haven’t painted a lot of people, but I think I do okay. ) You can’t go wrong with bunnies. Well, *I* can’t go wrong with bunnies. Are you having a good weekend? Lovely weather here, finally. Seemed like one of the longest winters ever. The flowers are starting to bloom.

chuffed

One of my customers, Kevin, sent a photo of himself with his 2021 National Champion, Supernova. Everything about this makes me proud. 🙂