painting: lemons

I love painting lemons. They are simple, yet so many colors can appear in those yellow shadows. My challenge is to make the slices appear lifelike–yet more so. 8″x8″ oil paint on cradled wood board. Available here.

painting: reflection

Oil on canvas, 12″x12″ Another painting from a reference photo by Gary Odell. I pulled several of his images one weekend, and was so excited by them that I sat and painted them over the next couple weeks. The lighting, the poses…each had something special I wanted to interpret through paint. In this one, it

paintings: mama horses & foals (07/18/18)

Both of these paintings were painted from reference photos taken by people other than me. If an image is good and a person is kind enough to share, I don’t mind that the same image might be painted by 100 other artists. We all have a different take on it, so I’m okay with that.

painting: sorrel horse (09/10/17)

One of the horses at the rodeo this year. Strong color contrasts really help him pop. 11″x14″ oil on stretched canvas. Available here.

painting: horse eye

I’ve been looking at this one on my wall all week, and I love it so much. At first glance it could be an abstract of colors, maybe a close-up of a rock, and then it adjusts in my mind to a horse eye looking back at me. 8″x8″ oil on stretched canvas, wired on

a variety of new paintings, August 16, 2014

We had company last week, so I didn’t get any painting done at all. I *did* list these paintings on etsy, though. Sorrel Horse, 10″x20″ oil on stretched canvas, available here. A lionhead rabbit, 8″x10″ oil on stretched canvas, available here. A sorrel horse eye, 12″x12″ oil on stretched canvas, available hereSOLD. A Doberman dog,

painting: bright horse snuggle

I painted these horses in a larger size and more subdued colors, and thought I would paint them again in super brights. They are taken almost to an abstract level, but still are clearly horses. 10″x30″ oil on stretched canvas. Available now in my etsy shop.

musing about painting

I meant to say a few words about painting this horse, so here goes. I started with the face, even though it’s a large canvas and I would normally start on the right side of a canvas since I am left handed — this stops me from smearing paint with my sleeve as I move

painting: beautiful black horse

Here’s a painting I’m working on. I had to pause to let this part dry, because I’m left-handed and had started accidentally smudging. I always work from the right side of the canvas to the left, but the face here was so important that I decided there was no reason to paint the whole rear

Bunny Buddha Painting

This is my favorite bunny pose from my new crop of bunny photos. Thank goodness for the fair, where I can take a LOT of bunny photos! Most of the time the bunnies are lounging, or nervous, but now and then you get a really good shot. My alternate title for this painting is, “Now