Grazing

9"x12" oil on canvas on panel plein air painting: I also did this one at my dad's farm last week. It's such a peaceful, beautiful place. This view is from the back of the house down the hill toward the pond, the opposite direction from the road.

Afternoon View

9"x12" oil on canvas on panel plein air painting: I went to my dad's farm in central Texas last week and painted this one afternnoon from the deck of the house. The horizontal row of trees and bushes is along a fence beside the road. From this view on the hill, you can't see the road. This huge old oak tree is beside the driveway which goes down to the road. The weather was beautiful and it was so nice to be able to paint en plain air.

I've been very busy painting for a new Natural History Museum that will open in August. It is exciting and lots of fun! I'll post some pictures later.

Untitled

32"x40" oil on canvas. I painted this about a year ago. It is a combination of places. What inspired me to paint this is the shape of the trees on the right side. I used several photos I took at diffenent places and put them toghether.

Family Group

8x10 oil on panel. I just finished this little painting. I began it a few weeks ago as a demo while teaching a painting class at the Museum. I looked out the window and saw this lone group of trees after most of the area had been cleared to build a parking lot. I'm glad this little family group was left.

Luscious

Oil on canvas on panel, 4x6. A friend brought me some strawberries, so I had to paint them before I ate any of them. I thought I'd use a palette knife and squint a lot and here's the result.

Super Moon

plein air nocturne, 6x6 oil on panel. This is what the moonrise looked like from my front yard.

Morning Drink

16x20 oil on canvas. I painted this from a photo I took at my dad's farm. I love to go there and I have done many paintings there and from pictures I've taken there. It's just a beautiful, peaceful place that has so many wonderful memories.

March Beauty

Plein air, 9x12 oil on panel. This is a beautiful day! It started out cloudy and I was afraid my plein air painting trip to SFA University's arboretum would be a wash out. But I met my friend, Karen Lostrocco there and the sun came out and we painted most of the afternoon. The dogwood and azaleas and many other trees and flowers are blooming and it is a beautiful place. It was almost 80 degrees--feels like spring.

Apple on Top

6x6 oil on panel. This is my entry into the Daily Paintworks Challenge. It was really fun to do and a learning experience.

Trumpet Player

Oil on canvas, 14x18. I finally finished this painting. I used a photo I took in August of a mariachi band.

Across the Harbor

Plein air, 9x12, oil on canvas on panel. This is another painting I did on the Port Aransas paint out. It is very interesting painting shrimp boats. We saw these across the harbor from where we were set up in Aransas Pass.

Cloudy Day Sunset

Plein air, 9x12, oil on canvas on panel. This is the first painting I did when I went to Port Aransas on a paint out with the Outdoor Painters Society in November. The day was cloudy and very windy. It was difficult to keep everything from blowing away. We found a windbreak and painted in Aransas Pass that afternoon.

Reflection of Tradition

Oil on canvas, 16"x20". Here is another painting that's in my show at the Museum of East Texas (936) 639-4434. I painted this from a photo I took in Illinois. Last summer, I took my dad and went to Woodstock, Illinois, for my niece's wedding. Woodstock is about an hour northwest of Chicago. On our way home, in central Illinois, it had been raining and was just beginning to clear from the left. You can still see the rain on the right side of the picture.

Palm Shadows

Oil on panel, 12"x9", Plein Air painting. We went to the Rio Grande Valley to visit my sister-in-law for New Years. This is a painting I did about a block from her house in La Feria. I liked the design of the shadows on the side of the building, so I set up my easel and painted this. It was a beautiful, sunny day about 80 degrees.

All is Well

SOLD
Oil on canvas, 48"x36"
Here is another painting that's in my show at the Museum of East Texas (936) 639-4434. This is late afternoon at my dad's farm in central Texas. It's a beautiful and peaceful place.

Addie Jean

SOLD
Oil on canvas on panel, 8"x6"
This painting was commissioned for a Christmas gift, so I couldn't post it until now. I was painting on the dock at Rockport in November with a friend. We were with the Outdoor Painters Society at a paint out in Port Aransas when I received this commission. Addie Jean is the name of the boat.

First Snow

oil on canvas, 24"x30"

I hope all of you had a wonderful and blessed Christmas! I've been very busy getting ready for my museum show and, then, getting ready for Christmas. Now that the show has opened and Christmas is over, maybe I can get back to painting every day. I didn't post very often the past few months because I was mostly painting for my show and I didn't want to post the paintings until the show had opened.

We had an elegant opening at the Gala on Dec. 11 at the Museum of East Texas. It is a 4-person show. I am planning to post some of my paintings that are in the show. This is one of them.

GARAGE SALE

Plein Air 6x8 oil on canvas on panel. Our neighborhood had garage sales this weekend and I enjoyed painting in between shoppers. What caught my attention here was the contrast of the bright light outside the garage and the cool shade inside. It was a very pleasant day. The weather here in Texas has cooled off enough to be comfortable in the shade. Thank goodness, the 100 degree days are over for a while!

WHERE THE BARN WAS

9/25/10 Plein air 8x10 oil on panel. I painted this at my dad's farm in central Texas last Saturday. My grandfather's barn used to stand in this opening many years ago. It was a beautiful morning and I set up my easel and painted while I enjoyed the peacefulness of the place.

Morning Shadows

Plein Air 6x8 oil on canvas on panel. These plants are in my back yard and I liked the sunlight and shadows on them. The weather here has gotten a little more tolerable lately. It still gets into the 90s every day, but that's a good bit better than the 100s! It should cool off some more in the next few weeks.

MARIACHI

8x10 oil on canvas on panel. I know, it's been a while since I posted, but I've been painting. I'm saving most of the paintings for my show this fall. I painted this today from a photo I took of a mariachi band at a quienceanera we attended in August. Hope you like it.

Blue Vase

14x11 acrylic on canvas board. Yes, another demo for my painting classes at the Museum.

Summer Flowers

11x14 acrylic on canvas board. You guessed it--another demo for my painting classes at the Museum. It's fun to paint shiny objects. Paint the shapes and colors you see in the reflections and not the object itself.

OUT THE WINDOW

8x10 acrylic on canvas board, yep, another demo for my Museum painting class. I can't get the same affect with acrylics as I do with oil, but I enjoy the adventure, anyway. My class is beside a huge window, so we can paint landscapes almost en plein air, but not quite.