by | | Paintings, Real Places, Transparent Watercolor
Although the lotus blossoms were not in bloom, the egrets were there at this lovely pond outside of Virginia Beach. Two copperheads were sunning below us in the branches of a bush I did not paint. I didn’t paint the snakes either, but I did take their pictures! Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Paintings, Real Places, Transparent Watercolor
My original sketch of this wonderful barn was made in the summertime. The first painting, titled simply “Hope’s Barn” was small and sold immediately from the Gallery our Art League had in what is now Eagle Village in Strafford. But, wanting more drama, I decided to create a winter scene instead and after years of thinking about it, I painted this Ardrossan in Winter-Hope’s Barn. It is a half sheet (15” high x 22” wide) with an off-white mat in a 20” high x 27” wide frame. Ardrossan and Hope were the inspiration for The Philadephia Story with Katharine Hepburn and its remake High Society with Grace Kelly. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Paintings, Real Places, Transparent Watercolor
Chanticleer Garden in Wayne is open to the public. We artists who live in the area have been so fortunate over the years to be invited to come and paint in the extensive and varied gardens of this large property. At the time this transparent watercolor was painted, the strips of annuals was called “the cutting garden.” The path between these blooming strips had fabulous arches with sweet-smelling honeysuckle climbing all over them. I left the arches out of this painting – that will be an oil painting some day. This day, four of us were there painting – two of us at the “cutting garden,” the others on the terrace to capture that view. We spent the day there, meeting midday to lunch together, then back to our easels to finish for the day. This painting is currently in the Collection of the Artist but is available. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Flowers, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor, Uncategorized
A small group of us gathered for years in the garret studio of a fellow artist and it was way up here that I imagined myself as the sun and tried to capture how the sunflowers were so happily reaching toward the sunlight from the darkness beneath their beautiful viridian leaves. I used transparent watercolors on 300 lb Arches acid-free paper. Sadly, this image does not show the brilliance of the original painting, especially the intense violets and bright blue cobalt. The painting sold immediately to a Collector. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Flowers, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
Poppies Popping was just an idea swirling in my brain when I began to paint it in April at the shore. I used transparent watercolors on a full sheet of Arches 300 lb cold press 30″ x 22″ paper. My critique group voted down the black frame (which I felt really popped the poppies) that I had ordered to go with the painting and its 5″ acid-free mat in favor of a pale platinum gold frame. My daughter-in-law loves the painting with the black frame, so if it doesn’t sell from this show, I’ll give it to her, with my love, re-framed in black. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
