2 small canvases

These are 2 small, 5"x5" canvases. One is for my grandson's bedroom. The other is a donation to a silent auction to raise money for a local art center.

"Nantucket Sailboats" above. "The Blue Window" below.

Today's Bird Paintings

Blue bottles and a yellow bird.

Lilies from the garden with a goldfinch, almost finished below

I turned it into a collage with batik fabric to bring out the blue and blue violet, as well as to add more whimsy!


These two paintings are for sale in ETSY!

Bird Watching

2 small 8x10 watercolors of stilllife with birds. I wonder, what are these birds watching????

saved from the storm

Flowers brought in before the thunderstorm this morning....now a painting!

Playing with the desktop art files....this was on the screen, so I am blogging it. Detail of some summer flowers.

Reflections, Seeking Focus

This watercolor is based on a still life, but attempting to escape reality. It isn't too literal, scale and space are distorted. [I need a camera to show the whole painting,this is a scan of the center] To me, there is a bit of a "mirror" feeling. The red pear on the right side is "reflected" as a pear bi-sected on the left of the painting (mostly missing here).
The bird (from a figurine, great for posing and painting from different angles) seems to be preening in front of it's reflected image.
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I WAS able to get a photograph of the full painting on the sunporch....available light.

Freesias and red pear

A watercolor from this weekend. Freesias, pale peach carnations, asters, lime green pompom chrysanthemums and a red pear.