ORIGINAL PAINTING ACRYLIC ON CANVAS PANEL "Remembering"

 

Hey Friends,  Here a real sweet one for you.  It might even be a bit sticky.

 

This old gray headed couple sitting on their swing, watching the flowers grow and remembering all the little things they enjoyed over the years.

 

I have listed it in my EBAY page.  CLICK HERE.  And this link probably won't work until tomorrow night or 4-23 @ 9pm here in Virginia.

 

Have a great week and come back and sit on the swing for a spell.

 

Happy Trails

Original Painting Autumn Golden Oak

 

Hey Friends,  Got another little landscape completed from the same area here in SW Va.  I plucked a beautiful old oak with a ton of gold and crimson leaves from a church lot and put it in the field with my hay bales.  She was pleased with the arrangement.

 

CLICK HERE for EBAY auction.

 

It snowed and iced more yesterday and then immediately got colder, everything here in Salem is coated in ice.  I can't get out so my daughter is bring my 2 granbabes and they will walk up the hill.  I haven't seen my babes for 2-3 weeks so I'm happy !!

 

Have a great weekend yourself.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF EVERGREEN LAVENDER FARM IN APPOMATTOX, VA.

 

Hey Friends,  Yesterday I posted a bigger lavender painting.  It is 11x14 and in my Etsy shop.  It was a lot of fun to paint with a natural sea sponge so I made a smaller version  at 5x7 for EBAY.

CLICK HERE.

 

And after that please CLICK HERE to see what the Roanoke Valley's visitors blog posted a couple days ago.  Scroll down a little past the map and look for Double Line Painters Logo.

Pass it on to your friends and family.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF SPRING TREES AND DAFFODILS AT A POND

 

Hey Friends,  A spring time bit of sunshine.  My neighbor's pond with the redbud trees blooming and a weeping cherry tree with narcissi blooming.

The ducks were hiding on the far bank.

Can't wait to get back out there !!

 

Click HERE for EBAY auction.

 

Happy Trails

Travel Safely in these frigid temp's.

ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PAINTING - GARRETT'S FARM IN THE SPRING

 

Hey Friends,  Continuing on with that Spring Time feeling, here is a very embellished view of Garrett's Farm in the Glenvar section of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of SW Va.  Whew, what a mouth full.

The crab apples are not that intense shade of pink as you well know.  But aren't they pretty?

 

On EBAY - CLICK HERE.

 

Thanks for stopping in.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL ART OF DOUTHAT STATE PARK NO. 12

 

Hey Friends,  Today is Sunday and it has been close to zero for a couple of days now here in the SW Mountains of Virginia.  The weather reports say we are going to get a ton of snow starting in the morning.  I feel really sad for the little birds and their skinny little legs.  Hope they make it.

 

So this day was spent on the couch in front of the TV painting little 5x7's so I wouldn't lose my mind.

I painted from photos taken at Douthat State Park (that's no. 12 above) and a very embellished scene from Garrett farm and a foggy morning at the Crazy People on the Hill and a Dragon Fly on a flower just to make me happy.

The No. 12 above is available in a Ebay Auction - CLICK HERE.

 

Please come back. I will post the other little guys here tomorrow.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF UTILITY POLES ALONG A TYPICAL ROAD

 

Hey Friends,  Continuing with the Utility poles we see every where.  Basically just adding the touch of man to the beautiful landscapes God made for us.  If we didn't have these gorgeous poles every where, we wouldn't be reading this or typing about it, right?

It's enough to make our hair stand up !

 

CLICK HERE for Ebay.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF SKY WITH UTILITY POLES AND ELECTRIC LINES

 

Hey Friends,  I have a new painting featuring Utility Poles listed on Ebay.

Painted from photos I have taken on various walks here in SW Virginia.  Salem, Va. to be exact.

I'm about to get started on another Utility painting that will have birds on the wires. 

To check this out, CLICK HERE for Ebay.

 

Happy Trails

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ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF SUPER MOON

 

Hey Friends,  Totally forgot to post anything yesterday !  DUH.  I was so engrossed in painting just slipped my mind.  Normally on Friday nights I have my Gran-Babes but not this time.  They had a family night.

So I painted this last night along with 4 more of various sizes.  Don't ya love a good roll?

 

Up for auction on EBAY.  Doesn't engage until tomorrow night.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL SKYSCAPE PAINTING WITH UTILITY POLE

 

Hey Friends,  We had another beautiful day here in the SW Mountains of Virginia.  I walked around a bit with the camera, shooting this and that.

Came home and painted a few small pieces of the utility poles.  No birds today.  Odd.

 

This is for auction in EBAY

 

I'm painting a scene along the Blue Ridge Parkway, so I shall be on my way.

 

Happy Trails

CHECKING THE HERD - ORIGINAL SMALL PAINTING OF HORSE AND RIDER

 

Hey Friends,  Hope everyone is still fairing well in this deep freeze.  Won't be much longer 'til spring !

 

The painting above was developed from several different photos.  You know how hard it is to get models to do exactly what you want.  The dog spent most of his energy chasing the cows.  And the human rarely sat up straight !  We artists know how to overcome all obstacles.  LOL.

 

It's available in ETSY.

 

Hopefully I will learn how to use PICMONKEY soon and have some collages to show you.

 

Happy Trails

Walking Max

 

Hey Friends,  Some new work.  I took photos a few months ago of my niece and gran babe walking MAX all around the yard.  The sun was going down and glowing through this large bush.  I think it was called "Broom".  Very pretty but a little difficult to capture in paint.  It is on Ebay HERE.

 

Here is another from our trip to Douthat State Park.  This was actually a full sized road but I like it better as a path.  Really enjoyed that park.

Click HERE for Ebay.

 

I'm working on a commission and keep forgetting to get some progress photos .  But I've got my camera in hand now.  So back out to the studio I go.

 

Happy Trails

Snow on the Crazy People at the Top of the Hill

 

Hey Friends,  I painted this late last week from photos I took last year.  This is #6 in an ongoing series about those Crazy People.  There were several before I started this blog and finally had to start numbering them.  I snuck up the hill when I was sure no one was home to get the photos.

Ebay Auction Here

 

This one I finished today.  It is 14 x 7 " and a shallow wrapped canvas.  The sides are blue.  I have decided to put this in my Etsy shop because I have neglected it for so long.  I don't know what happens to me.  Why do I get bored and neglect things for so long??  Why? Why?

Because you are an impatient person. 

 

Tomorrow I will be in Bedford at the Goose Creek Gallery, painting with my Buddies.

Stop in and say HI !

 

Happy Trails

Cat's Blue Sky - New Auction

 

Hey Friends,  New painting I just finished last night.  I'm going to varnish it this morning.  I used a photo my dear friend, Ms. Cat, sent me from her slice of heaven in Florida.

 

Love to paint palms.  Probably because they remind me of a warmer climate.  It's freezing cold here in the SW Mountains of Virginia.  It's raining right now but will turn into snow later in the day according to the meterologists.  I painted the frame several years ago and have been looking for it for a long while.  It's good to clean and purge your studio every 10 years or so. LOL.

 

Love to paint flamingos also.  Guess I better put myself in gear.

The Ebay auction is HERE if you want to look it over.

 

Happy Trails

Trees for Auction on Ebay

 

This 5x7 acrylic painting is up for auction on Ebay.  Would it make a lovely little gift?  Sure it would.  Frames this size are easy and inexpensive to find.  Go ahead,  bid on it.

 

This Oak is up on Ebay too.  I believe it ends tomorrow.  Click Here to check it out.

 

Hope everyone is warm and safe.  Lets hope this is the only polar vortex we have to deal with this year.

 

Happy Trails

Travel Well

New Chick and Douthat State Park

 

Hey Friends, Another impression of a chicken.  Click HERE for Ebay.

 

And a few photos of the trip last week to Douthat State Park with my painting Buddies, the Double Line Painters.  We had a great time trying to decide where to paint.  There was a painting everywhere you looked.  The sun was a little contrary at times.

 

As usual, my acrylic paintings were too dark when I got them home.  I'm always amazed how much they darken (acrylics) but they dry so fast it makes it so much easier to get them home.  I've been trying to adjust for 2 years now and still haven't gotten it right.  The one above is OIL.

 

These are all acrylics.  I've already worked on the 2 smaller dark ones to lighten them.  And now I must work on the biggest one to the left.

I suppose the answer is to get a couple boxes that are made for transporting wet oils.  Leave the acrylics at home and/or keep practicing with the acrylics on paper.

 

Happy Trails

Travel Well

Lynchburg Art Festival was Great

 

Hey Friends,  Just a quick note to let you know the 42nd Lynchburg Art Festival This past Saturday was great as usual.  The show was switched to Sunday because of the rain so the crowd was a bit smaller than usual.  Thanks to all.

 

The chicken above, or maybe it's a rooster.  I forget.  IT is up for auction on Ebay...HERE.

It doesn't go live until 9pm Eastern Time or 6pm California time.

 

 

I got a sunburn.

 

Happy Trails Travel Well

Day One

 

Hey Friends,  I've blown it already haven't I?  That's OK, there are NO mistakes or rules with this challenge.  I will try to do some stuff that's way off for me but sometimes LIFE just won't cooperate.

That's when you make lemonade.

Click to EBAY.

 

Happy Trails

Another Series and Workshop

 

Hey Friends,  Last Thursday I started a little series of little paintings about the sky.  I went to the roof of my studio (it's a flat roof) this is where I usually paint "My Field" paintings.  This year we have had a lot of interesting skys because of various weather factors but more so because of Hurricane Arthur and the freaky vortex that came down from Canada last week.

 

Here I am with all my gear up on the roof.  That little painting is available in EBAY.

 

Yesterday Saturday August 2, we, the Double Line Painters held a small workshop at 2nd Helpings Gallery on Williamson Rd. (the old Sears Bldg.)  A Painted Papers workshop.  Click Here to read more about it and sign up for the workshop to be held at the Sedalia Center on Aug. 23rd.

 

As I said on the DLP blog, it is worth the drive to this beautiful area of our Virginia.  You will have a great time and go home with a stash of beautiful papers and inspiration to last all year.

Feel free to share and forward to all your creative friends, they will love you for it.

Happy Trails

Pollinator Series - #Two

Hey Friends,  This is Bee #38.  Second in my Pollinator Series on Ebay, CLICK HERE to see.  And you can read about the Pollinators from Birds & Blooms Magazine Here.   Or you can scroll down until you find June 1st post.

Have a wonderful summer evening.
Happy Trails
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