ORIGINAL PAINTING PLEIN AIR IN SALEM CHERRY TREES IN SPRING DRESSES

 

Hey Friends,  For you Salemites, do you recognize this place ?   I stopped a few times to take photos.

 

This shot is after I finished a sketch.  I have read your sketch is good IF a truck pulled up and blocked your view, you could still paint from your sketch.   I have not been put to the test yet.

 

Starting to block it in.

 

Added the shadows.

 

Got the trunks in, so now it's the blossums.  And if you are wondering, this is a new panel holder from Carol Marine.  Only used it once, not the easy tool she talks about.  But I probably haven't gotten the hang of it yet.

 

This little spring time jewel is for auction in EBAY.  CLICK HERE.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF GARDEN WITH YELLOW UMBRELLA

 

Hey Friends,  Yesterday (Sat) and this morning I did not have internet service.  I called Comcast and their digital recording sent my computer a "refresh" signal.!

Imagine that.  It worked.

 

This little gardenscape was recently added to my ETSY store.

 

CLICK HERE to check it out.

 

Hope you all had a great Easter.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING LANDSCAPE TRAIL RIDE HORSES AND RIDERS

 

Hey Friends,  Something a bit different every now and again is the spice of life!  I enjoyed this one a lot.  It's been a long time since I rode trail horses.

 

When I was a young teenager, we would go to Mr. Taliaferro's farm to play and hope he would let us ride his horses.  He was an important man in the Calvary I was told.

 

He was a stern old fella and seemed a bit gruff.  He was probably just set in "His Ways" as some of the older folks say.  But he insisted that if we rode the horses we had to get them ready to ride!  We put the pads and saddles and all that stuff on them.  And when we got back we had to brush them and feed and water, etc.

 

Well, my horse was pregnant.  And I did not know she liked to swell her belly way out so her baby wouldn't get squashed.  I thought the cinch was good and tight.  But besides her trying to scrap me off at every tree she saw, when she relaxed or sucked her belly in, I sort of did one of those circus moves, where you go under the belly still clinging to the saddle.!  It was funny.

 

And I was mad at the same time.'cuz everyone laughed at me.

 

Some memories are worth sharing.

This is available at Second Helpings Gallery in Roanoke.

 

Hope your Trails are Happy.

ORIGINAL PAINTING STILL LIFE CONTEMPORARY FLORAL

 

Hey Friends, I told you more to come !  Painted at the same time as the previous.  Maybe a bit looser.

 

It is double matted to a 12" sq.  CLICK HERE for Ebay and some close ups.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Happy Trails

Happy Spring !!

ORIGINAL SMALL PAINTING WALKING FAT DOG

 

Hey Friends,  This painting I decided needed a funny title.  So I'm calling it :WALK, Fat Dog".

A man on the greenway exercising himself and his dog decided to walk along for protection.

CLICK HERE

 

 Today I also changed my artwork at 2nd Helpings Gallery on Williamson Rd. in Roanoke, Va.  I took in 6 new pieces.

The one immediately under my name to the left, is from the Southport-Calabash area of N.C.  The one under it is from PaintBank, Va.  The top on the right side is also from PaintBank.  The long one on the bottom right is a composite of sorts.

 

These two smaller pieces are views from Goose Creek in Bedford and a tree on Mill Mountain,.

 here in SW Va. Blue Ridge.

 

All looks good there now.

 

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 AUTUMN MAPLES AND HAY BALES

 

Hey Friends,  For you local guys, I was at Greenhill Park when these hay rolls were new.  I just transported some gorgeous red maples to add some spice to the bales.

 

It was a beautiful sunny day.  Just barely a nip in the air and an easy breeze.

Mighty nice memories.

 

CLICK HERE to check out the Ebay auction.

 

Have a wonderful evening.

 

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF LAVENDER AND DAFFODILS

 

Hey Friends,  I just listed this in EBAY and I painted it with my friend, Linda C., in mind.  She wanted to see something with lavender and yellow together.  Of course, everyone knows daffs and lavender don't bloom at the same time, as if that makes any difference.  But I think next time I'll make them yellow tulips.

Anyway, I like this version with the sky.  Love the puffy clouds and my other versions barely had a sky.  So tell me what you think Linda.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Trails

Tire Trough - From the Barns of Bedford Project

 

Hey Friends,  This is available at auction on EBAY.   Don't you wish it was green outside again and we were all out there painting away the hours?  Can't you just hear the birds and feel the sun going in and out of the clouds?

Sweet Dreams

 

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

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

Pollinator Series Bee #39

 

Hey Friends,  This is day 3 and this Bee painting is #39.   Not so much a close-up but still looks like the bees around here in SW Virginia.

Thanks for stopping by and CLICK HERE to check out ebay.

Happy Trails

Crazy People at the Top of the Hill No.2

Hey Friends,  I needed this to be another quicky but of course BlogSpot is being really wonky.  I'm not even gonna try to figure it out or fix it.  So these words are over instead of under.  This is No.2 and I shall try to link to Ebay - Here.

Have a wonderful spring day.

Happy Trials

Sunset on the Blue Ridge Mountains

Hey Friends,  Another sunset but this time right here at home.  Just down the road as a matter a fact.
Worked from a poor photo and a lot of memory - my favorite way to paint most days.

This painted on a 5x7 canvas panel.  The weather should be warm enough soon for me to get outside and cut some Masonite panels.  I really like to paint on these smooth panels better than canvas.  Yeah, Spring will spring up soon !!
I'm putting this little jewel up for auction in Ebay, Click here for a surprise.
Happy Trails
Travel Well

What to do with some older paintings ?

Hey Friends,  I am trying to clear my studio of some older paintings.  Maybe these should go in the fire but then again some people like precision/realism.  I don't remember WHY I choose to paint these.  Maybe they would make a nice gift for a gardener.

You can take a look at Ebay by clicking here.  I think the auction ends pretty soon.

Happy Trails
Travel Well

PleinAire at Jetters Farm No. One

Hey Friends, This was painted a while back (don't say anything but I can't remember) when we, me and my painting buddies, called the Double Line Painters of the Blue Ridge, were at Jetters Farm on route 220.  One of their colorful trucks out in the field.  I'm longing for warm days to return so we can go back.  None of us gals are real fond of the freezing temps we have had lately.  WE HAVE been out there painting in the cold and wind, mind you.  But we have grown smarter and don't see the need to torture ourselves too often anymore.
This beaute is up for auction in Ebay, Click here to check it out.
Happy Trails
Travel Well