ORIGINAL STUDIO PAINTINGS AND GOOSE CREEK GALLERY IN BEDFORD, VA.

 

Hey Friends,  Just got back from plein air painting at Garst Mill Park in Roanoke County, Va.  Rearing to go.

The colorful piece above is from our trip to Calabash-Southport , NC. last year.  All that purple is just the side effects of too much ice cream.  You know, My sugar spiked !

CLICK HERE for the Ebay auction.

 

 

The little bee's went to Goose Creek Gallery in Bedford this past Tuesday.  Hope you can go look.  In fact their artwalk is tomorrow night, Friday the 8th.

Click here for Goose Creek for directions.

 

 

And this is the first sketch I did this morning at Garst Creek.  I thought I would try it this way once and see what happens.  I did the color sketch there and along with a photo, I will finish at home.  I know that is not REAL plein air but when you are in a hurry, ya gotta do what ya gotta DO.

 

I'm also putting a link HERE as a reminder for you to check out Evergreen Lavender Farm's up coming workshop !!  Don't miss it.

 

Happy Trails

Nasturtium's Glow

 

Hey Friends,  Still bringing you some sunshine !  This painting started out pretty abstractly.  I sprayed the milk weed looking pods with water to make the stems from the drips.  Then when I added the transparent orange, it reminded me of my Mom's nasturtiums.  They are the prettiest shade of orange I've ever seen and I'm not a fan of orange.  And you know the bees had to follow.

 

This painting is framed as shown above.  The frame was plain, I added the color and the crackle glaze.  Both are varnished.

It is available in my Etsy shop, CLICK HERE

 

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

Seventeenth in the Pollinator Series "Bird Food"

 

Hey Friends,  Only on #17 !  Seems to be dragging on huh?  I'm still enjoying this series but it seems I've been on pollinators for so long.   I'm saying it's because there is too much OTHER stuff going on.

 

You can see a few photos on EBAY of the start on these sunflowers.  Building up a seed head just like the real flower, and the crackling.

 

Happy Trails

Travel Well

Fourth in Pollinator Series - Bee # 40

 

Hey Friends,  Bee # 40, boy I've painted a lot of bees.  This one started out with an old clothes pattern that I sewed on.  I just stitched in any direction, doing straight and zig zag stitches.  You can see it a bit better in person, the stitches that is.  It is a nice little size too, 12x6.

It's a wrapped canvas with sides same colors as front.  CLICK HERE for Ebay.

Happy Trails

Travel Well

30 Day Challenge "Pollinators"

 

Hey Friends,  A self imposed challenge !  but wouldn't it be great if every one participated in saving our pollinators?  CLICK HERE to see the painting closer in ebay.

And look below...

 

I copied this from the latest issue of "Birds and Blooms".  You can see their name and issue at the very bottom.  I don't want to get in trouble for using their image by not giving credit.

Look at # 16

It says Pollinator week is June 16-23.  And visit pollinator.org

Well, when I first read this I was half asleep.  The next day I started preparing for this challenge.  My sleepy memory thought the article said all month.  So now I'm ready to rip for about a month.  I "plan" on posting a pollinator every day on this blog and ebay.

I will be out of town June 8th thru 16th with my plein-aire buddies.  I don't know yet if I'll be able to post anything then.

Thank you for stopping long enough to read and visit. Please check back.

Happy Trails

UPS

Hey Friends, I've been really busy with the paints this week ! I don't know how many I've done or started. The busy bee's above and the fancy Dragon Fly below. I enjoyed painting the beads.

A lovely lady in Australia bought a painting from my Etsy store. So I pack it up the usual way and take it to the P.O. and the way I had it packed would have cost $35.00. So I brought it home and repacked. On my way back to the P.O. I decided to stop at the UPS store and see what their fee might be. After measuring and weighing, he said $169.64 !! $169.64.

I started laughing and he did too. This pkg. was ><>

I went on to the P.O. and mailed it for $15.00. Just thought you might enjoy that scenario.

Now I'm off to Etsy to list a painting or two.

Happy Trails.

Glass Beads Cont'd.

Hey Friends, So I'm back with the glass beads. Now I think you'll be able to see them a bit better. The image above is the finished piece-Duh...

I meant to load these in reverse order. But ya know my tendency to forget the proper way to do any thing. Dang - I've got so much paint on them you can't see like I was hoping.

Sorry, next time I use the glass beads I'll get better close ups before painting. I'm just itching to paint a Flamingo. Birds, Bees, Flamingos - All of these should tide me over 'til spring arrives or Daylight Savings Time starts. Which ever comes first.! ! !

Happy Trails.