1782 SOLD Little Jim Bait and Tackle Plein Air

SOLD I painted this one a couple of weeks ago, on the 11th. I wanted to tweak it a little so here it is now. I painted it at Little Jim's Bait and Tackle. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. 

1663 SOLD Monarch Butterfly on the Amaranth

SOLD !  I have been painting this for a few days now.  I grew some milkweed and then watched this one grow from egg into caterpillar and finally into butterfly.  The cocoon was on a branch that got broken so I brought the branch into the house and when the butterfly came out I put it on the globe amaranth flowers.

The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.  $250.

I have also entered this years Inktober for the first time.  Here is the first one, its my dog Scouty.
They have prompts and the first prompt is "Fast."  I used a Sharpie pen. #inktober #inktober2016

1599 SOLD Commissioned Painting

 SOLD  This is a big one, I have been working on it since the beginning of March.  Its 3 x 5 feet, oil on canvas.  The client liked my palm on the frontispiece of my blog and wanted a painting with the palm on the St. Lucie river instead of the ocean.  I worked from my photos and his to compose the painting.

I think this one is finally finished!

You can scroll down and see where I started this one.  There was more tweaking to do than I thought, managed to spend the whole morning on it.  Darkened her clothing, little more highlights on the jewelry, did some more work on both their eyes, noses, etc.  My husband said to finish it up, you only have five minutes of work on it.

Self Portrait

These are two older ones, today is self portrait day at Daily Painters so I wanted to put this one up. Its been too hectic lately to do a painting of me at this time, this was done in September 2007. The bottom painting is the one I was working on in the top painting. It was a very windy day on my neighbor's dock.

Daily Painting 628 SOLD Commissioned Dog Painting

SOLD I have a feeling its going to be too red, the person who commissioned it said my photo was. (Darn) I like it this color! It looks like I will have some more tweaking to do. 5 x 7, oil. Not for sale here.

Note, the dog owner (not the person who made the commission) liked the painting and I didn't have to tweak it. :oD

Daily Painting 600!!!!!!!! Me Painting

I got to another milestone, whew! I didn't quite finish, we had a nice Memorial Day picnic with relatives over. I am wore out, it was a lovely day. I have quite a bit of tweaking to do, its coming along pretty well. Not for sale. Its 8 x 10, oil.

DAILY PAINTING 500!!!!!!! Its Me! Self Portrait

I was a nervous wreck the last three days, I didn't have a clue what to paint. I knew what I wanted to paint today but not then. It feels so weird to know that I have posted so many paintings. I am not sure whats next, I don't think I am going to be posting every day but who knows. I think it will be less now, there is a lot in real life I want to do other than painting every day. This is me at Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. I think Amy, the director there took the photo I worked from. It was real cold that day, thats why I have the heavy shirt on. Its 8 x 10, oil and not for sale.

Daily Painting 303 SOLD Commissioned Painting

SOLD Its 8 x 10, oil knife and brush. It was an interesting commission, the photo provided was not the best, the white horse standing on white sand was pretty tricky. I enjoyed the challenge.

Daily Painting 108 Re-visited Sisters Finish

I finally finished this one today, if you scroll down you can see the work in progress. Its oil, mostly knife 12 x 16. I used a brush and rag to lay in the shadows and touch up a few details. Click on it to see it larger. Its spoken for, it will be a gift to the father of the two girls.