I first saw this guy --no, not that creepy guy in the back, the cutie closer up-- in the food store parking lot way back in January or so, when windows were still grimy with salt and winter....
I've been finding the nicest emails in my inbox lately, from people who have bought paintings and then are kind enough to send me a note telling me why. Such nice things to find. Always puts a huge smile on my face.Last week I was...
Well I'll show this painting again when I've finished it, for now I've sort of roughed out the surface the shell is sitting on and am figuring out how to add some punch, but I've been staring at it on my easel all week, wishing...
Something about pears.These pears started as paddles.No, it's OK. I know they're awful. I worked and worked and used tubes of paint trying to get this somewhere. It came from a picture that I'd taken that I liked a lot.Man, I like that picture. Those...
Well I'm having a pretty good day! Last night the Anonymous Art Show in North Vancouver opened and this morning I woke up to two really wonderful emails from people who had purchased two of the three pieces I have in the show. Both had delightful...
This was inspired by a bunch of cornflowers that my mom brought me a few years ago. They were such an intense blue it felt like my eyes were seeing them wrong. I toned them down a little bit for the painting because I think they would have looked...
I've tried staying up late at night painting and when it's right it's RIGHT. Peaceful and rewarding and just a little rebellious. (Not a big rebel here.)The other morning I tried early morning painting. And it was ...
I have a soft spot for this painting. It's of the nicer cat, Scout, and she's gifted at making herself sleek and graceful and paintable. Look how she curled her tail around her ankle here. Oh she's good. Sweet, loving, fun. She'd be pretty much...
So the last couple of weeks have been sort of wonderful in the painting arena. I've had friends buy a number of paintings from me, and I've had the opportunity to have my paintings in a local fabulous store, Lalli Loves It! And last week two of them sold!...