Beaux Arts, 8x8 oil painting

Beaux Arts

8x8 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

Unframed

I named this painting Beaux Arts after the fund-raising event at Scottsdale Artists' School last Saturday. It was a fun night and a successful event for the school.  I'm pleased to say that the two paintings I donated to the silent auction were sold.  I was on the Decoration Committee, and we had made sunflower arrangements for the tables; so we all took some home after the event. My sunflower arrangement died quickly, but I had taken lots of reference photos, and I painted this from one of those photos. Beaux Arts is an annual event, and you can see all the paintings in the auction here.

This painting is available through an online auction on Daily Paintworks.

Thank you for viewing my art.

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Phantom, 12x9 oil painting

Phantom

12x9 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

Unframed

While I was visiting my son recently, Phantom showed up for breakfast at 6:00am.  Phantom is not their cat, but apparently has adopted my son's family. He really lives across the street, but he likes my son's house better.  I painted this from a photo I took of Phantom in the early morning light.

This painting is available on Daily Paintworks.  Just click on the link to go to my page.

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Complements, 10x10 oil painting

Complements

10x10 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

Unframed

I started this painting in Krista Eaton's recent class at Scottsdale Artists' School, and I finally finished it today.  We had so much fun in that class -- I can't wait for the next one.

This painting is available on Daily Paintworks.  Just click on the link to go to my page.

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Tea Rose, 8x8 oil painting on deep-edge canvas

Tea Rose

8x8 oil painting

on deep-edge canvas,

ready to hang

This past year I planted my first rose bush in my yard.  I chose it for the color -- I don't know much about roses, but I want to learn more.  The rose plant iscalled a Tea Rose, and it produces roses in beautiful colors of peach, pink and white.  I painted this from a set-up in my studio, and the daisies were flowers I bought at the market.  Now I want to plant more rose bushes, but I have a feeling I should wait until cooler weather, since I live in the Phoenix area.

This painting is available for purchase on Daily Paintworks.  Just click on the link to go to my page.

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Spring Bouquet, 12x12 oil painting

Spring Bouquet

12x12 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

unframed

I painted this from a still life set-up in a class I took.  I can't remember which class -- it was either with Hedi Moran or Joni Falk.  I added a few touches of my own as well.  This is a 12x12 painting on a Raymar cotton panel, so I recommend that it be displayed in a frame.

This painting is available on Daily Paintworks.  Just click the link to go to my page.

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Happy Faces, 12x9 oil painting

Happy Faces

12x9 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

unframed

It rained here in Arizona today, so I stayed inside and finished a couple paintings that have been sitting in my studio for a few weeks.  This is one of them -- more of my sunflowers and daisies.

This painting is available on Daily Paintworks.  Just click on the link to go there.

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Hummer, 6x6 oil painting

Hummer

6x6 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

This is a painting I re-worked a bit to give it a little more life.  I had done it as a study for a similar painting I gave my mother for her 94th birthday last week.  I think she liked the one I did for her -- it brightened her day.

This painting is available at Daily Paintworks.com -- just click to go to that page.

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Hummer, 6x6 oil painting

Hummer

6x6 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

I painted this as a study for a painting that I will do for my mother, Trudy.  Trudy will celebrate her 94th birthday next week, and she loves hummingbirds.​  Thanks to photographer Tim Davis for providing the reference photo on Corbisimages.com.

This painting is available on Daily Paintworks.

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Daisy Stack, 12x4 oil painting

Daisy Stack

12x4 oil painting

on deep-edge canvas

I love to paint daisies, and I did this one from memory.  This is the first time I've tried the long and thin format.  Although it wouldn't work for everything, I like it for this.  This is painted on a deep-edge canvas (about 1-1/2" deep), so it doesn't need to be framed.  The sides are painted with black gesso.  

This painting is available for purchase through an online auction on Daily Paintworks.

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Daisies and Oranges, 10x10 oil painting

Daisies and Oranges

10x10 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel, unframed

I recently took a class from my friend Krista Eaton, and I painted this from a still life set-up in her studio.  If this painting looks familiar, it's because a few of us have posted our work from that class (including Krista)!  What a fun day we had -- Krista is a wonderful person and a great teacher.

This painting is available for purchase through an online auction on Daily Paintworks.  If you click on the link it will take you to my page.

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White Rose, 8x6 oil painting

White Rose

8x6 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel, unframed

I've been working on painting white roses lately.  What a challenge!  I'm happy with this one.

This painting is available for purchase through an online auction on Daily Paintworks.  If you click the link it will take you right to that painting.

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Water Lilies 2, 8x10 oil painting

Water Lilies 2

8x10 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

This is a larger version of a similar painting I recently posted.  Both paintings were done from photos I took at Mission San Juan Capistrano in California.

This painting is available for purchase through an online auction on Daily Paintworks.

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Vinca, 6x6 oil painting

Vinca

6x6 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

I painted this from a photo of my periwinkles in my back yard.  I grow them all year -- they are the only flowering plant I can get to survive the extreme summer heat in Phoenix.  They are always so colorful.

This painting is available for purchase through an online auction on Daily Paintworks.

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Sunflower Garden, 7x5 oil painting

Sunflower Garden

7x5 oil painting

on linen panel

I painted this from memory of my sunflower garden last Spring.  I look forward to having more sunflowers soon!

This painting is available for purchase through an online auction at Daily Paintworks.

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Hilltop, 7x5 oil painting

Hilltop

7x5 oil painting

on Centurion linen panel

I painted this from a photo I took outside the Mount Lemmon Sky Center in Tucson.  Our friend Adam Block, a well-known astro-imager, manages the observatory there for University of Arizona.  It's an educational and entertaining place to visit. 

This painting is available for purchase through Daily Paintworks.com.

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Water Lilies, 6x6 oil painting

Water Lilies

6x6 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

I have visited many of the California missions, and one of the things I love is that many have beautiful fountains.  Those that are working fountains often have floating water lilies in a variety of colors.  I painted this from a photo I took of the fountain at San Juan Capistrano, one of the most beautiful missions.

This painting is available for purchase on Daily Paintworks.

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Winter Rose, 6x6 oil painting

Winter Rose

6x6 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

This flower gave me fits!  I painted it from life -- a rose from the miniature bush I bought at the market last year.  I struggled to keep the plant alive during our hot summer months, and once the weather cooled down, it bloomed like crazy.  It produces the most delicate white and pink roses, but what a challenge to paint it! The little glass jar is also from the market -- so cute, it had fruit in it.  The lemon was recycled from yesterday's painting, from the tree in my back yard.  Tonight it's going to be 29 degrees here in Mesa, so I think this may be the last of my lemons that you see.  I hope the tree survives.

This painting is available for purchase through Daily Paintworks. 

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Tea Time, 8x8 oil painting

Tea Time

8x8 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

My mother gave me several teacups that have been in the family a long time, and I decided to use them as painting reference.  The lemon was fresh off the tree in my back yard.

This is my Day 1 painting of Leslie Saeta's painting-a-day challenge for January.  So far, so good.

This painting is available for purchase on Daily Paintworks.

Happy New Year to everyone!

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Sunflower Trio, 6x6 oil painting

Sunflower Trio

6x6 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

Available through an online auction on Daily Paintworks.

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For Claudine, 10x8 oil painting

For Claudine

10x8 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

​This painting is for Claudine, someone I've known for 50 years.  Claudine and I went to high school together; and after high school, Claudine opened a successful beauty salon in Burbank, California.  When my son Chris was 14, he went with me to the salon one day, and he saw Julie -- Claudine's daughter.  It was love at first sight; and many years later, when they were in their 30s, Chris and Julie were married.  Now Claudine and I share two adorable grandsons.  She is a caring, generous and special person.