My Newest Teapot

Hi Everyone, Well I'm so bad, I bought yet another teapot. I was in a antique store near here and I fell in love with this brass teapot. I think part of the reason it appealed to me so much is because it is so much like one that C.W. Mundy paints in one of his dvds and I love his work. I enjoyed my first try at it and I'll give it another go before too long. This is oil on a 8 x 10 stretched canvas.

Very excited about this Monday, we have a model coming in for my Monday painting group. She's a beautiful young gal and it is always such a treat to have a live model. Hopefully I'll get something I won't be embarrassed to show you, lol.

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Down on the Farm

Hello there! I painted this recently from a reference photo I took while in Hillsboro Ohio. Our last camping trip of the year was in Hillsboro, a beautiful rolling county in Ohio with lots of farms. I took quite a few photos of this farm, they had donkeys, cows and as you can see sheep. It's great when you take a photo and you just know it's one you will paint, that's how I felt about this one. This is oil on a 8 x 10 stretched canvas.

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I won!

Hi Gang, Just a quick post to let you know my painting of a "Snow Day in Pine Hill" took 1st place the Holiday card contest. I am so thrilled and honored. Representative Beck will hang the painting in his office and the image will be used on all of his holiday cards. The photo is Representative Beck on the left and Meredith Raffel on the other side of me, she is the executive director of Mason Deerfield Arts Alliance, they sponsor the event. So I'm a happy girl tonight. Woo Hoo!

Shhhh, it's a secret

Hi there, These 3 little paintings were donated to Secret Artworks. The opening is the 18th so it's a secret until then. This is the third year I have entered paintings, this year it was by invitation only so I was honored they asked me to participate. These are all oil on 5x 7 panels. The way it works is people purchase tickets to attend the event for $125 each. You can attend the opening which include cocktails and appetizers and you get to take home one painting. We do not sign the front of the paintings and you do not know who the artist is until they take it off the wall. It's a fun event, people rush in looking for their favorite painting. They preview the art online and in the lobby of the Westin Hotel prior to the event. Not the best photo, I almost forgot to shoot them until the last minute but you can get the idea. This is the tacky box I carry some of my wet paintings around in, lol.

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My Other 2 paintings for the Holiday Card Show

Hi there, Here are the other 2 paintings I am entering in the Warren County Holiday Card Show. I dropped them off today and the opening is this Saturday at Gallery 42 in Mason Ohio from 4-8. The awards ceremony is at 6 so stop by if you are in the area. Keeping my fingers crossed to win something but either way it's a nice opportunity. The show will hang for a month or so and there is the hope that they might sell during that time. Both of these are 11 x 14 and will be framed in 3" black frames. The snow scene is the park behind me and the train scene is in Lebanon, Ohio. The theme is Warren County, Ohio's playground.

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Holiday Card Show

Hi! For the 3rd year I am entering a Holiday card show here in Warren County. Representative Pete Beck chooses his favorite image to be his Holiday card for each year. The theme this year is Warren County "Ohio's Largest Playground". He purchases first place and 2nd and 3rd receive a cash prize and 2 honorable mentions. Last year one of my paintings took 2nd and it sold while hanging in Gallery 42 for the month of the show. I'll post the other 2 soon, I am calling this "A winter stroll in PIne Hill Park". I took this photo last winter, I loved this little gals pink and green coat. This is oil on a 8 x 10 stretched canvas and of course will be framed for the show, I drop them off this Tuesday.

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Geraniums & Copper

Hi there, Just home from camping for a few days, quickly running out of nice weather so it was great to get away. I didn't take my paints this time but I sketched like crazy. My hubby fished one day and I just sketched everything around me, leaves, trees and a boat on the lake. I should sketch more but I just can't wait to play in those juicy paints, lol.

I did this painting last week from a set up, it is very painterly with lots of paint. I used a palette knife to finish off the background.
It is oil on a 8 x 10 stretched canvas.

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