sweet spring strawberries original oil painting

Box of sweet strawberries is an original oil painting that can keep spring in your heart all year long!
• 8″x8″ square
• painted on 1 ½" raised panel with the sides painted gold
• signed by artist
• would make a beautiful, one-of-a-kind gift for a friend, or better yet, yourself!
• ready to ship in 3-5 days
• actual colors may differ from the image(s) seen on the screen

This original oil painting is available in my shop here.

You can see more of my original paintings here. Enjoy!

"Pears" original oil painting

"Pears" is an original 8"x8" oil painting on 1 ½" raised panel is available, unframed, for $200 here. It is painted on a 1 ½" raised panel with sides painted gold so it's ready to display as is, no frame needed!

Also here is a short time lapse video while I was painting these juicy green pears! Enjoy!

summer tomato

There's nothing quite like a red, ripe summer tomato to make me smile. I love summer and everything about it. Hope you are enjoying every single minute of it!

This original 6"x6" oil painting on ⅛" gesso panel is available, unframed, for $100 here.

a pineapple a day...

This original 8"x8" oil painting on ⅛" gesso panel is available, unframed, for $140 here.

strawberries

Sweet, delicious strawberries mark the beginning of summer. The beginning of lazy days, evening walks and healthy food straight from the garden. Life is good!

This original 6"x6" oil painting is SOLD.

indigo blue

There is just about nothing more fun than a new tube of oil paint, and something I've never tried before...even better! I am painting my way through the rainbow and having a blast. As I transition from purples to blues I am planning to dig a little deeper and share more of what I am learning along the way. This new color, Indigo Hue, is vibrant and fun, but I need to get to know it a little more before I can say it's a friend or foe...but this blueberry painting was a fun place to start finding out...
This original 8"x8" oil painting on ⅛" gesso panel is available, unframed, for $150 here.

trusting intuition

Trusting intuition. So very important, but why is so difficult to do? I think, above all else, trusting my intuition is one of the most important things that my painting practice teaches me. When I feel discouraged, and get fearful of a slump coming on, I slow down and listen. I change things up and stick with it instead of getting lost in the discouraging negative feelings. Then this happened...an effortless painting that felt like it almost painted itself. Note to self: let the discouraging feelings inspire something new and wonderful. Lesson learned. Or at least for today. It's a lesson I need to learn over an over again. Do you ever feel this way?

This original 8"x8" oil painting on 1/8" gesso panel is available, unframed, for $150 here.

persimmons

Fresh beautiful persimmons from market...this original 6"x6" oil painting on ⅛" gesso panel is available, unframed, for $100 here.

a perfect match

Some things are just magical together, like peanut butter & jelly, like chocolate and wine, like complementary colors. They have such great energy as a team. I took this photo at Lancaster Central Market (which is worth a visit of you are ever in the area). Of course they caught my eye and I couldn't help but shoot some painting reference while making my purchase. Some people walk through market looking for something to eat, I walk through market looking for something to paint :)

This original 6"x6" oil painting on ⅛" gesso panel is available, unframed, for $95 here.

Here are a couple of work-in-progress shots and my palette.

plum loco

Blues are such a magical color. I don't like to say I have a favorite colors. It's like children, you should never, ever have a favorite, but love each one equally for their unique qualities. Shhh...don't tell, but I do have a favorite. Blue. I have tubes and tubes of blue paint, even though they say you can mix every color with a few basics. But I just can't help myself when I go shopping for paint. I always throw in a new blue. You can never have enough blues, right?

This original 8"x8" oil painting on ⅛" gesso panel is available for purchase for $140 here.

A favorite blue of mine is Old Holland Blue Grey. It's an absolutely gorgeous color.

What's your favorite color?

summer

Easygoing and simple, fresh and sweet and bright. Just like summer. sold.

juicy

This original 8"x8" oil painting is available, unframed, for $140. Click to Bid

great pear

Last night I had some time to paint. I worked on painting a rose and I just was so not happy with it. Not a bit. So after about an hour I just wiped the entire thing. Then decided I needed to change direction completely. Glad I did, this morning was so much better. With painting it's such a concrete example of perseverance, same with all of life, but you notice it more dramatically with art. One step forward, two steps back. It's all okay, it's a part of the process. So important not to get discouraged and keep forging ahead. I am reassured by this "great pear." This original 6"x6" oil painting is SOLD!

pear bowl

This is what I've been busy painting these past few mornings. I must say I am quite happy with it. I feel torn into a million directions, as always, but feeling less patient about it. I always hope, one day, life will be easier and I will have time to do things that I want to do, when I feel like it. Not just whenever I have a free minute. Am I setting my expectations too high? Maybe that time will never come. Where time will float gently by and I won't always feel like I need to be in control of it. Guess I can't control that either. Only thing I can control is the fun I have during my time painting every morning. Being appreciative of that. Wishing you a wonderful day. This painting is 8"x8", and sold unframed for $120. Click to Bid

a fresh perspective

"A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others." Salvador Dali

Love that. A great, fresh perspective! This painting is 6"x6" and available, unframed, for $75.

last of gary's apples

Yesterday started out like fall and ended like winter with a bit of snow…I feel like fall has gone by in the blink of an eye. This is one of the last of our apples from our neighbor Gary. He knows that I like him to keep the leaves on the apples when he picks them. This 6"x6" painting is available for $75 here. Have a great weekend!

strawberries

I was away on vacation all last week. I had the very best intension of painting, at least a little bit. It just didn't happen. But I did get to watch a video that I really, really enjoyed about painting. It's by Sherrie McGraw on the Bright Light Fine Art website. The video is called Shape and Form. She demonstrated her amazing technique painting a pear. So last night when I had a little time to myself I tried it on this painting of strawberries. I am happy with its looseness and dimension. I plan to paint this as a commission really large…how fun will that be! Hope you enjoy it! This painting is 6"x6" and available for purchase, $65, unframed.

fresh

I skipped a day in my challenge because I was caught up in a really tight painting, a tight one for me, anyway. I prefer to paint in a style that is more free and loose, but somehow, every now and then, I end up doing a few tighter pieces. Maybe I need to just accept this as part of the learning process for me. Here I was trying to play around with keeping my painting bright and fresh…I tried using transparent glazes…something new to learn :) If you want to learn more about glazing, you can read more about it here. This painting is 6"x8", $75, unframed.

satsuma tangerine

So when I was in Philly last weekend, I had the opportunity to go to Whole Foods. What a wonderful grocery store. Good thing we don't have one near me or my fridge would always be stocked. With food and with painting reference! Anyway, I picked up a cute little box of Satsuma Tangerines and they were as delicious as they were beautiful. This painting is available, 6" x 6", $65 unframed.