2017

#groundhog #slacker #6moreweeksofwinter

Oh well, it is a good excuse to paint more winter scenes!

Here is my latest, Winter Solitude.  It is a palette knife painting.

Photo reference from pixabay.com.

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"Memories and Ashes" will be part of the Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC from May 23rd - June 7th, 2016




Recent paintings:












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1-3-15 "Silent Walk" 12"x18" Atelier Interactive Acrylic on canvas.
Using a deer photo reference from wetcanvas.com, I began this painting knowing that I had another vision for what the background would be for this deer. In the past I have had trouble breaking away from photo reference and making my own feelings come out. I felt I needed that security blanket as I painted. So with this painting I kept singing How Majestic Is Your Name In All the Earth over and over in my head. I relaxed and let the background "happen." I am pleased with the result.










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Summer/Fall. 2014

Colors and Cola Art Classes coming in December!

Dec 2nd 6pm-8pm
Location: 570 Eddins Rd, Cheraw, SC
Paint this festive holly and berries!
$28 all supplies included. Or bring your own 16"x20" canvas and pay $24




Dec 13th, 10am-Noon
Location: Hobby Lobby, David H McLeod Blvd, Florence, SC
Paint this Nativity scene!
$25 Bring 16"x20" canvas. All other supplies included.


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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!


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November 2014
"Jack" 7"x5" oil on canvas





"Max" 12"x9" oil on canvas







"Dolce" 12"x9" oil on canvas







Colors and Cola painting class:













Latest painting from the class I taught at Birds of a Feather in Darlington





























10-17-14: I am so excited to be teaching again! I have some really neat new classes coming up:

"Colors and Cola" a fun, two hour art class in which you will create a 16"x20" painting while sipping a good batch of cola . I have some seasonal designs coming up.
-Oct 25th, 10:30am-12:30pm at the Matheson Cheraw Library, Huger st, Cheraw, SC....painting an autumn leaf with water droplets.






Below is what the leaf will look like on a white canvas.











-Three week class Nov 3rd, 10th, 17th from 12:30pm-3:00pm painting autumn leaves/water droplets using oil paint. This class will be at Birds of a Feather 106 Siskron, Darlington, SC.









Photo courtesy of wetcanvas.com.


Here are some photos from one of my classes this year:














































This photo courtesy of wetcanvas.com. We really need to paint this!












10-9-14
It's fall, y'all, and time to go to the South Carolina State Fair. My summer art project, "The Music Within," won the Hal P. Moore Award of Merit in the Profession Division. Here is the completed painting.















This has been a busy and creative summer. I did a residency in May helping 500 students make mosaic picture frames for paintings we did in April.

June was spent preparing crafts for Vacation Bible School and doing a Chalk Talk with my husband. July was finding creative ways to help my husband with a golf tournament. During these months, the art below is what I have been working on.

August/September
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This painting is still in progress. It has also been one of the projects that has taken up my summer.
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7-27-14
8"x10" graphite






































































































































































































































































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June 2014

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6-6-14 in progress....





















6-5-14 "Honey" 10"x10" Chroma Acrylic on canvas panel. I believe I am officially finished with it now.











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May 2014

5-29-13 More progress today on "Honey." I thought I would finish today, but I want more detail.






5-28-13
I have been way behind in my postings! Sorry about that. I spent much of April and May teaching oil painting and then Mosaics to 500 elementary students.




























Now that May is nearly over, here is my latest painting on my easel. There is still work to do, but I am happy with the results so
far.























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