My Mom

After I finished this painting of my mom, she asked Kathy and Patty, my pre-teens, if they thought she really looked that old. Both girls answered "Older gramma."

So, be careful what you ask real young ladies. It might not be the answer you are looking for.

Mom was 85 at the time and to the young girls she seemed very old; to me she looked great.

Sail Boat

What a lovely boat. I spent the morning here wishing I could get on that boat and sail out to sea. I have never been on a sail boat. I spent spare time all my life on motor boats of various
sizes. Love the time on the water. I had fun painting this scene. A wonderful day under the clouds. It must have brought up a memory for someone as it sold the first time I displayed it at the Foley gallery.

Brownsville Pomegranates

These beautiful things grew outside the door of the Brownsville, Texas Art Studio where I taught for 18 years. They were heavy on the bush and wonderful colors. I took this branch into the studio and tied it up onto a background to get a great view of it with it's shadows.

Brown Jugs

What fun, stacking these jugs up on things to make this set-up. I did this in Texas with a group of artists I painted with a couple times a week. We had fun bringing things in to mix and match. We also included goodies we shared as the day continued on. We often set the goodies on the table for a while so we could include them in the paintings. This was one I passed up when they started to snack.

Blue Feather Pen

This was fun to do also. The old lamp was mine, the used books belonged to one friend and the ink and feather pen was another's. Of course the flowers were grabbed by the armful out of the front yard of the studio. We gave the pen a try but couldn't make anything readable with it. So glad I have ball-point ones to use.

Birds in Flight

Well, I suppose you have guessed that I did not do this Plein Air. The darn birds just wouldn't hold still for me, I have to click pictures and go home to paint them. They were swarming around for a free hand out. They will eat most any treat you offer them on the beach down on Padre Island on the Texas Gulf Shore.

Autumn Colors

Finally more paintings! Jeanne just got back from her cruise so...she came over and helped me get some more of my paintings on my blog. Hope you enjoy!

"Autumn Colors" is a painting with some of my favorite colors; these autumn hues are reflected in lots of my paintings.

A Vase Full

If you know me you know that I love flowers. The more flowers the better. A full vase is a happy vase!

Deep Shade

The Pensacola parks are so full of beautiful scenery. The reflections from the trees into the water were just what I was looking for.

Country Living

Country living at its best. This cozy cottage and country view in Brownsville, Texas inspired me. Texas has so many Bougainvilleas blooming, I looked, painted, enjoyed and then...I gave the painting to Jeanne

Christmas On The Beach

It is so hard to find things to decorate for Christmas but...I found something. I didn't put up a tree the year I painted this so I decorated the drift protection fence and pretended the white sand was SNOW!

Anchored

I painted this in Pensacola. Had a great day, thanks to Jill's driving!

The Plein Air group had a great time too. I was lucky to have a great shade tree to sit under while doing this!

And One Hibiscus

One of my very favorites. An armful of flowers from the yard. Only one hibiscus was in bloom, so that became the name.
This hangs on my wall always.

Abstrct Hibiscus

Every once in a while I have fun doing an abstract. I love hibiscus and they got picked upon this time. I think there might be a few other flowers in there so...I hope you enjoy.

A Chairful

I searched for a year at yard sales and thrift stores for a chair I had in mind. I finally found it; now I could finally do this painting. I filled the chair and this blue crock with poppies, jonquils, tulips and a wide range of anything colorful.

What do you think of my chair now?

Christmas Lights

Christmas always brings with it that extra special feeling of hominess that we all want around us. I couldn't resist taking the bulbs from the tree and adorning the beautiful old oil lamp. It made such a beautiful centerpiece and the painting will last a lifetime !

NAS LIGHTHOUSE

Yes, it's the NAS Lighthouse. How could I (or any artist) resist having such a beautiful lighthouse so near to home.

A Mother"s Love

The Lighthouse Refuge for Abused Women used this painting for publicity for their shelter in 2007.

Stuck in Water

This water color was done in Alabama and I found these roses and I couldn't resist painting them. They smelled good too!

Grandpa Has Been Fiddling Again

I couldn't resist calling it this. I love that old fiddle and it has been fun to paint it in many situations with many colors and it always looks different and interesting.