"Santa's Helper?"

"Santa's Helper?"

5 x 7 acrylic on canvas $30

SOLD

"I dare you to take away my hat", says the cat! However, he looks a little pensive, so I guess he knows it won't be his for long! Well, he is only a young kitty, so we really don't expect him to behave! And Santa must have a hat!

"Quail House"

"Quail House"

18 x 24 watercolor framed $400

The only inhabitants around this old house are the quail flying up in front of it. They are sort of camouflaged the way quails are in the wild, so you may have to click on this to be able to see them well. The old house is full of memories; a pioneer family who could never afford to paint the old home place. I reminese about several children playing in the dusty lane and a garden in back of the house. I suppose it was full of many happy memories. I enjoyed painting the weathered wooden boards of the house and the tin roof.

"The Market"

"The Market"

7 x 8 1/2 acrylic on paper $50

This abstracted market place view has some India ink washed in to define things and that is why you see the jet black in this composition. I simplified shapes, even the people. Be sure to click on it for a close up look.

Only two more days left until the Painting Give Away, so if you haven't signed up as a follower, and want to be entered in the contest, better hurry!!A dis-interested party will be drawing a name out of the pot and I will announce the winner on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Thanks to all who look at my blog. It is very encouraging to me!

Hi Everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have enjoyed Black Friday as well. I stayed in all day, resting from such a big day yesterday. We had a good day yesterday, full of fun with grandchildren, food and games. I was very tired this morning and have been getting some Christmas decorations out this afternoon. I will probably take a few days to do some decorationg and work in my studio getting things organized for those who want to drop by and visit and pick out paintings for Christmas gifts. So if I don't post for a couple of days, you will know why.

There are only a few days left before I give away the painting, "The Yearling" to one of my followers. So if you haven't signed up as a follower, please do so and you will be entered in the contest. I am giving away the book by Rawlings called "The Yearling", too and it is a great book, written by a Florida lady.

Hope your day is a fine one!

Little Sketch

"Cottage Floral"

5 x 7 watercolor pencils sketch $25

I'm posting a rather quick sketch of an imaginary cottage with hibiscus flowers in the foreground. Watercolor pencils are fun to work with and you can blend them and do precise work. I would like to do some and take more time---maybe do lace. That would really be fun!

I am getting ready for company for Thanksgiving and have lots of cooking and cleaning to do, plus after Thanksgiving, I will be taking appointments for people to come to visit my studio, watch me work and look at my paintings. So I have much work to do to prepare for that! Mainly I will be cleaning out and making room for painting racks to display painting on. When it is looking good, I will post a photo of it. So I may not post for a few days, but stay tuned.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and to all my International friends, have a wonderful week as well!

"Old House and Zinnias"

"Old House and Zinnias"

18 x 24 watercolor, unframed $250

I always love painting weathered boards on old houses---such a variance of color! In this painting I did not want the color of the zinnias to over power the nuance of the house, so I made them subtle and focused on the petal and leaf shapes. I love the color of the leaves in the foreground.

Time is flying by and Dec. 1, I will announce the winner of "The Yearling" painting plus the book by that same name. If you want a chance to win, please sign up as a follower. Easy and fast, just click on Follow on the right column here and Google will tell you what to do. Only takes a minute and you could then be the winner! Thanks for looking at my blog.

"The Banks of the River Seine"

"The Banks of the River Seine"
7 x 9 watercolor with pen sketch NFS

Hi, my show today went well. I sold 2 larger paintings, 5 smaller ones and some cards,so I was happy and gave out lots of cards with my blog spot on them. I haven't got to paint today, though, so I am posting a sketch which was done in Paris along the River Seine. It has sort of a strange perspective, but was hurriedly done and just for future reference! My daughter and son-in-law surprised me with this wonderful trip to Paris and we had a major great time. We even went to the artists' quarters in Montmartre and sat on the sidewalk and sketched. I took tons of photos and have sketches to work from. It was my "dream" trip!