365 Faces Challenge
If you have followed me in 2016, you know that I made an attempt to do 365 faces throughout the year. Well, I didn’t quite make it… in part because I made a poor choice of journal in which to … Continued
Christmas Portrait
Hope all of you had a very merry Christmas! One of my handmade Christmas presents this year was an attempt at portrait painting. From a favorite photo of two of my granddaughters when they were quite young, I painted these … Continued
“Mud Bath”
I really enjoyed making this piece. First off, I just really like elephants! And I love texture and the crackled “mud” background in this piece really captivated me. And finally, the whole concept of these elephants painted from photos I … Continued
Choose Joy
Sometimes happy accidents happen in art. “Choose Joy” was one such accident. I had been working on six or so faces on wood panels at once. The other five had already gotten their preliminary coat and I was ready to … Continued
The Art of Lester Raymer
Earlier this week I shared the general studio area and grounds of the Red Barn Studio and Museum. Today, I would like to share a small sampling of Lester Raymer’s works. Raymer was born in 1907, and worked as an … Continued
Blue Bonnet Belle
Finished a new piece this week as a companion to “Forest Queen” and “Princess on the Prairie”. This one is “Blue Bonnet Belle”. Can you guess where she is from? She didn’t look like much starting out… Almost done… … Continued
Collaborative Painting
Last week I participated in a collaborative painting event with other Tessera Fine Art Gallery artists at a pop up park in Wichita. We were doing live painting as entertainment at an event, and chose to rotate canvases as we … Continued
Leather Painting Workshop
Another of the workshops that I did in Illinois was a leather painting workshop. Everyone did three projects, a leather key fob, a pouch, and a cuff. For the key fob and the cuff, we painted first, then … Continued
An Arty Evening…
There is just nothing like spreading out on a table with friends, making a big arty mess, giving each other advice on our projects and just generally having a great time! Hope a little art making finds its way into … Continued
The Big Top
“Big Top” has been sitting in my studio partially finished for awhile. I like the idea of the circus theme, but had gotten to a point where I didn’t like the direction it was going. So I painted over the … Continued