Smaller formats for ebay auctions....

What a great winter and spring I've had!!  I did start back up my little ebay paintings and they can still be found at the link at the above right.  I'm mostly doing ATC or ACEO miniature sizes for ebay now.  That doesn't mean I won't throw in a few larger ones.  

 I've been collecting photos of Kentucky's wildflowers and look forward to doing some larger paintings from those references.  I had no idea there were so many!!  

Summer's end....

I don't know where the time has gone this year.  What a busy and fun summer!  We're prepping to do some more traveling out west and I can't wait!  I've got a very large painting of the Rocky Mountains in the works, but no photos yet.  Here's a few updates on a couple of paintings I've been working on.  The first is a work in progress of one of our horses that is no longer with us.  I don't have many photos of him and the one I have is not very good.  I'm enjoying the painting though.  I've also included an update of the Hollyhock painting as well.  I'm farther along now and need to take an updated photo. 

I've got a lot more work to do on him, but he's blocked in.  My camera did some adjusting after I darkened the background.  Also, below is another shot of the Hollyhock.  I've been doing more work on the leaves and I've made a few changes.  I'll try to post them next time. 

For the below painting...or other little paintings I have up for auction on ebay this week, just click the link at the above right. 

Where has the year gone???

We were talking this week and it will only be a few weeks before we head to Florida for the winter!  What!!!???  Where has the time gone???  Though I am down to the last of my beach paintings from earlier this year.  Can't wait to do more. 

 

For this or other paintings I have for sale on ebay, just click on the link at the above right.



Hiking on Memorial Day Weekend

Had a great weekend.  We took Monday to go for about 6 miles of hiking at Natural Bridge, (which I've posted a photo), and Red River gorge...AKA:  Kentuckys land of arches.  It was in the 90's but was beautiful.  I was so inspired and can't wait to get to painting.  On the way home we stopped by the Kentucky Veterans Cemetary to pay our respects to some loved ones.  I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day!


For this or other paintings I have available for sale this week, just click on the link at the above right.

Daylight savings....

I was just looking at the calendar and daylight savings is just around the corner. I love when we "spring forward"! There's something so cool about how late it gets and there's still lots of sun in the sky.

For this or other paintings I have up for auction this week, just click on the link on the above right.

The palette knife....

If you look closely at my work, you'll see that most of these little paintings are done with the palette knife. I basically block in the blue sky and the grey/green for the land mass with a filbert, then I'm using the knife the rest of the time. Oils blend so beautifully, even with the knife.

For this or other paintings I have up for auction this week on ebay, just click on the link at the above right.

It's baaaaccckkk...

I've started back up my ebay line of paintings. I call them my little gems! I hated that I had to let them go this fall, but with school and some larger commission work, I just couldn't keep up.

Thank you again everyone for a great year and I'm so excited about getting these started up again.

(You can purchase these little paintings...all starting at $0.99 by clicking on the link at the above right here at the blog.)

The Fair....

We had our local county fair this week and we had beautiful weather! I entered a painting and got a blue ribbon (wehoo!) and got to watch some trucks play tug of war, some horses show off, and hang with my guy. Fun time! Plus I've been painting like crazy! I hope all of you are having a great week!

This little 4 x 6 inch oil painting is available for sale on ebay by clicking the link at the above right.

A little problem...

Today I ran into a little situation. I'm working on a large 24 x 36 inch painting of the Grand Canyon. Now my larger works are much more detailed than these little ebay paintings I post here. To get the details right, I grid them out when I'm working from my photo references...(which I am in this case since I live in Ky). Anyway, I usually use a watercolor pencil to make the grid so that as I paint, my lines sort of disappear. Well, I guess I used a regular colored pencil and the bright pink grid lines are showing through! Yikes! I'm hoping that the successive layers will cover them up, but they seem to be bleeding thru the paint. I may have to start over. Always something right! I need the practice I guess!

This little 5 x 7 inch oil painting is called Water's Edge. It will be available for purchase on ebay after 5/29/2011. Feel free to click on the link at the above right to see the other paintings I have up for auction this week.

Blue Ridge Sunrise

Blue Ridge Sunrise

8 x 10 inches

Oil on canvas board

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I love Tennessee. My family and I have spent many, many weeks down in the Smoky Mountain area. Even though I live in Kentucky (which is a state I love!), Tennessee has a "homey" feel to it for me as well.