Sunset Harbor and San Diego trip

Title: Sunset Harbor

20x24

Oil

SOLD

Below is a photo of Mike wishing we lived on the water now....so beautiful!

We just got back from San Diego!! Took our daughter to her freshman orientation at college and she toured several. She has her heart set on San Diego and loved USD. What a wonderful place and such an honor that she was selected to go there and with an academic scholarship too!!

It was rainy and cold and it NEVER is rainy and cold in SD, except maybe 6 days a year.....we hit the day. Hence my photos are gray and dreary but my paintings need not be. I know how beautiful the place can glow in full sun so I put all that color in my oil painting above.
Thanks for checking in!

Warm Glow of Night

Nature's beauty is always such an inspiration!

And desert skies beautiful!

Title: Warm Glow of Night

12x36

Oil

"I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious." Andrew Wyeth

I love this new canvas size! Both vertical and horizontal, it's fun to work with. Here the yellow and gold really pop set against the violet backgound and teal, red and blue accents are blended about.

Tropical Breeze and City Lights

Title: Tropical Breeze

20x24

Oil

Available for purchase and both of these are favorites of mine!

This one takes me away....with my feet in the warm sand and the smell of the salt air in the breeze!

City Lights

9x12

Oil

This is just pure romance! Warm glow of love at night!
Rich, thick palette knife movements and brilliant color! Check links to the right for purchase info on these and more new works!

commission

Finished commission......24x36

I love how this one turned out. There is something so special about a road that draws you in a calm, soothing way. Peaceful.

Here the painting is about half way finished. Darks and lights are blocked in on road, trees and sky. Next I paint several more layers with palette knife in shades of green and carve in vines.

Yes my neighbor's cat came over again to watch me paint. I'm not sure why he likes me....I'm totally allergic, but he loves me so I have to like him.

I love to paint special commissions for you. Just need an image that you love. A special photo of a place or person.

Wild Horses

Title: Wild Horses

24x30

Oil

SOLD

I love painting these wild horses running and powerful in bold color and thick, thick buttery oils. I am itching to paint larger and larger these days and more and more wild. Pops of red and teal so the horses explode off the canvas.

This large painting is almost dry....just needs a few more days!

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Night Magic

Title: Red Umbrella

Size: 24 x 30

Oil

Almost abstract in my palette knife background so that the figures dominate the scene and the red umbrella reamains the focal point. Pops of my signature teal!

Available for purchase...brand new and still wet.

Title: Night Magic

Size: 12 x 16

Oil

SOLD

Love the colors in this one, deep, rich red and gold against cool blues.

Available for purchase and almost dry!

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day! Hope you spend it with someone special!!!!

Butterflies

Title: Butterflies

Size: 12 x 16

Oil

Available on Etsy

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."-Rabindranoth Tagore

Title: Smoking Hot Pear

Size: 9 x 12

Oil

Available on Etsy

Both of these paintings are pure joy and whimsy.....make you smile art and just a joy to create. Extra thick, chunky impasto oil applied with my little palette knife and sculpted on the canvas in many layers.

Hope you enjoy!