Seeking The Sun

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"Seeking the Sun"

Oil, 6" x 6" on canvas panel.

$200 unframed.

We have completed our "whirlwind tour" of college campuses. My son really liked them all and the only part of our trip he didn't like was all of the driving! We visited Georgetown, UVA, Duke, UNC and Davidson. On two different occasions we ran into kids from his school also visiting the same colleges. We had no idea they were on a similar trip. What a small world.
Now we are in Atlanta visiting my brother and his family and enjoying some down time. It just started to rain so my wish to head outside and take some photos for paintings will not happen today. Maybe tomorrow? I am looking forward to getting home so I can get back to my studio and complete the paintings for my "Headlines" show. It is going to be a really crazy few weeks when I get back. Yikes!

Boats in the Harbor

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Boats in the Harbor, Oil, 12" x 12" Sold

I am posting more boat reflections today because the painting I started this morning, that I thought would be great, has been "scraped" twice. I think the scene I am painting is too busy and I can't figure out how to simplify it ... I think I am afraid I will lose too many of the reflections. So I have finally put it aside and moved on to another painting. I have learned recently there is a time to walk away from a painting before I get too frustrated. If I don't I might not paint again for weeks.

I wonder how many other artists experience daily highs and lows of good and bad paintings. Some of the blogs I visit regularly have beautiful paintings every single day. With me however, I find that one day I will be on a roll and have so much success ... and yet my next painting will be a flop. Go figure. It's kind of like the first night your baby sleeps through the night ... all mothers try to duplicate everything they did the day before convinced the daily routine was the reason their precious child finally slept through the night ... only to find out it was a complete fluke. My paintings are a bit like that! There appears to be no rhyme or reason why they work one day and why they don't the next!

This week's theme will be "Reflections" again ... Send me your ideas for future themes!

Orange is My New Favorite Color

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Sitting in the Dock of the Bay Oil, 10" x 8"

This painting is for sale.

So, it is true. Time for sage green to step aside (I know my girlfriends won't believe me) but orange is now officially my favorite color. I should have seen it coming as the color has slowly "crept in to my house" and is starting to appear in every room. I even tried to paint the walls of my newly remodeled master bath orange, but my husband wouldn't go for it. And that is a good thing because orange looks much better in towels and artwork in a bathroom.
If I start wearing orange clothes all of the time, please shoot me.

I painted this painting this weekend while watching (or more like listening to) the Laker game. The painting started slow, I was behind halfway through, but finished strong. Just like the Lakers!