7 Mar 2012

Jerry Van, Music Man

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My new watercolor painting, of local musician and friend Jerry, is one I painted in my brain long before it landed on paper! I took reference photos nearly 2 years ago, when Rick and I happened upon Jerry and his friend Mike, playing music on a sunny afternoon in front of his wife Dona’s pottery studio and shop, The Castle. Once I viewed my photos, I was inspired to capture what I saw in a painting – visually, capturing Jerry’s … Read More
18 Feb 2012

Jesus Saves

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  My newest painting “Jesus Saves” is in watercolor, depicting a barn I have often photographed on a nearby rural backroad. It has so many fabulous textures – the old barnyards, rusted metal panels as siding, rusty hinges, an overturned water tub, a field of wildflowers. I could hardly wait to get started. The first step was designing my painting. Even though my art largely duplicates the scene, I keep basic design principles in focus right from the start – … Read More
6 Feb 2012

The Farmhouse Revisited

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Yeah! I’m painting again, after having to sacrifice my painting time to other priorities during much of 2011. I’m delighted to be back at it, and my New Year’s resolution was to finish a partially completed commission by the end of January. Here it is, my newest painting, “The Lewis Farmhouse.” It might look familiar, since this is the second painting I’ve done of this home. The first painting (shown in my previous blog post, called “Mamaw & Papaw’s House”) … Read More
24 Jan 2012

Join Me!

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Visit my website and give it a +1. Just click on the +1 icon at the top of the page: Join my circles too. Just go to my GOOGLE+ page and click on “Add To Circles” in the top right: Thanks!
5 Apr 2011

Mamaw & Papaw’s House

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I delayed posting about my latest painting, since it was commissioned as a special gift and I didn’t want to spoil the surprise. It was painted for a young woman named Alison, from her dad Mitch. This is the country farmhouse which was Alison’s maternal grandparents’ home when she was a child, so she has many wonderful memories of time spend there with her cousins. The grandparents are deceased, and now the home is under different ownership. I had visited … Read More
28 Jan 2011

Watercolor Exhibition on PBS

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The Tennessee Watercolor Society’s 32rd Exhibition, which took place last summer in Chattanooga, was professionally videotaped and will be shown on Tennessee PBS stations this weekend. So if you are in TN, tune in on Saturday, January 29, 2011, 7:30 pm ET and Sunday, January 30, 2011, 3:30 pm ET (adjust for Central Time, my friends to the west!). The paintings chosen for this biennial exhibition were truly superior, and I was proud not only to be accepted with both … Read More
19 Jan 2011

Painting a Snow Storm

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The monochrome tones of this painting are quite a departure from my usual use of color, bright lighting and shadows. I wanted to do something different from the snowy barn in sunshine that I most recently completed. And I admit being influenced to try a primarily gray painting after seeing the oil paintings of an artist I met on Christmas Eve, Phillip Anthony, who does exquisite landscapes entirely in black, white and grays. Still inspired by our recent snows, I’ve … Read More
14 Jan 2011

Great Grandpa Bunny Bunny – My Mentor?!?!

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Do you know who Great Grandpa Bunny Bunny is? You might think this is silly, but the beautiful blue shadows on the snow that fell here earlier this week have made me think of this character from my childhood. In a Little Golden Book called Walt Disney’s Bunny Book, Great Grandpa Bunny Bunny teaches all the little bunnies in Bunnyville to paint everything around them – the flowers, the autumn leaves, the butterflies, the ferns… and the winter shadows. The … Read More
5 Jan 2011

December Snow

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My newest painting is a result of our Christmas Day snowstorm, which left 6+ inches of fluffy snow. Freezing temps kept it on the ground, and, when the sun came out two days later, everything twinkled like a fantasy-land! The roads were a mess, so I donned my hiking boots and grabbed my camera and set out to capture the beauty… and ended up with oodles of inspiration. There are working farms with aging buildings all around this area, and … Read More
26 Dec 2010

Merry Christmas Jeb

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I couldn’t spill the beans before Christmas since this was a surprise gift, but here is my newest painting, a portrait of Jeb. I was commissioned by Jeb’s mom Pam, as a surprise for his dad Jim. The biggest challenge with this portrait was taking reference photos. Not only did we have to sneak around Jim, but Jeb is a very active, big, 2-year old lab. We did the first photo shoot indoors since the weather on our rendezvous day … Read More

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