"Lavender Iris"

More spring paintings. This is the companion to my yellow iris on the purple background. These will be at my upcoming art exhibit in mid May. Gotta keep painting!!

"Rainbow Magnolia"

I can't help myself, I love florals. This is my version of a classic magnolia with COLOR. I'm getting ready for a new show coming up mid May. This will be one of my new paintngs. Invitations will be coming out in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!

"Big Tree"

The inspiration for this one came from Rockport Big Tree park. I've been experimenting with just canvas before my face with no reference materials. I'm tring to use recall and imagination.

"Pink Lake House"

This is the last plein air painting for this month. We went to Emma Long Park and this big pink brick house across the water caught my eye. I've live here 30 years and this is the first time I've ever been to this park. I find I'm still discovering great new places with this fun group of painters!

"Zilker Cabin" Plein Air

Since the weather's been so nice, I'm back outside painting again. This is the first of 3 recent plein air paintings (painted on location in 2-3 hours) I've just completed. This is the little cabin at Austin Gardens. I love to come here, there's always something new to see and it's always so peaceful.

"Galveston Pelicans"

This is an experimental piece using a palette knife to paint. The process is not one I've had much experience with, but thought it would be fun to try. The painting is done from a photo of pelicans that hang out behind the fish processing shack at the Galveston harbor. They swim around like they are happy just to hang out until the guy with with the bucket of fish parts tosses them breakfast. Then all *!@# breaks loose and feathers fly to grab a morsel of free food.

"Poppies"

I am trying to stay in "red mode" because of the time of year, but I don't think these guys really bloom until spring. Oh well. Thank you to all who have ordered the greeting cards. I still have some stock left, so it's not too late to get in an order.

"Colorado Barn"

Oops - I accidently deleted this, so I'm reposting. This is a painting of an old abandoned barn we passed every day on our last trip to Colorado.

"Evening Dogwood"

On this painting I experimented with some deeper. darler colors trying to get an "evening" effect. I also played with the brushstrokes, using almost all vertical strokes on the background as a counter to the horizontal branches. Your comments are welcome!!

"Little Orange Skirt"

This one was tough! I've never painted a child before and it's very difficult. At different stages she looked like a witch, street walker, old lady and finally I got this look. Now she kind of looks like a porcelain doll!! This is the little girl that belongs to mom in the painting "Orange Skirt". Comments??!!

"Moondog" - SOLD

Thank you Geri for purchasing "Moon Dog". I'm glad to know a little Rockport painting has found a new home in Alabama. Enjoy!! It's almost time for our annual plein air painting trip in Rockport. Anyone familiar with Rockport/Fulton Bay will know about Moondogs. I painted this angle from one of our first trips. We have all painted many versions of this building and I thought I'd share mine.

"Salado Statue"

Available - This started out as a plein air painting on a rainy day in Salado. I hated my first attempt and wiped my painting off and started over. This is a compilation of the partial sun on a rainy day done in my studio. It's the little mermaid statue in the water at the river crossing. I had never noticed the statue before that day and decided she should be painted.