Our Elf
James was born into our family in 2018
and I had the honor of babysitting him
for 3 weeks. Give an artist too much time
and they might just turn out a painting!
and I had the honor of babysitting him
for 3 weeks. Give an artist too much time
and they might just turn out a painting!
Seasonal Scarlet
Cardinals can be quite shy and elusive. I was able to
get this photograph of a bird in Cape Henlopen State
Park but it needed some artistic enhancement.
get this photograph of a bird in Cape Henlopen State
Park but it needed some artistic enhancement.
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For some reason I love pumpkins. I think it's the color with it's
boldness. So this year I decided to paint some more of them. Not Quite
as goofy as my last ones, but quite fun just the same.
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Boo
It has become a tradition to do a yearly painting for Halloween. This year’s picture is actually a combination of three different images which I combined to create “Boo!”
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Cornfield CousinsPart of the problem that I have with painting is my obsession with detail. This in turn can sometimes make a single painting take many months to do. In an effort to have a bit of fun, I took a photo which my daughter Kim had taken at a farmer’s market and painted it. It was more whimsical than many that I typically do and was a much needed relief from months of concentration.
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Dreaming of Christmas
On a tour of homes in downtown Lewes I came across this little cherub sitting on a shelf. He seemed to be contemplating Christmas and I thought he'd make a great card.
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Being self taught I never had the luxury of being educated to paint. I always had to work at being a nurse. So since my retirement I have decided to treat myself to one workshop a year. This year I took a workshop with Tom Lynch. His style is so different than mine and so is his palette. I decided to use the colors that he introduced me to do this painting.
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Holiday Gold
For Christmas this year I wanted to paint our Christmas card. During a meeting of the Delaware Watercolor Society we’d been given a demonstration of a “salt” technique with watercolor paint. I decided to try this for the background of this painting and felt that it gave it a nice texture which helped make the image of the bird “pop”.
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