KITE DAY

6"X8"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

SOLD

This is a little girl at the beach on Hilton Head Island. She was out with her family for a fun day of kite flying and running on the beach. What a nice break from painting  still lifes. Still lifes can be very time consuming with the set up, removing and replacing items. With a photo I feel like I have more freedom. I start the painting from a photo but once the drawing is correct, I usually don't look at the photo very often. It's a nice change from all that scrutiny that I give to a still life.

SERENE DAY

This is another painting from my plein air trip to Carriage Hill Farm. I spent the morning painting a barn and the afternoon at the small fishing lake on the property. It was an absolutely gorgeous day.

CONTEMPLATION

10"X8"

OIL ON BOARD

This is a painting I worked on in the Karen Jurick workshop in November. I went back to it and made a few changes to get more detail in the skin tones. Karen had all of us working on this same photo on the second day which  made it quite interesting to walk around and see everyone's version of this lady. Sorry about the lack of posting but it is that time of year when every day is designated to getting ready for the Holidays.