BUILDING

6"X6"

OIL ON AMPERSAND PANEL

This little girl was having a great time playing at the beach on Hilton Head Island.

The painting I posted a few weeks ago by my ten year old nephew won First Place and Best of Show at a local art contest. He now has more art supplies to work with. Congratulations Ian.

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.

THE PATH / SOLD

8"X10"

OIL ON BOARD

PRICE $100

I thought I would take another try at a photo of last Tuesday's painting now that I am home and have my regular photo equipment. I'm not sure it is an improvement but I tried. I had a great time last week painting with my friend and fellow artist Linda Nickles. It was a hot but beautiful day on Hilton Head Island. We managed to get in a good four hours of painting before the heat got to us. Check out Linda's painting of the same view at http://lindanicklesfineart.blogspot.com/

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.