Monday, September 15, 2014

At Ease

8x10 oil on canvas panel
At Ease

Waiting

11x14 oil on canvas panel
Waiting

Jazz in the Park (even more hats)

About a year ago I started painting hats.  We had been to an outdoor jazz concert in Victoria, B.C. on a sunny day and I began to notice that everyone had on a hat!  I consider them portraits of a kind as each has it's own character.  


9x12 oil on canvas
Jazz in the Park 7



9x12 oil on canvas
Jazz in the Park 8

Jazz in the Park (more hats)

About a year ago I started painting hats.  We had been to an outdoor jazz concert in Victoria, B.C. on a sunny day and I began to notice that everyone had on a hat!  I consider them portraits of a kind as each has it's own character.  


9x12 oil on canvas
Jazz in the Park 4



9x12 oil on canvas
Jazz in the Park 5



9x12 oil on canvas
Jazz in the Park 6

Jazz in the Park (hats)

About a year ago I started painting hats.  We had been to an outdoor jazz concert in Victoria, B.C. on a sunny day and I began to notice that everyone had on a hat!  I consider them portraits of a kind as each has it's own character.  


9x12 oil on canvas
Jazz in the Park 1


9x12 oil on canvas
Jazz in the Park 2


9x12 oil on canvas
Jazz in the Park 3

Monday, September 8, 2014

Baby Shoe

9x12 oil on canvas
Baby Shoe
Nothin' cuter than a baby shoe especially when it is on your grandson's foot.

after Van Gogh

oil on canvas
after Van Gogh

I wanted to copy a portrait of a master to learn more about portraiture.  Van Gogh being my favorite was a no brainer.  Loved working with the chunks of paint.

Roses

5x7 colored pencil on paper

5x7 colored pencil on paper


trees

5x7 oil on canvas

Painted this west Texas tree while talking to my daughter who lives in Germany.  

5x7 oil on board

Painted this after we made a visit to Garmisch, Germany with my daughter and husband.

16x20 oil on canvas
Sunflowers

Canadian Rockies

6x8 oil on canvas
Just Your Typical Ride to School

6x8 oil on canvas
Vacation
Painted these small pieces after a trip through the Canadian Rockies.  

Guatemala


These two paintings I painted from photos taken while the youth group from Grace Bible Church was working in Guatemala.  I was drawn in by the joy of children running and playing in the midst of poverty.  Sold both in the GBC auction for the next trip.


Wednesday, September 3, 2014

San Juan Island Barn


Oil on canvas

We visited San Juan Island while waiting for granddaughter no. 3 to be born.

Monday, September 1, 2014

Wailing Wall


oil on canvas

Painted this after a trip to Israel.  I was captured by this teenage girl rocking and praying at the ancient Wailing Wall in Jerusalem with plastic chairs scattered around.

Sold at an auction at Grace Bible Church in Dallas to raise money for the youth group mission trip.  

Boats on lake


oil on board

Painted for some good friends who visit and fish this lake in Canada with their family.

Some Family


16x20 oil on canvas

Daughter and 2 granddaughters on coast of Washington.



16x20 oil on canvas
Granddaughter No. 2

16x20 oil on canvas
Granddaughter No. 1

Have more grandchildren that I need to paint!!









Gray Munich


8x10 oil on canvas panel

Passed this every day during a week visit in Munich, Germany.  Couldn't resist.  




16x20 oil on canvas

Munich can be cold and gray, but I felt like I was in a painting when I captured this shot.



Paris





8x10 oil on canvas panel

Loved this scene my daughter captured while in Paris.




Moo


8x10 Oil on panel
Sold at an auction at Grace Bible Church in Dallas to raise money for the youth mission trip.  www.gracebiblechurch.org

I love this guy.  It was my first attempt to paint something white without using white paint.  

Log Cabin


Oil on canvas
(Commissioned)

This wonderful log cabin is from the same ranch in NW Texas as the longhorns in a previous post. 

Selah Ranch


Caddywampus
oil on canvas




Solitude
oil on canvas


20x22 oil on canvas
(commissioned)


20x22 oil on canvas
(commissioned)


Longhorns


Shade
8x10 oil on canvas


Lumberjack
8x10 oil on canvas


Boot Hill
8x10 oil on canvas


Andy
8x10 oil on canvas


Outcast
8x10 oil on canvas


Waiting for Dinner
8x10 oil on canvas

Saturday, August 30, 2014




A couple of small (6X8) pieces painted after a trip to the Englischer Garten in Munich, Germany.
Oil on canvas


After Lois Griffel

Friday, August 29, 2014


Wedding Ribbons

My granddaughter wore these in my youngest daughter's wedding.  Soon after the wedding I began painting.