Portrait in Bluebonnets

12x16

Oil on Canvas

Just finished this commissioned cutie for an anniversary gift.  

Tree on LBJ Ranch

Oil on canvas

18x24

This stately live oak is a commissioned portrait of a tree seen at the LBJ Ranch in Texas.  

Blue Winter

oil on canvas panel

9x12

I read an article about painting with analogous (next to each other on the color wheel) colors and remembering this picture I took in the Tetons I thought I would try it.  It requires even more attention to working with values and warm and cool colors within the same range.  Makes for a very chilly painting!

Adeline!

16x20

oil on canvas

Granddaughter number 3 who loves to dance and twirl!!

Portrait drawing class

I took an online portrait drawing class to learn some of the standards of portrait drawing.  These are a couple of my assignments.  Self portrait and a man from whom I bought a painting on the streets of Paris.  

Tiny Apple

6x6

oil on canvas

Since I've been working with hot wax, I thought I'd try one with cold wax!  

This tiny apple was seen in Vancouver, Canada.  

Looking Up

6x6 

Encaustic wax with oils on cradled board

Back into the Encaustic Center for this small piece!

Encaustic Portrait Workshop

12x16

oil and wax medium on board

Just spent the last 3 days in an Encaustics Portrait workshop at The Encaustic Center with artists Lori Murphy and Bonny Leibowitz.  It was so much fun not only working with portraits but with a new medium that includes using a torch and an iron!  Very addictive!  These are the results of three very intense days of work.  

Roadside Oak

Roadside Oak

18x24

Oil on canvas

All those oak tress you see along the road in the Texas Hill Country!  I just love them, their shapes and colors and age.  They are often alone in a field - the stories they could tell of Texas history. Anyway, this one was a lot of fun to play with the layers of colors and use a palette knife for texture (and because I always feel playful with a palette knife).  

Barn

11x14

oil on canvas

I loved how the sun was exploding off of this barn along with the shadows from the trees surrounding it.