Sweet Like Honey

8x10
oil on canvas panel

Giving paintings a title is one of the hardest things an artist does, at least I find it to be so. In fact, I confess I get some help-- from my husband. We usually bounce ideas off each other until something fits. In this case, the first thing John said when he saw this painting was that it looked like a good fishing hole, what he calls a "honey hole;" thus, the title, "Sweet Like Honey."

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I Love A Curve

8x10
oil on canvas panel

Eastern Columbia Gorge in autumn... what could be better? I love the Hood River Valley, where I live, with all the evergreens, but the fall foliage a little farther east is pretty hard to beat.

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Whimsy paintings

Waiting For Change

Pig In A Blanket

Pork 'n' Beans

Pick Me, Pick Me!

Sun Flower

Sky Scraper

The top three are 6x6; the bottom three are 11x14. It was fun!

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Whimsy, Columbia Art Gallery, March 2010

The Columbia Art Gallery's March show is title "Whimsy," in which I have six paintings. The theme definitely stretched me both inspirationally and artistically, but I'm pleased with the results. I also feel the whole experience will improve and inform my future non-humorous work. I'm grateful to have been invited to be part of the show. If you're in Hood River during the month of March, stop by the gallery and take a look. I also will be posting my six paintings soon. In the meantime, here's a link to the gallery's website for more information: whimsy.

Solemnity

9x12
oil on canvas

My mother came over and watched the children so I could get some solid painting time in, and this is one of the results. It was lovely to lose myself in the paint.

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Nocturnal Whispers

8x16
oil on canvas panel

I've been working on some whimsical landscapes for a show at the Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, OR, and although this isn't one of them, it almost could be. I used a photo reference, but most of it was conceptual.

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Ascent

9x12
oil on panel

I just about gave up on this painting. I had a vision of a wide-open sky, but it just didn't work. I ended up adding the clouds, and then it all seemed to come together.

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