MERRY CHRISTMAS 

AND 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

TO EVERY ONE AND ALL .....

HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR 

GREEN APPLE - the Art of Summer Eating

This is a small (5x7) painting I did this summer

for the fundraiser 'Art Anonymous' for the Arts Council of Moore Co.

The purchaser, Andie Rose of the PineStraw Magazine asked if 

she may use it for the cover of their July issue.  She did,

and the cover was DYNAMITE.  

Thank you to the PineStraw, to Andie Rose and 'Art Anonymous' - ACMC.

www.pinestrawmag.com

VERY COOL .....

NOT STRAIGHT ON ...

NOT STRAIGHT ON ...

24" x 12" 

acrylic on canvas (gallery wrap)

This is a painting from a little while back. 

We can start with the fact that most of my friends dismiss it immediately because it is so dark.  That was my point.  I had put together a new setup table with a new lighting system, a miscellaneous new science for me. 

I tried to paint this vase with as little light as possible.  The light was coming straight down through a hole in some black foamcore filtered with a piece of tracing paper.  It created a real nice glow.  So here it is.  My next issue was to paint a really really dark painting using NO black.  I love all the different colors of black you can make on your own.  

I don't even own a useable tube of black anymore.

Interesting exercise.

Any questions - email me !

Time to Pick

TIME TO PICK ...

acrylic on canvas - 30"h. x 20"w.

This is a painting I did this summer for a show at the Arts Council of Moore County.  I live in what is really a pine forest but we have a beautiful mix of dogwood, pine, magnolia and azalea and we can't forget the redbud. 

When the Magnolias bloom it is a thing to behold. 

Every stage of their blooming is a spectacle on it's own. 

This painting is available.

Please email me with a question or interest.

 

Sasanqua and Silver

'Sasanqua and Silver'

16"x20" 

Acrylic on Canvas

This is a painting of some Sansaqua that I picked last fall. 

This was one of those pieces that was very quick to start and

very slow to finish. I don't know why that happens. After getting started the whites of the sasanqua and the whites in the silver gave me a bit of a scare, therefore I stared at it for an 'oh so very long time'. 

The sansaquas are blooming again ... so I guess I had better try again. 

Enjoy

Pass the Pepper

'PASS THE PEPPER

This is a painting of a 'FAMILY TREASURE'

we refer to as 'THE CHICKEN'.

This was given to my mother

by my Dear Aunt Edawin ... they are both gone now.

'She' has been sitting around one house or another

ever since I was a child and since I could remember anything.

This is just another one of 'my favorite things'.

I am so happy to have had her sit for me ....

and I think she enjoyed it too.

It won't be the last time ... we have started yet another.

Enjoy !

Who goes first?

PURPLE ONION

This the 20" x 20" Best Friend of the last one 'White Onion'.

They are just more fun than I could believe.

Perhaps some of the fun is the size, so much bigger than life.

SOLD

Enjoy .... Until the next one 'rolls around'.

WHITE ONION

This is a 20" x 20" acrylic painting on stretched linen.

I have done a series of these onions and don't remember painting anything so much fun.

I just love the possibilities of the colors in the skins.

SOLD

I guess they should be called CHRISTMAS ONIONS.

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas Tree

This is my Christmas Tree This Year ....

Have three small ones ... that is enough until this the 4th.

Only a few days left ....

Everyone have a Happy Holiday ....

Egg & Chinese Bowls

Three of my favorite things ....

Gold Paint, Eggs, and Chinese Bowls

I have a small boat load of these bowls and they never

fail to give me a wonderful setup.

Have a Very Merry Holiday to Everyone !

5"x7" acrylic on stretched canvas,

Merry Merry Merry

' Almost Got It In the Bag '

Merry Merry Merry - Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas

12" x 12"

'A PEAR'

"A PEAR"

30"x30" - acrylic on canvas

Experimenting with large this week.

Some days it's hard to get out a 6" x 6"

and then " .... there are days like this!"

'less is more' and 'big is fast' ... suzy morgan

Can't wait to varnish ...

Email me if you have questions !

" ... who made the Salad?"

The colors of these peppers just drives me wild.
 I am afraid some days in the market that I am going to be asked to stop playing with the vegetables.

They see me coming ...

6" x 12" acrylic on canvas

"DOGWOOD LEAVES 1"

This is a quick and fun experiment. I love the way the pine needles

where I live will torpedo

fall leaves.

"Egg in Turquoise Bowl"

I love painting eggs, there are just too much fun. Enjoy!

5" x 7" - acryic on canvas

"ONE CHICK"

This is one of the many Chicks I have painted. I make them up and just love painting them. For this Blog I will call this 'Chick One'. There will be more to come.

"DINNER Anyone?"

"vincent on Lumber River"

"Jennifer's Cabbage"

"Terry's Olives"