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“Mums on the Table - 6.5″ x 10″ (approx.) - watercolor
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Being in Southern California, even with occasional cold days, my chrysanthemums don’t know when to stop blooming. They start around late October but there are always some stragglers that manage to put out a few more blooms unless I […]
“Communicating Pairs” 9″ x 7 3/4″
Watercolor and mixed media on board
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For Illustration Friday on the theme of “Communication.”
“Lone Eucalyptus” - 6.25″ x 11″ - watercolor on 140# paper
I wouldn’t have thought that a limited color scheme would grow on me, but it has. This is a place that I like to paint often - a wild arroyo area not far from our home. I especially like the tall solo […]
“Loose flowers - watercolor on paper - approx 7″ x 11″
This was yesterday’s study in our watercolor class. The objective was to paint the still life arrangement using a split complement color scheme. I did … using a red violet, a red orange and green. But the only mixable background color ended up being […]
Spring Tulips - 5.5″ x 9.25″ - NFS - prints available
My dear husband surprised me with a beautiful pot of tulips for Valentine’s Day. Now that he is participating so much with me in my art activities, he has developed an quite an eye for things I would like to paint. I have […]
Torso after Maillol - 9 x 12 charcoal on toned paper
In the sculpture garden of the West Pavilion are several Maillol bronze nudes, two of which I had time to draw. In many ways this was more challenging than the interior marble sculptures because of the dazzling bright sunlight and the dark reflectivity […]
“Juno” 9 x 12 drawing on toned paper - charcoal and white chalk
Here’s another in my figure drawing expedition from Friday at the Getty. This is also based on a work by Joseph Nollekens was drawn from the same low sitting angle as yesterday’s Venus. Because this statue was much closer to me, I […]
“Venus after sculpture by Joseph Nollekens” - 9 x 12 charcoal and chalk on paper
Today’s daily painting is actually a drawing done yesterday in one of the galleries at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles - the one in the Sepulveda pass, not the villa. This is another view of Venus a marble […]
“The Stories They’d Tell” - 5 1/8″ x 7″ - oil on canvas mounted on masonite.
Among the homeliest objects in our home are this old pair of scissors and a wooden “Clarks” spool. Both are probably from the 40s or 50s, judging from the look of them. Occasionally we’ll […]
“Pine Hillside” 7″ x 10.5″ - Watercolor on paper - A scene from the Angeles Crest Forest, about an hour from our house, up in the mountains.
Time for an update. The past few days have been more than a little hectic. My aunt went back to the emergency room again […]
