The VAAASE

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It feels like I have been painting this vase for most of my natural life! I don't mean painting it many times, I mean painting this particular painting for a looong time.  I do like the vase.  I think I got it as a wedding present many years ago.

Some paintings come together easily and some just take some thinking time.  I finally figured out that the background needed to have a pretty dark value to connect the top and the bottom darks of the painting and to direct your eye to the vase which is what I want you to see.  This painting is 18" x 24" unframed.

Struttin' Baby Blue

My friend Leslie asked me to paint this baby blue heron for her from a really fabulous photograph that she took at her bay house.  So I did!  I loved the light on the grasses and the little bird strutting his stuff without a care in the world.  My friend donated the painting to an auction and it sold and now, somebody else wants me to paint that same little bird.  So, here I go again.  Love that bird...  This painting is 14x11.

Spanish Fan Fatale

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My daughter brought this fan home from her trip to Spain.  She knows I have a thing for fans.  It's something about the fact that they hide and reveal again and again that is so intriguing.  This one seems a little girlish and a little sparkly to me.  I like it but I think I actually like the shadow the best of all.  This painting is 12" x 16" unframed.

Serrevalle, Italy

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We went to this amazing place in Tuscany last fall and this is what I remember, the giant moon and the mists.  This painting is 12" x 16" and unframed.

God's Golden Hour

I have been away for 4 weeks traveling.  My husband and I went to London and Oxford to see my youngest daughter who was studying in Oxford and then we went to Chautauqua Institution, my favorite place in the universe!  It's a community in New York state, founded in the 1800's, that is focused on the arts, education, religion and recreation.  Each week has a theme, like Iran or Economics and lots of talks and events that tie into that theme.  I take drawing classes usually and then there is a speaker in the amphitheatre in the late mornings and symphony or dance in the evenings.  My favorite speaker was Azar Nafisi, the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, because she is so passionate about her country and so appreciative of her freedom living here in this country.  She politely implied that we who have lived here all our lives do not appreciate our freedoms like we should.  I'm sure she is right about this. 

     Anyway, I painted this clock in Chautauqua.  I thought the intricacy of the medallion in the middle was so beautiful.  I am donating this painting to my church for a fundraiser so I thought the title was appropriate for that occasion. 

Night Window

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My friends brought these daffodils to dinner and I had to paint them, especially with the weird light from the night window.  This painting is 18" x 24" unframed.

Past Era Clock

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I love this clock and have painted portions of it many times.  This painting is 18" x 24" unframed.