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Chaperoned

4/5/12 | Labels: 6"x6" - oil on gessoboard, apples, bottle, bowls, daily painting, flower, fork, glass, plate, still life

See, the flower and the apple are in love, but they can't be trusted alone, so the brown bottle is chaperoning. And what's the fork there for you ask? Uhhhh...

Yellow Scattered - SOLD

3/28/12 | Labels: 6"x6" - oil on gessoboard, daily painting, flowers, glass, plate, still life

Lately I've switched pretty exclusively to the Ampersand gessoboards. I personally LOVE the smooth surface (though it took some getting used to and does NOT work well with bristle brushes, in case you want to try them out). I've got a bunch of Raymar panels in varying sizes that I'd like to replace, so I am offering them for half what I got them for. I don't want to mess with shipping them, so I'm hoping I'll have some takers at my party tomorrow. They're great panels, especially for starting out. I used them for years, and was always very happy with both the panels and the service at Raymar.

Odd Company - SOLD

3/23/12 | Labels: 6"x6" - oil on gessoboard, apples, bottle, cups, daily painting, glass, plate, spoon, stack, still life

I've been saving this very cool green bottle for the perfect moment. It was a gift from a student, and I am very grateful to add it to my collection. Thank you!

Pile of Sweet - SOLD

3/19/12 | Labels: 6"x6" - oil on gessoboard, daily painting, fork, grapes, plate, still life

You've heard the deal about ... if you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be. Well, 2 of my top choices, both still alive, would be Karin Jurick and Neil Hollingsworth. So tonight's dinner was a dream come true! I forgot my camera or else I would have gotten a picture with them to prove it. Two of the nicest, most down to earth people in the world, and both AMAZING artists!! I am so lucky.

Bowls Four Breakfast - SOLD, & workshop photos

Labels: 8"x8" - oil on gessoboard, bottle, bowls, flower, fork, glass, peaches, plate, workshop photos

I'm workin' 'em hard here in Sedona - crackin' the whip. At the end of each day they whimper and cry and slink away, but they always come back for more. I'm sure it's my charm. Below are a few photos, minus the whip ...

Happy Monday - SOLD

3/17/12 | Labels: 6"x6" - oil on gessoboard, cups, daily painting, flower, grapes, plate, present, ribbon

Have you ever received a gift completely unexpectedly? On a random day, for no reason? I felt this painting really invoked that feeling. "What's this for?" "No reason." "But today isn't a special day." "Yes it is, it's Monday - Happy Monday!"

Starseeds

3/10/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, apple slice, knife, plate, polka-dots, still life

Have you ever sliced an apple in half from the side? The seeds make this very cool star pattern.

Tomorrow I am off to Texas for a workshop in New Braunfels. My flight is early and then because of the time zones and daylight savings I'll be off by three hours. You can bet I'll be asleep early tomorrow night!

Eggless

3/8/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, bowl, cup, egg shells, fork, glass, plate, still life, sugar, tea

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I LOVE painting eggshells. I could do it all day. I saved these from my breakfast. My husband said, "It's kind of weird that you have eggshells on a plate. And sugar?" But they go together so well, don't they? "Yes, they do. And I guess that's all that matters." Good husband.

After Breakfast Blues

3/7/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, cup, egg shells, fork, plate, polka-dots, still life, tea

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You know how when you have a really great breakfast, and you eat it all, and then you're sitting there looking at your plate, wishing you could eat it all over again because it was so good?!

Perfect Pastry

3/6/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, croissant, cup, fork, jar, jelly, plate, still life, tea

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I found this giant, utterly perfect croissant at our local market. It was just sitting there BEGGING to be painted. And eaten of course. Too bad it wasn't by me. Wheat does horrible things to me. But my son (oh so gleefully) obliged.

Competing with Cheddar

3/4/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, cheese, cups, fork, grapes, plate, reflections, stack, still life

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After we released ArtBytes on Wednesday I took a couple of days to do something completely different. Still creative, but a different avenue. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and look forward to doing more in the future. Click here to see pictures.

Way Past Five

2/27/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, bottle, cheese, fork, glass, grapes, plate, still life, wine

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This Wednesday at 11am CST my husband and I will be interviewed on Artists Helping Artists, again. : ) This time we have a big announcement - one I think some of ya'll will be particularly interested in. I'll announce it here as well, after the show, but if you want to hear it sooner be sure to listen in. We've been working on it for months and I've been itching to scream it from the rooftops!

Cheese and Grapes

2/25/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, cheese, grapes, knife, plate, stack, still life

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I get my best ideas right before I fall asleep and right after I wake up. I don't know why. I had this idea recently, in bed, to paint little stacks of different kinds of cheese, paired with fruit. Why on earth was I thinking about this in bed?! At any rate, I was very excited to try it. And it turns out cheese has some lovely translucent qualities that are very interesting to paint. The only problem is after it sits out for a while it starts to ... "sweat" a bit.

Silly Sunburn

2/23/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, apples, plate, spork, still life

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This is the kind of thing I get a real kick out of painting. Lots of color - apples - a funny kind of ... spork. It really floats my boat.

In other news, I have just discovered the joys of Pinterest! It's like an online bulletin board. I was busy last night and this morning pinning all kinds of art that I love. Check them out. Once you get going it's pretty addictive.

Tomato Tea

2/22/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, cup, plate, spoon, still life, tea, tea bags, teapot, tomato

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I have to admit I did a little happy dance when I found this green teapot at the thrift store recently. I did NOT do a happy dance last night when I attended a figure session and had to wipe my painting after 3 hours. I think it is so easy for a figure painting to get ... awkward, and that's what happened to mine. But not to worry, I was doing a sort of sloppy, happy dance after drowning my sorrows in wine with my friend Sarah, whose painting DID turn out (though she hasn't posted it yet).

Guided Tour

2/20/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, apples, bottle, glass, plate, still life

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WORKSHOP - I just posted a new workshop to my list for 2013. It will be in Feb, 2013, in Southern California. If you're interested sign up quick - they tend to fill fast. Here are the details. Email Debra to register, or call 949.723.6171.

I bet you didn't know it but at night our apples take guided tours of our cabinets. Yep.

Sitting Still

2/7/12 | Labels: 6x6 - oil on gessoboard, bell pepper, bottle, cup, flower, glass, plate, reflections, rose, spoon, still life, tomato

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Right after I finished this one, as I was taking it off my easel, I managed to drop it on the floor - you got it - paint down! (sigh) What I have learned from past experience is - resist the temptation to get all the grit off while it's still wet!! If you wait until the paint is dry all the little bits come right off and usually the paint is just fine, as it was in this case.

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