This year’s festival was great! I made this sketch early on Saturday. Within a half an hour I couldn’t see across the street! Everyone was in a festive mood and….. they brought their wallets 🙂 Mind you, the majority of purchases were smaller but, it was so wonderful to see a few good sized paintings […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
09.09.09 Velvetleaf
Given this special ‘number day’ in September, I had to sketch something so I’d remember where I was. Sketch I did, I just didn’t finish this page until yesterday 🙂 We had these plants all over our lot when we built our NY home. I remember how amazed I was at softness of the leaves […]
Southeast Seashore Animals – A Still Life
I’m getting excited about this weekend’s Bluffton Arts & Seafood Fest Fine Art Show. In celebration of this event my bird and wildflower paintings will be hanging out (no pun intended) with sea animals 🙂 Nothing like branching out! While my Blue Crab piece frames up to 12 x 10 inches, the Shells come in […]
Blue Crab
I’ve been having fun with this little Blue Crab! Now it’s all set for the upcoming Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival show this coming weekend. Note cards are in the works 🙂 Y’all come by buy now 🙂
Cheraw Painting Update
The insets are finished! Now I have the challenge of protecting them and completing the 16 x 20 painting. I must admit, it’s been a while since I worked this large in watercolors – not to mention Arches HP paper. If you hear a scream, it just me 🙂 I usually use ‘extra tack’ frisket […]
Off to Sea Pines
It was more than time to soak up the ocean air. While our quick trip to the beach was just a couple of hours long, it sure was a shot in the arm. We saw large pods of dolphin, 2 Osprey displaying stealth hunting tactics, a few Royal Terns, and my favorite….. Brown Pelicans. I […]