Flower Market

I've been trying to finish this painting... it's 'decision-making time' which is harder for me than anything else! As soon as I finish it, I will post it in the etsy shop... and I might make prints or cards of it. With all the holiday cheer going on it's hard to get down to the studio and have a block of time to settle in to painting!!! Hopefully things will calm down soon... til our house guests arrive. Well, January's looking pretty good :)

A Little Painting of York

Here's a little landscape I started last night. It's a quirky view that's more of an ariel view... I'm going to have to work that out! I keep thinking about crop circles and put a few in. I should get my smaller brushes out to add more detail. I get lost in tiny details, though and become obsessed. I have a thing about England - I've actually never been, (sob) but most of my family is descended from England and Scotland. My mom is a big fan of the James Herriot books and PBS TV show- I think it was on in the 1980s. The scenes of the country side had a lasting effect on me, growing up! (and the beautiful piano theme music did as well!)

I added a very architectural piece (of San Francisco row houses drenched in the sun ) to my etsy shop. Check it out... there's a link in my blog list. Happy weekend :)

Floral Abstract

This one has been a work in progress for longer than I planned! I think I'm getting close to saying it's done. I'm really happy with the colors - mostly pinks and oranges... plus dozens of shades of green - one of my favorite colors. I think I'll be listing this in the etsy shop soon.

Welcome to my new blog!

An unfinished abstract on illustration board... I'm going to revise it and put it in the etsy shop at a special price!

I made a much needed trip to home depot and got some wood cut to paint on!! This is a very nice, sand birch plywood and another kind of wood for the smaller ones... not sure what it's called. The first photograph is The Garden Before the Tornado is now in my etsy shop! (http://www.take5paintings.etsy.com/) I'll be posting about once or twice a week... so check back soon and thanks for visiting!