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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

"Welcoming Oak" SOLD

5"x7" Oil on  Linen Birch Board Panel   SOLD

Just before the road opens to the main house in Magnolia Plantation you'll see this large, grande Oak Tree.  The fence below it running across the canvas is about 3.5 feet high to offer you perspective on the tree's enormous size!

"Red Bridge" SOLD

7"x5" Oil on Linen Birch Board Panel   SOLD

On one of our recent sunny, warm Spring days my daughter and I walked Magnolia Plantation and I snapped a bunch of photos.

"Little Cherub" SOLD

7"x5" Oil on Linen Birch Board Panel
7"x5" Oil on Linen Panel   sold for Mother's Day

This little Cherub & Fish Fountain can be found in one of the meditating gardens at Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, SC.

"Come Along With Me" SOLD

 20"x24" Oil on Linen Canvas   SOLD
 Here it is framed (please excuse the padded corners - it is on its way to the gallery so I like to keep it somewhat protected in transit)
Waiting to hear of its new home. . . heard it might already be sold.

Monday, March 24, 2014

"Garden Pathway" (toward the Field)

12"x9" Oil on Linen/Birch Board Panel

A friend helps homeowners create some of the most beautiful gardens I've ever seen and this is just a corner of one of her creations.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

"Dainty Nibbles" SOLD

12"x9" Oil on Linen/Birch board Panel   SOLD

Another beautiful pony from the CATR Farms on Johns Island.  They will be hosting a fundraiser on April 27th 2014 it'll be great fun for the whole family!

"Magnificence" SOLD


9"x12" Oil on Linen mounted Birch Board Panel  SOLD

"Grandeur, Majesty, Stateliness, Nobleness, Glory, Radiance, Grace, Beauty, Style, Splendor," are just among some of the words synonymous with "Magnificence."  I thought that all of these words summed up this stately beauty.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

"Red Barn" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen Birch Board Panel   SOLD

Despite the chilly, damp 40-degree weather, the Wednesday painters showed up to paint the glorious beauty of CATR Farms Therapeutic Riding Stables on Johns Island.  What a joy to meet with the team of ladies who assist and work with children learning to break through their own disabilities riding the precious horses boarded here.

I look forward to coming back out to paint some more!  If you are in the area on April 27th, come out to Johns Island, 2669 Hamilton Road off of River Road, for their fun Fundraiser.  Food, Music and of course Horses!  The grounds are gorgeous and the horses are sweet!

Monday, March 17, 2014

"Shrimpers At Dusk" FUNDRAISING DONATION

8"x10" Oil on Linen mounted Birch Board Panel  DONATED

Shem Creek South Carolina has some of the most beautiful references for paintings.  this one is being donated to the Make-A-Wish foundation in May called the Trailblaze Challenge in Asheville, NC.

Friday, March 14, 2014

"Race Ya!" CHARITABLE DONATION

"Race Ya!" is an 8"x10" Oil on Linen mounted on Birch Board Panel   DONATION

This was painted to be donated for a fund-raiser on March 22nd.

Thursday, March 06, 2014

"Hay Fields" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen/Birch Board Panel   sold

Go ahead, say it.  I am being way too literal for the Charleston Artist Collective's Theme next month: "Fields."  But won't you agree that there is something about rolled up Hay Bales that makes for a gorgeous painting composition?

"Eating Out With a Friend" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen/Birch Board Panel   sold

I love these guys.  They live around the way from my neighborhood.  I pass by their farm as I head out and back from home and many times I'll stop and pat a nose or rub their necks.  They are the sweetest!

Wednesday, March 05, 2014

"Just Because"

14"x11" Oil on Linen/Birch Board Panel

My sweet husband came home from a long day at work with this bouquet of roses in his hands, . . Just because!

"Flowers & Fruit" SOLD at the Columbus Museum's "Let There Be Art!" sale in Georgia


11"x14" Oil on Linen/Birch board panel  

Today's rainy, cold weather kept me inside so I put together another still life.  Cheers!

Thursday, February 27, 2014

"Sea Oats on Sullivan's" SOLD

9"x12" Oil on Linen mounted Birch Board Panel   SOLD

I may have "pushed" the colors on this image a bit too much. . . so I may re-take, but this is from a photo I took on one of the last days of the swimming season as school started late last year. . . I've been desiring to paint this image for quite some time.  The day was glorious and it was one I was able to enjoy with both my children as we all played in the surf of Sullivan's Island.

"Pitcher of Sun"

12"x9" Oil on Linen/Birch Board Panel

Yesterday was my designated plein air day and it was rainy and cold!  So I set up a still life of my own sunshine.  Sunflowers always make me happy (especially on a gloomy day).

"Beach Around The Bend"

8"x10" Oil on Linen/Birch Board Panel

It was the first sunny and somewhat warm day of the year and I was blessed to be out painting with one of my painting buddies. . . I simply "played" in that fact and allowed myself to enjoy the color, shapes of shadows and light as I painted this.

"Beach Dune Patterns" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen/Birch Board Panel   sold

The shapes and patterns of the dunes' shadows led me out to the distant beach.

"Gnarled Oak Patterns" SOLD

9"x12" Oil on Linen/Birch Board   SOLD

The patterns of the shadows and the branches themselves intrigue me.  They must be painted!

Tea Bouquet SOLD

11"x14" Oil on Linen/Birch Board panel   Sold at the Columbus Museum's fund-raising event: "Let There Be Art!" in Columbus Georgia
The cold, wet weather as of late has limited my plein air outings but has provided plenteous opportunity to exercise my still-life muscles!