Can you just feel the joy in this little girl's countenance? Isn't she just a little cutie?? I am stopping at this point to "check in" with Mom & Dad about the status of her portrait but she is just so cute I had to share in the meantime!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
"Reagan's Portrait"
Can you just feel the joy in this little girl's countenance? Isn't she just a little cutie?? I am stopping at this point to "check in" with Mom & Dad about the status of her portrait but she is just so cute I had to share in the meantime!
Monday, February 16, 2015
"Lush Bouquet" SOLD
The Charleston Artist Collective is a great online gallery to find little gems from some of Charleston's finest artists. Each month the artists decide on a Theme by which they create their artwork, and with every art sale 10% goes to benefit a local charity. "Lush" is March's theme and the charity is the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
"Fancy Rooster"
This was painted for a fund-raiser for my daughter's school. These Roosters and hens are so fun to paint. I may be posting more soon.
"Window Sill & Apples"
It was a bit too cold to paint en Plein Air this week so I decided to stay in the studio to catch up on some work. I had these apples sitting on the window sill and loved the way they looked in the sunshine. If nothing else, it was a fun painting to paint. Again, I may re-post this image. In reality, the apples are much softer where the color/temperature transitions are.
"Shem Creek Shack"
Last week's plein air painting was a bit on the chilly side. Here is a little painting I did from a completely different vantage point. . . a fun, new discovery.
This will be available as part of the Charleston Artist Collective's "Pluff Mud" Theme in April.
www.charlestonartistcollective.org
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
"Pylon Procession" SOLD
soldFebruary's Theme at The Charleston Artist Collective is "Passages" and this one will be available as one of the themed paintings. With every art purchase, 10% is donated to a local charity. It is good to know your support helps so many beyond the online gallery and artists.
"Through The Trees" NFS
Painted En Plein Air, Alla Prima on location on Sullivan's Island, SC. These are three of several Palmetto Trees out in front of the visitor center of Fort Moultrie. I stood at the fork in the road between Stella Maris Church and Fort Moultrie.
Wow, was it cold out there today!! But, Yay Us, who all showed up to brave the near freezing temperatures and wind chills. The sun was bright and the sky was clear and the air was so fresh; it was a beautiful day to be out painting!
"Passages" is February's Charleston Artist Collective's Theme. "Through The Trees" will be in that collection.
"How'D Do, Ladies"
While in the North Carolina mountains, I was painting at a farm surrounded by the most comical chickens and roosters. Their personalities really shine and this rooster was the headliner! In this picture I took, he looked as though he were "tipping his hat" to the chickens as he walked by them strutting all around the yard. Hence, the title, "How'D Do, Ladies."
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
"Red Tin Roof - Shem Creek Study"
Our painting group went back to Shem Creek and the weather could not have been more pleasant. The sun was so warm on this mid-January day on the water that you didn't really need a jacket. I wanted to capture as loosely as possible another view from my last visit. The photograph's color is off a bit, but I hope it conveys what I was trying to say.
Friday, January 16, 2015
"Calm At The Docks"
This painting started out as a plein air painting on location at Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant, SC. However, it was so incredibly cold that it made my fingers numb. I painted as much information as I could, and it was nearly finished, when I could no longer move my hands and hold a paint brush. I just finished it up in the studio. I want to go back there and try another one. . . the day I was here, at Shem Creek, it was so beautiful! The lavender and warm yellow colors of the sky show that there were indeed frozen crystals in the atmosphere . . . all from that freezing cold air!
"Girl Talk"
I snapped this shot while at a farm in the mountains of North Carolina near Cashiers. The personalities of the hens and roosters were comical! That rooster was strutting around like he owned the place and the hens seemed so taken by his swagger and charm.
"Merrie-Woode Morning II" SOLD
Camp Merrie-Woode is a girls' camp in the mountains of North Carolina. This was a commission for a former camper whose two little girls are carrying on the family tradition there. This painting was painted after a plein air painting I did while I was actually standing in this spot. However, that painting has long been sold. We changed it a little bit by taking one of the sail boats out and breaking up the fore and middle grounds.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
"Patiently Awaiting - Portrait of Brooke"
Such a beautiful little girl. . . she looks just like her Momma. In memory of a beautiful, yet short life; Brooke shined like the sun in the lives of those who knew her. She awaits, patiently, in Heaven for the rest of us to join that glorious Light. Merry Christmas.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
"Break in the Fog at Shem Creek" SOLD
This is the second of the two paintings I painted last week at the docks of The Wreck at Shem Creek, Mount Pleasant, SC. The dolphins were swimming by and you knew it without looking because they loudly blew out their breath as they surfaced. The fog was SO Thick and then suddenly there was a break at one section of the sky allowing some sun to warm us. What drama!
This one might be sold: email artistmlh@yahoo.com for more information
"Foggy Creek"
This was the first of two plein air paintings from last week. The weather was so great because it was so thick with fog. Fog creates an unusual atmosphere in which to paint en plein air and it was so wild! I loved it! I hope we have many more of these atmospheric opportunities.
available at www.charlestonartistcollective.org
"Sweet Camellia" SOLD
One of my personal favorite paintings of the Flower series. This Camellia Tree is found in the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, SC and I can only guess how old it is! They are blooming at this time when all other species of blooms and flowers have faded. Available at www.charlestonartistcollective.org
"Plantation Oak" SOLD
This is an Oak Tree overhanging the Ashley River on the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, SC. Available at www.charlestonartistcollective.org
"Charleston Steeples"
These cute little plein air paintings make wonderful Stocking Stuffers for Christmas and the Holidays!
Monday, December 01, 2014
Wedding Location
This was a while in the making for a wedding which took place in August. It was located out-of-town from me and I was unable to attend but I wanted to give a gift that will hopefully be a forever cherished memory of their special day. I had to sneak and have my "secret agents" in the town of the wedding go before hand to this spot to snap pictures for me so I could use them as references for the painting. And then they had to get the images to me. Finally, the painting is complete. Now to dry it and send it off to them. Wish me luck!
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