Funny Ears

16" x 20" oils

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It was such a beautiful evening in Santaquin when I photographed these horses. I painted this painting alla prima which means all at once while the paint was all still wet. The hardest part was the mare's mane. I love the fresh colors and immediacy of doing a painting all at once.

Top-heavy

12 3/4" x 8 3/4", oils
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At first I was worried my colors were too bright, but they are just what the painting needed. I am sure my palette was influenced by my visit last week to the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory in Vermont. Imagine two-toned cows on every wall painted with contrasting colors: Andy Warhol meets Willy Wonka. It was awesome, and the ice cream wasn't half bad either.

Summer Morning

14" x 18", oils
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This is the painting I did today; it was great to be back in the studio after a short trip back East. When I went to look for horses to paint, I went for a drive in the early morning light and found this beauty.  I love her dark muzzle and the reflective light on her tail.

Plein Air Festival

I spent the whole day in my art booth. Tomorrow will be the day my husband mans the booth and I get to be out painting en plein air on the grounds. It was really nice to rub shoulders with some great artists today and talk business.

Home Sweet Home...but kind of hot...

A painting-in-progress that I worked on during the day. I forgot to take the final photo once it was done, and it's sold, so oh well. A lot of people stopped to watch me paint, which was the general idea. I loved the attention.

Summer

5 1/2" x 5 3/4", oils

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This is the latest of my portrait commissions.  I start with a brush that's 1/4" wide and finish with a brush that is literally a millimeter wide. If I have painted a shadow in the wrong place, even if it's off by only a millimeter, the face is all wrong and doesn't match the subject. No kidding.


This is my work area.