Melon and Sunflowers

11x 14 oil on panel

Looking out my kitchen window today

Golden Hillside at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

It was a beautiful day to paint along the art trail at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, one of my favorite places.

Happy to be juried into the Randy Higbee Gallery "Six Inch Squared" exhibition and sale!

 This painting is on page 94 of the DailyBrushwork.com website. 

Plein air painting at the Illinois River Watershed Learning Center

Can you tell I was appreciating the warm afternoon sun after a really cold morning of painting?

Autumn Inspiration

8x10, oil

A small demo I painted at the show reception today. 

A Man with a Mission

16x 20, oil on linen

Sunflower in Shadow

20x16

Company's Coming

30"x30" oil 

Deep Summer's Glow

                                               That glow of deep summer,

                                               when the air is hot and still 

                                               and buzzes with the thrum of cicadas. 

                                               The water hardly moves, there is no breeze, 

                                               even the sun seems to have stopped 

                                               advancing across the sky.

                                       

  

Reflections in a Vase

12x16, oil

Summer Sunlight

12x16, oil

Creek Side

One with Earth and Sky

A tropical painting for a day that feels fairly tropical. :)

Gray Squirrel, quick study

Mixed Greens, all organic

 It was a beautiful spring day today.  The path up the hill was freshly mown. A gentle breeze was blowing. My faithful Labrador Retriever and I headed out to paint en plein air.  A perfect day. 

Boats at the Park

Plein air painting, 9x12, oil

Mammoth Spring State Park, Arkansas

She Knows Her Own Mind

...and she says, under her breath, "I am so not eating those carrots."

I do admire a slightly stubborn little girl. ;)

A Happy Little Boy

10x8, oil

It was a windy day out on the dusty trail....

My little buckaroo rides a pony at the park.

12 x 12, oil on canvas