Art in the Garden

The neighborhood art show is back and I’m excited to show my work in the garden setting. I’ll be showing smaller works because my large paintings are in Madison, Georgia at the Places Far and Near Show. Artist and friend Hanna Marx is the organizer this year for the garden show.

Spotlight on Art

My work will be shown at Spotlight on Art – Artist Market – Trinity School I will be showing oil paintings and watercolors. When: Monday, January 30 – Saturday, February 4, 2023Where: Trinity School, 4301 Northside Parkway NW, AtlantaWho: Free and open to the public http://www.spotlightonart.com Artist participation is by invitation only, and the collection

Holiday Art Show

We’re all busy at the studio working on things for our next open studio in December. I’m using the next few weeks to complete both oil and watercolor pieces, frame works and just get everything looking good. We’re open for two days this year to keep it more manageable with crowds. I will have works

The Falling Leaves

…drift by the window I look forward to autumn for many reasons but one of them is looking closely at the fallen leaves. The variety of color, line and pattern never get old. Each leaf is unique and amazing. I enjoy trying to capture the exact colors and markings on a fallen leaf. I placed

Vegetables from the garden

Overall my vegetable garden was average this year. However, I really got a bumper crop of squash. I didn’t plant them but they came up and just took over a lot of real estate. They seemed to be a hybrid winter squash of butternut and delicata. I’m enjoying painting all of the variations and patterns.

Assemblages

When arranging items for a still life I choose things that appeal to me for their color and shape but also for sentimental or personal meaning. My newest work includes a piece of pottery I made, a figurine given to me by my grandmother and a cross stitch cloth made in the 1950s by my

Student work in acrylic

The students in my acrylic painting class are doing some really good work. I’m throwing a lot at these students, including color theory, palette knife painting, abstraction and composition. It has been a pleasure working with these motivated and fun adults at the Spruill Center for the Arts (Dunwoody area of metro Atlanta). Here are

Art in Room Settings

Here are a few pictures of my art pieces in room settings using wall art visualizer apps.  Let me know if you are interested in purchasing any of these pieces.

Grandmother’s Lamp

I’ve had this lamp for about 20 years.  It belonged to my Grandmother and then my mother and then me.  I’ve had mixed feelings about the lamp.  I remember it in my Grandmother’s house and I thought it was very special when I was a child.  When I inherited it I decided it was rather

Digital still life

I created this still life drawing using I-draw program. It took several hours! I could have created this quicker using a painting program but I’m trying to learn how to use layers, like many digital programs use.