Oil Painting - "Rainy Afternoon"

6" x 8" Oil on canvas.  Available here.

We are having such a strange winter in Alaska this year.  I have lived in this state since 1969 and I have never seen a winter with this warm of temperatures!  This piece is a plein air painting that I managed to paint in my car back in November.   Before I was done I had to turn on the windshield wipers as it had begun to rain.  I'm very happy with the color harmony in this painting.

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Portrait in Oil - "Hana"

16" x 20"  Oil on panel.  Available here.

I painted this portrait yesterday form a live model.  This lovely young woman came to my studio and sat for me.  It took 3 hours for the initial sitting.  Then about an other hour today to make a few small adjustments.  I feel pretty happy with it.  I did add the nose ring that she was wearing.  I thought, why not, just put it in there.  She was a wonderful model, I would like to paint her again.  

Oil Painting - "Reflecting"

12" x 12" Oil on panel.  Available here. 

I don't believe my last blog post went out to all the emails.  I'm not sure why that happens but every now and then they just don't get delivered.  This is a painting of one of my sons that I painted this fall.   I took the photo in February while down in Mexico.   He was in an underground cave with water and the cave was lighted so there was a nice glow and sparkle in the water.   I'm really pleased with this painting.  Doing more paintings with people in them is high on my list.  

Daybreak

15" x 30" Oil on gallery wrapped canvas.  

This painting was inspired while on my recent vacation to Cancun, Mexico.  My husband and I shared a casita with one of our sons.  When I woke one morning I took this picture of my son thinking it might make a nice painting.