Might as Well...(16x20) oil on linen

Poodle Nationals coming up, I started this weeks ago and then had to set it aside for a while, now finished and photographed (I think!).

Lazy Day (36x48)

Thought I'd tackle a large painting while snowed in this week (several times). Not as concentrated a set of painting sessions as I'd envisioned, since I had a lot of shoveling to do, over and over, and continue to be way over-puppied. But finally got this completed. May not get the van unearthed to deliver it to the gallery until spring, but once I do unearth the van, this will go to McBride Gallery in Annapolis.

Yes, it snowed a little

White Ducks (4"x12")

Seen at the base of the falls in the harbor at Camden, Maine

2010 USASA National Specialty Artwork

A couple of smalls...

'Small Gems' is what McBride Gallery is calling the focus of their holiday season this year, little paintings done by gallery artists. So these 2 paintings joined the party along with several other small works I have already posted in recent weeks and months.

Eider on Waves (4x12)

Bunny (4x12)

Waiting Egret 20x24 oil on linen

Destined for one of my galleries for the fall season.

All sorts of arrivals

Well, I did some paintings (so they arrived), autumn is here (so it arrived), I got back from Wausau after being their artist-in-residence (so I arrived) and last and most important, Ribbon has had her litter of 7 so THEY arrived. You can see more about them at this news page though I have included  a picture of mom and babies here.

The Signs (16x20)

Egret Primping2 (6x4)

Egret Primping 1 (6x4)

 Splash (8x10) Saw this fellow chasing a stick in a local small river and had to paint him.

Cleveland Bay (15x30)   This was posted a couple of weeks ago but the horse disappeared into a very dark green background so I lightened it and was much happier with this.

 Sand River Cheetah (24x30) Haven't done Africa in any real way for a good while so I needed to rectify this.




Some more work finally photographed. Art is destined for various upcoming shows including McBride Gallery's Autumn Celebration, Troika Gallery's Gala Anniversary show, Mystic Maritime Museum Gallery's winter show, and Simpson Gallery's miniatures holiday show. Early in 2010 I plan to have work included in the American Society of Marine Artists' regional show in Delaware. Hope to see some of you at one or more event!  If you want to know which specific pieces might be going where, just contact me.

Horses on my mind...

Cleveland Bay Stallion (15x30)

I've been reading a lot of my friend Lyn's blogs and looking at her photos documenting her newly reawakened Horse Madness and I confess it has me revisiting my love of horse as well. Haven't been on one in decades but certainly have watched, and photographed, them recently and now want to paint them.
Not sure this is done (OK, it isn't, a few cleanup strokes needed) and no idea how to photograph it without all that glare on the paint strokes, but wanted to put it up. From a trip to Howard County fair, watching several Cleveland Bay stallions being led around near their ring. This was a particularly handsome fellow.

Some more new art

I have been busy doing a variety of things including preparing for fall gallery events. Attended McBride Gallery's 'Best of the Chesapeake' opening a couple of weekends back and got to chat with some old friends, and to see the exhibition that was, as always, so beautiful.
Now preparing for the gallery's autumn celebration show coming up in October, and also for the big November Anniversary exhibition at the Troika Gallery in Easton. Wonderful to have such representation in both galleries.So to that end I have been toiling away. Here are a few smaller works. Have a couple of larger things not yet ready for photography and also will have my great blue heron sculpture represented in the galleries again when they arrive from the foundry. Just a little color...Watery Sky (5x7)


White Chair (4x6)

Greeting the Day (10x20)

Tension (8x8)

Gee Bee (16x20) A special piece for a special perosn.


Scarlet Macaw (8x8)

Fleet (12x12)

Some new art

Settling In (8x12)
This is the rtwork I used as a demonstration piece for my tutorial at the Woodson Art Museum next month. I photographed it in stages from initial drawing to completion; those photos and the finished artwork will hang at the museum with 3 other scratchboards of mine from now until the end of Birds in Art 2009 exhibition at the museum.
I do very few scratchboards anymore so it was nice to settle down in front of the drawing table for a change.



2 beloved dogs belonging to a friend; the blue merle girl died last year and the blac tri boy is getting on in years.