This is a farm stand down the road from where I live. All summer long they lure visitors in with gorgeous flowers, lucious fruits, herbs and the best corn around. It's a favorite stop on the way to the beach! The colors 'pop' a bit more in real life, am struggling with Photoshop! I painted this between last night and noon today at my friend Nancy's studio. Always great to have another 'eye' to keep you on track!
This is sunset view of Bristol, RI from the north end of Aquidneck Island. I'd love to say on a clear night there is reflected orange light in the water - but there isn't! Mt. Hope Bridge is in the background.
This painting was inspired by my friend Pam Copeman, who is extremely stylish and pulled together, and who loves paintings of shoes. (I mean we ALL love shoes, right?) I love the contrast between the little fur balls and the satin shoe, throw in a honking big fake diamond - do I hear champagne?
This is my souvenier from San Francisco, from last year when I took a workshop with Camille Przewodek. We had breakfast at Max's with our friends Kevin and Linda there. Max's is, I guess, a sort of famous little restaurant, and you can buy the coffee cups. Along with stones, shells, seaglass and pie plates I clutter my house with special coffee cups. This one's the perfect size!
This is a tiny painting, but when I photographed it, it enlarged it and shows all the 'grain' of the canvas! The other morning just before 7 a.m. I was having coffee, looking down the river, and I saw this red tug tearing past Gould Island. It was very heavy air, very moist, and Aquidneck Island was barely visable in the background. This is one of those pieces that looks better in real life, the photo doesn't do it justice. Oh, well.
This is going to be a companion piece to yesterday's painting. Feeling very 'flowery' lately, must be Spring! I may turn these paintings into larger pieces, just enjoying the colors.
I love this Chinese Proverb: "When you have only two pennies left, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other". This stalk of lilies was just a stick with uninspiring buds when I bought it on Sunday (yes, it cost more than one penny!), but they bloomed and seem to reach out to give, not receive joy. I had to paint them.
Went over to Coggeshall Farm last week and found a meadow filled with animals. Sheep, a burro, some sort of ox and a horse. The colors were all muted, and the wind was up, so I took a photo and painted from it yesterday. The sheep still had good heavy coats, which was a good thing, seeing as it's been pretty cold lately! 
Driving to Newport this morning in the snow, I took many photos with the intention of painting a nice winter scene as the storm swirled around me back at home. I had stopped at the grocer's and when I got home I plopped the green pears on some gorgeous blue tissue paper that was on the counter.... forget about the snow scenes - maybe later! 
Happy Birthday to me! I let myself dream of my upcoming trip to Holland, with my friends Paula, Ros and Sandy... and I painted it! Six weeks from today - yay~ we'll be painting the tulip fields in Haarlem. It's becoming real. 
We all have our favorite things, these are among our 'cherished' coffee cups. 
Tried and tried to paint the treasures Tim brought home from a walk on the beach, but nothing was working. So I painted this key I've been saving in a red bowl made from crushed seashells.
I like this one better than the previous fortune cookie daily painting. I think the composition's better, paint application more interesting. And I always love reading the 'fortune'!
Conor brought these peppers home for me to paint. Talk about personality! They had such beautiful shapes and multiple shades of yellow, orange and red. They're just fun!
Last night Tim and I went for a drive and the moon was just massive and golden, suspended over Fall River, MA. It was surreal, yet romantic. It made me feel like anything could happen, like magic. I had to paint it today. The photo, once again, has a lot of glare due to the wet oil paint.
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Tim's favorite lunch. I stole a couple to paint! Had to fight Harry (the cat) for ownership. I love the avocado colors. OK, so I still don't actually eat them...
These salt & pepper shakers are favorites of mine, though it's so damp here we have to change the salt every time we use them I love the green glass.
Not really the LAST two sparrows, but in terms of the daily paintings. I'll continue to work on these birds, hopefully nailing the shapes and loosening up a bit, but I think I'll move on in terms of subject matter. It's funny, people either love or hate birds. Some folks are a bit superstitious. I'm just fascinated by them. Then again, I'm fascinated by a LOT of things...
Enthralled with the sparrows, still. I've been out painting some plein air in Bristol, you can see it at http://welcometomyartworld.blogspot.com/.
These tulips are amazing. I had to paint them before Harry (the kitten) ate them ALL. I spent today painting plein air in Bristol with oils, it was so free and easy to swish these flowers on with acrylics.
