Squirrel

Oil

6x12

SOLD

A squirrel has taken up residence in our home.  Thankfully, he's in the wall and not actually inside tearing things up!  Everyday we hear him munching on walnuts in his snug, heated home.   Outside, there are dozens of squirrels and they frequently stop on the deck railing for a look around the yard.

Purple Coneflowers

Oil

12x12

SOLD

I've been painting flowers on these gray Indiana days while awaiting spring. However, with all this rain and 40+ degree weather, spring may arrive in February!

Poppies

Oil

12x12

SOLD

Daffodil

Oil

12x12

O'Malia Food Market

Oil

9x12

Remembering flowers for sale at O'Malia Food Market at 126th Street and Gray Road, Carmel, Indiana.  Anyone remember O'Malia's used to have carpeted aisles?  And they served coffee to customers before we'd ever heard of Starbucks.

Detour

Oil

16 x 20

This painting is the Carmel Arts & Design District at Detour: An American Grille  restaurant. 

Warm Days

Oil

24 x 24

Another unseasonably warm fall afternoon

Days growing shorter

Beautiful jewel colors

Warm breezes

Bub's Burgers

Oil

8 x 10

Bub's is crowded with families in the summer.  And you know what, it's pretty crowded in the fall too!

Bub's Burgers & Ice Cream

Oil

8x10

Painted this from a combination of photographs. Bub's Burgers & Ice Cream in the Carmel Arts & Design District.  Wonderful place to hang out with the family!

Guess Who?

Oil

6x8

Lots of artists painting faces/portraits - Jerry Points recently painted John Lennon, Carol Marine is painting silly faces, and Stuart Ball just painted Steve Jobs.  So here's my face painting of a not so famous young man - at least he's not famous yet!  Guess who?

Dusk

Oil

12 x 36

I continue to paint the wetlands around Lake Tippecanoe even though I find these paintings to be challenging.  The photographs are dominated by greens, even the water appears greenish in midwestern lakes, so I try to push the colors.  I painted this at night and used artificial lights to brighten my workspace.  As this painting progressed, it appeared lighter than I wanted so I kept darkening the colors.  However, when the artificial lights were turned off, the painting looked more like dusk than midday.  Any suggestions for lighting a workspace?

Followin' Mama

Oil

6 x 8

This painting is my entry in the Every Mother Counts Challenge.  All proceeds from the sale will be donated to the aid organization Every Mother Counts.

The need: Every 90 seconds, a women dies from childbirth. Fully 90% of those deaths are preventable.  Every Mother Counts is training midwives in Afghanistan, opening health clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo and shipping unused medical supplies to South Sudan. These are tangible, practical projects designed to combat maternal mortality and injuries worldwide.

Sunflower Farm

Oil

8 x 10

This painting reminds me of a trip to Italy many years ago.  We drove through Umbria and Tuscany and enjoyed field after field of sunflowers.

Autumn Jewels

Oil

24 x 24

Sold

Available at Gallery 116 - Fishers, Indiana 

Painted this in hopes of a colorful fall in Indiana.  Still a lot of green on the trees, but we're starting to see splashes of orange and yellow.

Happy Face

Oil

8 x 10

Sold

I tried to grow a smaller variety of sunflower this summer.  Unfortunately, I planted them next to some ornamental grasses that grew to 5 feet tall throwing deep shadows over the sunflowers.  I guess sunflowers really do need lots of sun!

Muldoon's Irish Pub

Oil
9 x 12

SOLD

I took my camera to downtown Carmel, Indiana and photographed some of our favorite places in the Carmel Arts and Design District. It took me longer to paint this one than usual . . . I caught myself putting in every single detail instead of keeping it 'loose', or at least somewhat loose. Consequently, I had to remove details to get this painting where I wanted it to be. Now I'm happy.

Bub's Burgers

Oil
9 x 12

Sold

This painting is my donation to the Carmel Library Guild Fundraiser's silent auction.  The silent auction is part of the annual Book and Author Luncheon.  All proceeds go to the Carmel Clay Public Library children's literacy programing.

Library Guild Book and Author Luncheon

Most people go for the burgers . . . I go for the mahi mahi with peach mango salsa!

Fall Wetlands

 
Oil
10 x 14

Sold 

Autumn Wetlands

Oil

9 x 12

Sunflowers

Oil
9 x 12

The Debra Huse workshop was supposed to be plein air, but Indiana weather didn't cooperate. One of the days, we could choose between a still life, the sunflowers, or bring a photo to paint. I worked on the landscapes shown in the prior post. However, the sunflower paintings were gorgeous and cheery . . . so I painted them yesterday.

Wetlands

Oil
9 x 12

Sold

Available at Gallery 116 - Fishers, Indiana 

Debra Huse Workshop

I recently had the wonderful opportunity to attend a workshop with impressionist painter Debra Huse. These are the three paintings I completed.

Hay Harvest

Oil
16 x 20

Sold

Took the summer off and started painting again a few weeks ago. Probably not a good idea to take such a long break - I forgot some important painting tips. But it's coming back now. Driving through Indiana late summer reveals some beautiful rural scenes.

Trader's Point

Oil
10 x 14

Had a wonderful day yesterday with Jerry Points. Painted this landscape from a photo Jerry took at Trader's Point in Zionsville, Indiana. I also had the benefit of viewing Jerry's on-site plein air painting and his guidance and instruction.

Lake Tippecanoe

Oil
12 x 12

This is the view from the east side of Lake Tippecanoe looking out across the lake toward the Ball Wetlands Nature Preserve.