Featured Artist CCPL

Art Wall at Carmel Clay Public Library

Thanks to everyone who visited the library this month and viewed and/or purchased art from my exhibition.  I was honored to be the Featured Artist for April!

Painting with Sisters

Oil

8 x 8

Above is Desert Globemallow.

The winter rains were generous in Tucson resulting in gorgeous spring flowers.

Painting with my sisters, Paige and Marni, while visiting our parents in Arizona the end of March.  Below is a pic of the 'Fowler Five'!  We are so-o lucky - when we five get together we just laugh and laugh and have an awesome time!

Brittlebush

Oil

8x8

SOLD

Hiked the Wild Burro trail last week (north of Tucson, Arizona) and took many wonderful photos of Sonoran Desert wildflowers.   These are brittlebush, a shrub with a magnificent show of vivid yellow flowers.

Painting with Dad

Above is a demo painting for my class of one - my Dad.  He is a watercolorist wanting to learn oil painting so we're sharing tips and having a blast painting together!  Both of my sisters are artists too - they'll be joining us in a couple of weeks for a painting session - I can't wait to see the results!

Wetlands at Dusk

16x20

Oil

SOLD

This wetlands painting is a little moody.  Looks like a storm is rolling in from the east.

Carmel Library

Oil

12x36

SOLD

The library in Carmel, Indiana is an architectural delight both inside and out.  It's an incredible community resource for all ages.  If you've never been inside - it's worth the trip!

Daisies

Oil

12x12

Painted these daisies as an addition to my flower series.  I'd originally only planned to paint four 12x12s but I'm enjoying them much more than I thought I would.  So I'll continue to paint the "art" in my yard.

Prairie Trace Barn

Oil

24x24

SOLD

Just finished up this larger piece.  The painting had a mind of its own as this was not the finished product I'd envisioned; however, I like it.  A bright, vivid contemporary interpretation of a very traditional country scene.

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!