This is a small 8x10 painted from a photo that I took on our Colorado trip about three years ago. It is painted on a wrap-a-around canvas and looks real pretty sitting on a small ornate burnished gold easel. It was fun to do but I think I will try it again as I think I can do a little better job getting the colors better. Although usually my second attempt at painting the same subject doesn't turn out as good as the first. It is $300.00 with the easel.
This is a small 6x8 oil, painted on Masonite, of the early morning sun coming up over the hill in back of the cabin. It is framed in a gold plein air frame and is $200.00. I am mainly doing small work right now, except for the bird dogs I did. They are quick and easy and if it doesn't go well, I just wipe it off and start again. That way I can work with small blocks of time..jpg)
This is another little 8x10 oil, painted on a wrap around canvas so does not need a frame. It will sit on a little gold easel. It scanned a bit darker than the original but is o.k. I will also donate it to the Fresh Gallery, Springfield, Mo., for their anniversary celebration. It was quick and fun!! SOLD +8x10+oil+scan+%40200.jpg)
This is a little 8x10 oil on board. I framed it in gold and will donate it to the Fresh Gallery, Springfield, Mo., where I have some of my work. They are having an anniversary celebration and will have a silent auction. Small paintings are fast and fun. 
This is my second painting of Island Grove Revenge. I put this one in a totally different setting. I just hope it looks like the same dog. Again, my photography is not good due to lighting so will redo this at a later date. Also, I hope the two owners don't like the same painting, then I might really be in trouble and have to redo one. I am just now trying to get back into some serious painting since my surgery over a year ago. I've done a few but not many in the past year. This was fun! I just hope I can keep the momentum going. 
This is a painting I was commissioned to do as this dog is the 23rd NBHA Futurity Winner. His name is Island Grove Revenge. It is a 16x20 oil and I was asked to do two paintings of the dog because two people own it together. So this is the first one, then I will blog the second painting. This one is painted like the photo they provided, background and everything. My photography is not the best lighting as the weather has been so gloomy here in Missouri and I usually like to photograph outdoors. So if spring ever comes, I will rephotograph the paintings and replace these. 
This is an 11x14 oil that I just did yesterday afternoon. First time I have had my oils out for so long. I decided to play with my palette knife. Not sure about the results but it sure was fun. I photographed this stream on my son's pasture a few years ago. I decided to finally paint again in oil so I just pulled this photo out of my file randomly. Sometimes I do that to get me started. I just try to make a painting from the photo, taking artistic license and trying to improve on composition etc. 
This is another sunset scene that I painted from photos I took on the Hawai trip. We were eating lobster at an ocean side restaurant when I took this. The colors just got brighter and brighter. There was a luau taking place just down in the foreground but I left all those people and dancers out. This is a 7x10 watercolor, matted out to an 11x14. Not for sale. It was a wonderful evening with good food, wonderful family and a beautiful view. Such fun!!
I did this painting after taking a trip to Hawaii to observe my granddaughter getting married on the beach. I will give this to her as a wedding present. The sunsets there are so beautiful that one simply cannot duplicate it with paint or even photos. This one is not for sale of course. It is matted to 11x14. 
Since I have not started painting yet (my recovery is slow) , just thought I would post an old painting. This is a watercolor about 14x18, matted to a 20x24. A friend has this one. I hope to start painting soon. The weather is getting nice out so I am getting the "bug" to do some plein air painting.
This is just a small greeting card, about 6x8 which I did a series of. I haven't blogged anything for quite awhile because of having knee surgery and not being able to get to my basement studio. I am doing a lot of rehab, which has sort of consumed my life for the present. I just wanted to post my little snowman to tell all of you, "Happy New Year" and I hope to be back to painting before long. As an artist friend always says to other artist friends, "keep your brushes wet". I hope to soon.
For some reason this one didn't go out on the blog correctly yesterday so I am re-sending it. This one was taken in the shade. It is a 16x20 oil on a linen panel. Such a nice surface to work on. One of these paintings is to be given to a dog handler for a prize for winning at a field trial so it is NFS. 
This one was taken in the sun. What a difference in photographs. A photographer, I am not. Just thought I would show you the difference that a photo can make. I like the shaded ones and my husband likes the ones in the sunshine. 
This is the same dog, different background, different pose, lighting etc. They brought me two photos to work from, now they have to choose which one they want. It is also a 16x20 oil on stretched canvas and is not for sale. 
I decided to do this one again. The other one is 8x12 and this one is 9x12, which I had a frame for. I now have a frame for the other one also. I liked the effect I got , I don't know which one I like the best, although the other one scanned the best I think. It is a 9x12 oil on a Raymar panel. I love that linen surface! This painting brings back memories of my trip last summer that was so great. It is framed in a driftwood frame with a linen liner with a gold lip. It is $300.00 including S&H. 
Here is the mate to the other. It has just been licensed for the open edition prints and they are on the market now--somewhere. No hatboxes for this one, but I like it better than the other. It also is a 16x20 oil on canvas.
This is a 16x20 oil that I did a few years ago when I was painting for a company that made prints from my paintings. It has a mate that I will blog tomorrow or whenever. It has been licensed on open edition prints and also hat boxes. Cato's sold the hat boxes a couple of years ago and the prints are somewhere out there in the marketplace.
This is a portrait of a dear friend who passed away last spring. He was always at his Amoco station and in a dead run to make sure everyone got taken care of. We miss him. This is a 14x18 oil and I painted it for his son to give to Leo's widow.
I did this one larger than the previous one. This is a 24x36 oil and was painted from the photos that I took this spring in our lovely park. Some day I will have to paint it with the people playing in the band. We still have band concerts three times a week in the summer. I think I like the small one better. It was fun to paint though. Right now, it is NFS. 
I did this in a watercolor workshop this past weekend. It is a little larger than my scanner so I had to trim the left side a bit. Some time ago I did a small 5x5 oil of this same Iris. It is a 9x12 watercolor, matted with off white and has a gold liner. It is $75.00 including S&H.
I have painted this scene from almost every angle. This is a 16x20 oil of our local park with the bandstand and the springs. People used to come to the springs for healing waters. I am working on a 24x36 like this one. Then I had better look for another subject. Or maybe another season. How would that be? Our Picnic celebration is in July and I am just probably excited to see old friends so am feeling nostalgic. Maybe that is why I am doing so many of these scenes. It is fun though. Maybe I will wait for fall before doing some more. 
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