3 Apples,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$300

Yesterdays painting was of our apples.I had to take it's picture indoors with a flash. enjoy

Model Jenna,portrait,oil on canvas pad,16x12,priceNFS

This was the painting I did of Jenna on Tuesday night. It took 2 hours.

Model Sharon,portrait,oil on canvasboard,16x12,priceNFS

Today I hired a lovely model to pose for me in my studio. I photoed every 20 minutes so you can see my painting steps.I took another 10 minutes to finish up the painting.

First Snow,landscape,gouache on paper,7x5,price$50

This is a painting sketch in gouache that I did for a larger oil painting. This is the second day for this picture but I will put up more paintings as well.

First Snow,landscape,gouache,7x5,price$50

This is a gouache painting sketch for a larger oil painting that I painted.

Kari Model,portrait,oil on canvas pad,16x12,priceNFS

This is our model kari who posed for us last Tuesday night. She didn't keep her head still. That makes her hard to paint.

Ornaments,still life,oil on canvas,5x7 price$100

This is today's painting of some ornaments I found at a local church sale. The paint is still very wet. So I can't get a good photo of the painting.

Dahlias and Dianthus,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

Today's painting is of flowers still blooming in my garden.

Sunny Sailing,seascape,oil on canvas,8x8,price$300

This is today's painting of Sunny Sailing in our Islands. Still a bit wet. Yesterday painting up again after getting a photo in the sun.

Island Evening Magic,seascape,oil on canvas,8x8,Price$300

No sunlight to take a good photo copy of this painting. It is another painting of our Islands at evening.

Islands,landscape,oil on canvas,10x8,price$400

This painting is of our Washington State Islands.I painted it today.

Fresh Picked Apples,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

A call came out to local artist to do a painting and donate the painting for the local school art enrichment program. I'm all for art in the schools. The 6x6 canvas are free from our local Dakota Art Store. I put a price on this painting on line. If it sells the money will go to our art program. The Paintings will hang on November 3rd or 7th. There will be many, many artist 6x6 paintings on the wall. I will post a photo of the show for all to see. This painting is of the apples that I picked this weekend from our trees. This is a great year for apple in Washington State. I have 3 boxes full and still some on the tree.

Late Roses,still life, oil on canvas,6x6,price$175

This is a painting I did on Friday of roses from my garden. I also will put up the Landscape that is painted in Monochromatic Scheme or a value study.

Analogous Scheme,landscape,oil on canvas,5x7,priceNFS

This is the color scheme of analogous colors, the colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel. One color the most dominant the other two are accent colors.

Red and Green,landscape,oil on canvas,8x10,priceNFS

This painting is one of 5 paintings I am doing to study Color Theory. This is the complementary scheme of red and green. I used red/purple and green/blue as well in this painting. Tomorrow I'll put another up.

New Roses,still life,oil on canvas,10x8,price$275

I'm back to oils. This painting I started last year but I needed to add a rose for a better composition. Then I lightened the background a bit. I also started a series today. I'll put them all up in a couple of days to show what I'm doing. Fun with color theory.

Wait for the Music,figure,watercolor,20x15,price$250

This is a watercolor painting I did of dancers.

Almost Ready,figures,watercolor,22x15,price$250

This is a watercolor painting of dancers. Enjoy

Back Stage,figure,watercolor,7x9,price$175

This is a watercolor I did a few years back. I took a workshop from Arne Westerman up in Whiterock. B.C.. I learned so much from him and enjoyed him. He is like a big teddy bear.

Foggy Mountain,landscape,oil on canvas,12x12,price$575

This is a painting of our local mountains and the flowers in the fog. Last day of the Studio Tour. It was fun to meet so many new people.

Pumpkin Patch,landscape,oil on canvas,14X11,price$700

This is a painting I did a couple of years ago. It felt like a pumpkin patch day today. Studio tour is going well. I sold one of my large painting to a lovely couple. Tomorrow is the last day of the Studio tour.

Trail at Larrabee,sea scape,oil on canvas,24x18,price$1,200

I started this painting yesterday and finished it today. It is painted from a smaller plein air painting I did last year with my friend Joyce at the State Park. Can you find the man in the shadow?

Boat Launch at Larrabee,Landscape,oil on canvas,16x20,price$995

Today I finished the State park painting. I started another painting of the Larrabee coast line.

Launch at Larrabee,landscape,oil on canvas,16x20,price$995

This is the studio painting I did from yesterdays plein air painting of the state park.

Larrabee Boat Launch,landscape,oil on panel,9x12,price$400

Today I painted at the Larrabee State park boat launch. I was alone with the birds most of the afternoon. A couple of times kayaks came in or went out. A truck drove right down to the sea to enjoy the view. I'll add some of the images.I'll put up the other painting I did tomorrow. Enjoy.

Vacation,figure,oil on canvas,10x8,price$700

Today I painted this Vacation painting with a painting knife. I need to let it dry a little before I can do any more to it. One more weekend coming up for studio tour. I will be painting all week. Enjoy the painting.

Male Model,portrait,oil on canvas pad,16x12,priceNFS

This is one of the portraits I did from our Tuesday night models painting group.I was busy all weekend with my open studio tour and many visitors. The drawing is of Chelsea.

Chelsea in Makeup,portrait,oil on canvas pad,16x12,priceNFS

This is the second of 3 paintings I did of Chelsea back in May.

Chelsea,portrait,oil on canvas pad,16x12priceNFS

I found 3 portraits of Chelsea that I did back in May I will put them up. I am ready for the Studio Tour. Tonight is another group show, Quintessential Bellingham. I have a large seascape painting in the show. Last night was an opening at the Jansen Center. I have a landscape in that group Show.

Mountain Fog,landscape,oil on canvas,7x5,priceNFS

This is an older painting I did of our local mountain trails. It sold at a show. Enjoy

Sunset over Marsh,landscape,oil on canvas,24x36,priceNFS

I am still busy getting my studio ready for the Studio Tour www.studiotour.net. So this is an older painting. Enjoy