Sunday, July 31, 2016

Blanchard Evening,seascape,oil on canvas,6x6,priceNFS

This painting is similar the other Blanchard paintings that I put up this week but is smaller and square. It sold.

Friday, July 29, 2016

Evening on Blancard Mountain,seascape,oil on canvas,24x36,priceNFS

I have been putting up images of the paintings that I have painted of the beautiful view from Blanchard Mountain. Each painting a little different from the next. This is where my husband of 39 year died two weeks ago.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

View of Light from Blanchard MT.,seascape,oil on canvas,9x12,price$500

These paintings of the view from Blanchard mountain look very similar to each other with subtle changes. I'm now working on emptying my husbands office up at the University. I really do hope to do paintings everyday again soon.

Monday, July 25, 2016

Blanchard View,seascape,oil dripped on canvas,36x48,priceNFS

This is a large painting of the view from Blanchard Mountain. I made it by turning the canvas on it's side and dripping the thinned oil paint down the canvas.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

View from Stewart Mountaint,landscape,oil on canvas,9x12,price$500

This is another Mountain near by where my husband and other paragliders would fly and sore with the Eagles.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Friday, July 22, 2016

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Memorial Roses,still life,oil on linen,10x8,price$300

This is the first painting I have painted since my husband's death last Wednesday. It was one of the gifts.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Coastal Light,seascape,oil on canvas,11x14,price$700

Another view from Blanchard Mt. One of my husband's friends sent me a photo of him in his big orange paraglider wing over Blanchard Mountain on his last flight. It is beautiful. I will do a painting from the photo soon.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Blanchard Mt. Light,seascape,oil on canvas,9x12,price$500

I have a number of painting of the view from Blanchard Mt. It is such a beautiful place. I'm not sure that I will be painting daily for a few days. We will see. I can't take care of business until I have my husband's death certificates.

Monday, July 18, 2016

EVENING VIEW FROM BLANCHARD Mt.,seascape,oil on canvas,8x8,price$300

This is a view from Blanchard Mt. where my husband died on Wednesday. I'll put more paintings up of the view from Blanchard all this week. Thank you for your kind emails.

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Sail Boats off the Islands,seascape,oil on canvas,8x10,priceNFS

This is an older painting. I didn't paint today because my sons and I and my husbands family went up to the Mountain were he die Wednesday. What a beautiful place to die. Later this week I will post some of my paintings of the view from that mountain top that I have painted. I don't think that I will get to do much painting This week.

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Lonely Beach,seascape,oil on canvas,16x20,priceNFS

I don't feel at all lonely. I feel surrounded by love and comfort and kindness.I saw my husband's body today dressed in his teaching outfit. He looked asleep. I cut a small lock of his hair. I'll have it placed in a locket and wear it next to my heart.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Missing You,seascape,oil on canvas,16x20,priceNFS

Yesterday my husband was killed in a paragliding accident. So my heart is full and my painting sad.

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

More Hollyhocks,still life,oil on canvas,10x8,price$300

I have large hollyhock plants in my garden. I thought I would put up both paintings on my blog. See which one you like better.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Monday, July 11, 2016

Hold Still,figures,oil on canvas,10x8,price$495

I painted this a little bit ago. One of my favorite Mother/Child paintings. Hope you like it. I enjoyed the 5 days of being down in Stanwood and Camano Island plein air paintings. I learned a lot and made new artist friends and got to know old friends better. I'll do it again next year.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Beach at State Park,seascape,oil on canvas,8x10,price$250

This painting was one of my plein air painting that I did the first day on Camano Island. It is painted mostly with a palette knife.

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Camano Island Beach,sea scape,oil on canvas,7x5,price$175

This is the smallest of the plein air painting that I did the day I painted at the State Park on the west side of Camano Island.

Friday, July 8, 2016

English Boom, Camano Island,sea scape, oil on canvas,9x12,price$375

I painted on Camano Island under an Eagle's Nest(see picture below) A couple of dear walk into my painting view. I did two paintings today. Then I came home to frame WET paintings for the show tomorrow.I will have 8 painting there.Still wet. A group of us will be painting on the street in Stanwood tomorrow.
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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Old Barn in Stanwood,landscape,oil on canvas,8x10,price$225

My second day of plein air painting. Today we painted in Stanwood. This painting of mine won an award. I painted another 3 paintings . They will all go in the Art Festival down in Stanwood this weekend. I plan to paint at two beaches on Camano Island tomorrow.

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

State Park Camano Island,sea scape,oil on canvas,9x12,priceNFS

Today I painted 3 paintings out on the west side of Camano Island. Then went over to the east side and watch 6 bald eagles fishing.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Portrait in Profile,portrait,oil on canvas,16x12,priceNFS

I was going through my portrait images and realized that I had extra images of my paintings that I could put up for others to see. Next week I'll be off plein air painting down on Camano Island. So if I don't have the time to get those paintings up I'll put up more portraits.