New Year's Pear

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

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This is my first painting of a pear for 2013.  I love to paint pears so I should keep track of how many I actually would paint in a year.  I never tire of painting them, they are all so different.  You turn it around and you have a whole new painting.

Oh My Darling Clementine

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is my first New Year's painting.  I have joined Leslie Saeta's group of 30 paintings in 30 days.  It is to try to encourage each other to keep up with a painting a day.  Start with 30 and maybe you will keep on going.  She has hundreds of artists now who have committed to the challenge and she is posting the daily paintings on her blog.

Golden Bloom

8" x 8"

Oil on Gallery Canvas

 

I have painted a number of sunflowers in pastel which I find very easy to work with.  I found I had trouble with the yellows in oil, but I was happy with the outcome. 

Hide and Seek

6" x 6"

Oil on Canvas

 

This is our cat Goodwin.  He loves to climb in the cupboards and this is him peeking out from behind a cupboard door.  I have had cats my whole life and this one has the most personality of any I have had.  Unfortunately he is a sick cat and the medication he takes will shorten his life, but we love and appreciate him for the time he is with us.  Below is a picture of him with my Husband.  He loves to climb up and cuddle when he is reading a book.

Resting Baby Mallard

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

This family of Mallards were preening themselves and then napping in the sun.  I did most of this with a palette knife and then switched to a brush to put in some final details.

Canyon Road, Sante Fe

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is a one hour painting that I did from a photo of an adobe home on Canyon Road in Sante Fe.I was in New Mexico for a Pastel Artist's Convention and spent some time in Sante Fe.  What a great place to visit and Canyon Road is so inspirational for an artist with all the old buildings and art galleries.

Goldilocks

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

I took a lot of photos of animals at one of the local Fall Fairs.  The sheep were such interesting characters with such personalities.  I am working on a larger painting, 30" x 40", of three sheep that I will post when finished.