The Last Portrait of Bob

Well here is the last potrait that I did of Bob...I am amazed at how different each one is...How a different side of his personality is revealed to me and captured in each new composition...you never know what you will see when you start to paint...oil on canvas 24x24"

Three Orchids Plants in Paradise

Walking around in the Botanical Garden ( an old sugar plantation)in St Croix one comes apon an old stone building filled with orchids...no roof...just the tropical light filtering in...but then as you look up into the trees surounding this spot you see the orchids have climbed up into, and are growing in this natural environment...gorgeous oil on canvas 24x24"

Uno Ponte

well this bridge was really very lovely...right outside our hotel window...I loved the way the water looked under the bridge....and the sunset and the boats and all the little Pontes one had to cross to walk up to Piazza St Marco...watercolor and gouache 15x15"

Venice, morning, sunset and dusk

These watercolor studies were done from our hotel room window at the "Bucintoro" in the Arsinale neighborhood of Venice...every time I looked out the window I wanted to start another painting...I could spend a year easily painting what I loved about Venice...more to come I hope...these are watercolor and gouache 12x16"

More of the Islands,St Croix USVI

here are some more very quick sketches from the beach...amazing to look at as now we are in Venice...and this is very different....lots of water but a whole new vision of beauty...man made and very old ....i will try to paint this.... gouache watercolors

Down in the Islands

Time passes too quickly when you are having fun...St Croix is still a very beautiful place to hang out on the beach...and paint when the spirit moves you...which is just about all the time and everywhere I look I see something that I would love to paint...these are all watercolors and gouache 12x12" 12x16"

The Circus is Still in Town

These three studies are the most recent work I have done on the circus...each one tells a story...I love the way this tent is so blue and the stars are so prominent...the great color extravaganza...watercolor and goauche on paper@20x24"

Agapanthus for my Birthday

Jack and Sam ( my step son and his fiance')were kind enough to bring me these gorgeous flowers on my birthday...They were so inspiring in this blue vase,I brought them to the studio to paint...and then the work began...there were actually @ 10 flowers and stems but I removed (in my mind) the other @ 5 stems, less is more?...the fabric in the background was recently purchased at a french bedding outlet....one eurosham (almost a small table cloth)...all I can afford...but the ochre color with the purple blue was really a turn on....and then there was the old stool apon which it sat....so many considerations when composing the still life....a picture is worth a thousand words?? oil on canvas 24x36"

Oil and Water...Still Life

The same subject...different mediums...oil paint, watercolor...not so different ....very different feeling when trying to paint the subject...using the water always feels looser , the oil gives you the illusion of more control...and it is easier to use the oils.... the paint stays where you put it...the watercolor moves and changes color ...drying much lighter than when you put it down wet...so one has to paint it over and over sometimes to get what you want...both are @ 20x20"

Circus Rider

This is an image that I painted over 20 years ago in oil...I had been to the Big Apple circus and seen this lovely horse prancing around the ring....and now I have tried to see what happens in watercolor...16x20

Open Guitar Case

Another great Monday with Sam on the Guitar...Gotta love that purple, red velvet lining inside the guitar case...keeping it safe and sound? 36x36" oil on canvas

Bob Again

Here is the second attempt to figure out Bob with paint on canvas...another angle...different light...dark clothes....new size....oil/canvas 36x24"

The Clementine Box

This box sat on the table of my studio for days, until all of a sudden I saw what really intrigued me about it....the pattern of the netting over the clementines...never know when the miracle is going to happen....I finally got to painting it...not before several clementines had bit the moldy dust....oil on canvas 20x20"

Red Squirrel From the Middle of the Road

On my way to the studio the other day I stopped to pick this little animal up which was in the middle of the road, dead.....I always try to make the best of this opportunity to really..look at...this now dead creature, which otherwise I would not be holding in my hands....so here is a close up...dreaming of the acorns which are no more...oil on canvas 20x20"

Daisy the Dog

This is Daisy...Daisy belongs to Lauren Clark...Fine Art, in Housatonic Ma ....she loves her dog so I did this dog portrait for her....it was commisioned...I can paint, or try to paint , any dog, or cat or,horse or bird or house or..... well just about anything you need a painting of...for a small sum...if interested please contact me at frontststudio@aol.com, love to hear from you! oil 16x20"

Portrait of Bob

Bob came and posed at the studio today...made it through the snow and ice so did I...so did 6 of my students...so we all painted Bob....he was a great model...very fair complextion and wonderful red hair! The clementines were good models too, except while I was painting them they moved in the bowl...no really..I had already painted them and I looked up and they were in a very different position...no one knew what had happened...???? got me, at least Bob didn't move...oil on canvas 30x30"

More Circus and more circus

So for the past few weeks I am lost in the circus tent again...I will try and stay here until I feel that I have exhausted my inspiration for now...the Whirling Women and the Fire Eater are both watercolor and gouache 22x30" and 16x20"

The Circus is Back in Town

Here are some outdoor scenes from the summer days of the circus...I am going to try and finish this series which I began last year...wish me luck....watercolor and gouache 16x20"

Merry Christmas Apples

My son Will picked these apples from our orchard this fall...we were supposed to eat them, since they were wonderful organic fertilized by our horses apples...however I just kept admiring them in this basket beside the back door of our barn...turning all sorts of strange colors...so I did make one or two pies but basically I did what I really wanted to do with them...and now they will last forever in this painting...Merry Christmas!... oil on canvas 36x36" larger than life

Fatal Wound

We were taking a walk on a dirt road in the woods when we came apon this dead fox...the animal was so beautiful I wanted to take it back to my studio to paint it...however this idea was discouraged....so I picked up the frozen carcas and moved it off the side of the road thinking I will return with my paints...seeing it there, it's little black paws and lovely fur was very moving...as if it had just fallen asleep...when I returned it was not there...fortunately for me my husband had taken a good photo to work from....oil on canvas 24x30"