the fish camp - step 1 - 14x11"

I just started this picture but haven't posted for a bit so I thought I should get something up soon since I get to go back to the dentist on Wednesday again......joy. We are going to get a tropical storm for the next couple of days so there won't be any painting outside. I went to Hunting Island this morning to check it out and it was so windy I couldn't even sketch. It was amazing and I always feel so good being out there.

early morning ride at Tybee - 14x11" (study)

Wow, it's been a long time! I am happily settled in my new residence in Beaufort SC. It was a tremendous amount of work to get here and I don't plan on moving again for a very long time. I promptly got the flu on New Year's day or I would have been back posting again sooner. I am still feeling a bit crummy and there are two bedrooms that are either filled with storage containers or excess furniture, but I am getting there and hope to be back to painting full time very soon.

backlit girl - 11x14

Still working on this one (started right before I left for NY) - it was so nice to pick up the brushes when I got back! I was totally exhausted when I got home yesterday and am really, really sick of driving to NY but we are nearly done with everything and the house is on the market. I have three entire weeks before I have to leave again and plan on painting as much as I can.

signing off for a bit & a bit of Texas! 11x14

I have been working steadily at my painting but am going to sign off this blog for a bit.......I will be spending a lot of time preparing my father's home for sale and then packing up in New England for a move to S. Carolina before the snow flies here. I feel a strong desire to move closer to the rest of my family who live near Charleston. I wil be posting haphazarly in the next couple of months. Following the South Coast Artist's Open Studio Tour in August, I will be concentrating on packing and relocating down south. I will continue to post but just cannot feel pressured at the moment to post on a regular basis. Until Winter, then.

the herring run - 20x16"

This is an old painting that I never finished. I did a couple of plein air things at this site the other week (none of which I wanted to post) but got inspired to finish this - of course I ended up re-doing the entire thing. I am not fully done yet but wanted to get myself back in the habit of posting again. I forced myself to go grocery shopping as well. Work seems to be the only thing that is keeping the tears and sadness away.

earth ball - 10" square

Oh my goodness, did I try to paint outside today........it just wasn't going to happen. It was in the forties again, windy and has rained all day. I am really trying to remain cheerful. This girl kicking an earth ball down the beach is from a photo........I will try again tomorrow. 

pointy shoes - 12" square

Bad photo, bad day, bad week......I usually use picasa to upload photos but it wouldn't work at all tonight! (I had to use photoshop) I actually feel fortunate to have gotten to paint at all today since I have been so busy with business stuff this week. I am truly addicted to painting since I feel an enormous amount of tension when I am unable to do so. I shouldn't complain since my life is pretty awesome and the steady background noise on the radio is all disaster. I do not have a tv because I refuse to pay for advertising so I get all of my news and information from either the internet or the radio (probably  better sources anyway). But it was WARM today and I do not have to do anything business related tommorow. Yipee!

reworking unrelated - 16x12"

This probably doesn't look a lot different than the last time I posted it but I have been working on it pretty steadily for the past two days! Ah, the frustration of being an artist - sometimes things just flow and other times you have to scrape and rework and scrape again. I try to leave a picture in a sort of neutral state when I am finished for the day......without obvious errors or areas I know I have to change. That is where this picture is (I have a few in that state). At least the days are getting noticably longer......yipee.

beach parking - 14x11" (completed)

I ended up having to use a bit of cadmium red to finish this- the tailights just wouldn't work without it! Otherwise the limited color scheme is working.

kennedy park - 14x11"

I did a wicked ugly garden study yesterday so decided not to post! I started early this morning and went to Kennedy Park which is quite lovely (and has parking) to work on my greens. Lots of times there are really strange people hanging out there but this morning was really quiet.