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                                             Floral Fantasia

14 x 11 x1.5" Acrylic on canvas

The Daily Paintworks

$250.

A lush bouquet where everything is blooming at once and all is perfect! Only in the fantasy land that is my imagination does that happen. Influenced by the Dutch Masters, I wanted to try a modern day rendition.

This piece is painted on a gallery-wrapped canvas and covers all sides of the canvas. It can be framed or not. Unframed it will hang flush against the wall. I am happy to put a wire on back if requested. It is signed on the bottom.

To see more of y work, please visit my gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

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Getting Breakfast

12 x 12”    Acrylic on canvas

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$199.

It’s breakfast time and everybody’s hungry.

This was supposed to be a simple still life, but the more l painted, the more a story evolved. Rich in the details, it took forever to complete this piece, one idea leading to another. I hope you like it!

This piece is painted on all sides of a gallery-wrapped canvas (12 x 12 x 1/2”). It does not need further framing. It comes with a wire on back and is ready to hang.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery Page at the Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking. 

Spring Tulips on a Summer Tapestry

acrylic and oil     11 x 14 x 1.5"

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$250.

The idea here is for the beauty of spring tulips to be highlighted by the pleasures of a summer day in the tapestry behind them. The tapestry was painted mostly in acrylics, and the tulips in oil.

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas and is ready to be hung up as it is. 

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks. Thank you for looking!

                                                                  

 Snow Day

14 x 11 x1.5" Acrylic on canvas

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This painting was obviously created in the winter, when everything felt cold and I was looking for an escape – by painting something warm and comforting. But as the picture developed it took on a life of its own with its own storyline. While the humans are elsewhere engaged, the bored little kitties get into mischief.

This piece is painted on all sides of a gallery-wrapped canvas, and signed on the bottom.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery Page at The Daily Paintworks - a fine source for online art. And agin, thank you for looking!

Happy New Year!

2024

Snow Queen

16 x 12 x 1.5"

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This is a picture painted a while back, I am reprinting it because it expresses the hope in my heart that this will be a bright and  happy year, free of angst, illness or negativity. Hope is sweet.

If  you'd like to see more information about this painting, please click here.

To see more of my work olease visit my Gallery Page at The Daily Paintworks.

As always, thank you for looking, for your kind words and support. 

 And most important:

Happy 2024 to you all!

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Iris Abstract 

16" x 12"    Acrylic on Canvas

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$195.

The irises and daffodils were in bloom when this piece was started. I had no idea how it would turn out (that's the beauty of the process - the discovery along the way.) I wanted something more than one more floral painting. Hundreds of changes, big and small, and here we are.

This piece is painted on gallery-wrapped canvas (16 x 12 x 1.5") and painted around every side. No need to frame it unless you want! It comes with a wire on back and ready to hang up.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. And as always, thanks for looking!

Abundance 

11 x 14"   Oil on Canvas

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$150.

Obviously, this piece is a fantasy! Painted with a sense of bliss, I put the things I love in it and paid no attention to the reality of of the scene. Beautiful flowers in a beautiful setting, with the feeling that somewhere not far off, beautiful music is playing. 

It is for sale, but won't be available for several weeks, as it has to dry.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

 Flowers in a Cup

         10 x 10"   Acrylic on Gallery-Wrap canvas  

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                                                                 starting bid: $ 150

A sincere thank you to the lovely person who sent me this beautiful cup all the way from the Met (NYC). The Met is home to the famous Vincent van Gogh painting "Irises" (1880). She must have known I would want to paint that cup with some flowers in it, and so I have.

This piece is painted on all sides of a gallery-wrapped canvas (10 x10 x 1.5) and can be hung up just as it is, with no further framing - unless you'd like. It has a wire on back and is ready to go up on the wall.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thank you for looking.

                      Advent of Spring 

           10 x 10"      Acrylic on canvas  

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                                                          Starting bid:  $105

Spring is here! You can tell because the spring flowers are blooming - the daffodils, crocus and especially the pansies. These pansies were on their way to the garden but stopped to pose for this little still life painting! The colors of a scarf hanging near by really compliment the hues in the flowers. 

This piece is painted on all sides of a gallery-wrapped canvas and needs no further framing. You could frame it, of course, but it has a wire on back and is ready to hang up on the wall.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, and as alsways, thanks for looking!

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    Summer Harvest 

         11 x 14"   Oil on canvas  

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Nothing like thoughts of summer to chase the winter gloom away! Where I live, it seems like the apples and the the tomatoes are ripe at the same time - right as the sunflowers are at their peak. They make a wonderful collection on the kitchen table, perfect for a still-life painting.

This picture is painted on all sides of the canvas, it can be framed, but it can also be hung up just as it is.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thank you for visiting here!

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Shadows Along the Trail

9 x 12"   Acrylic on Canvas

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starting bid: $99

Walking along the Stevens Creek Trail in Mountain View, the trees are dense and sheltering. The sun filters through the canopy and gives a dappled appearance to the shadows below. Beyond that, the sun is brilliant on the scrub grass and small bushes that lead down to the creek. In drought years like this, it is all rather dry.

This painting covers all sides of the canvas. You can frame it, certainly, but you can also hang it up just as it is. I'm happy to put a wire on the back.

To see more of my work (over 200 paintings) please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thank you for looking!

Pewter Roses 

         9 x 12"   Oil on canvas  

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                                                                             $125

This piece has has been a challenge as well as a pleasure to paint. Started as an experiment with a black and white photo, the idea was to produce a loose, easy piece in gentle pastel colors. Not how it ended up! It feels as much like a colored photograph or drawing as a painting, and is, well, mostly grey. Gray is not a color I naturally turn to, and mixing all the colors down to their lowest shade was a bit of an effort. But it felt right, and it felt as though I should just keep going to the finish. 

This piece begs for a frame, in my opinion, but it is painted on all sides and could be hung up on the wall just as it is. I am happy to put a wire on back.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at th Daily Paintworks. And as always, thanks for looking!

 

The Side Yard  

           9 x 12"    Oil on canvas 

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                                                                  Starting bid:  $95

Each morning on our walk we pass this house. With the sun coming up over the trees the side yard gets lit up and becomes a work of art, a harmony of greens and violets with the occasional dash of orange - a symphony of  secondary colors. But the apricot tree here, old and venerable, is the star of this show.

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas. It can be framed, but it can be hung up just as it is. I am happy to put  a wire on back.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

A Cloudy Sky

14 x 11"   Oil on Canvas

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$95

Sometime, you just need to paint the landscape. You need to paint the trees - the clouds and grass and a horizon that goes on forever. I wanted to paint all those things, but I wanted to paint with texture and cragginess, not just the look of the landscape, but the feel of it as well. I wanted the feel of those clouds moving in.

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas. It can be framed or it could be hung up on the wall just as it is. I am happy to put a wire on back.

 

 

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thank you for looking!

      Cathedral of Trees  

 16 x 16 x 1.5"    Oil on Gallery-wrap Canvas  

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Starting bid: $295.

It seems like when you walk through a wooded area, the branches rise up, crossing overhead, joining together to create a kind of cathedral, a church made of nature. That was the idea behind this scene. It reflects my "inner landscape." It's a journey of color and light - all is vivid around me. (It may speak to you the same way.)

         

This piece is painted on gallery-wrapped canvas and continues on all sides of the canvas. It is meant to hang flush against the wall and does not need further framing - unless you want. It comes with a wire on back, and is ready to hang.                                                  

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, and as always, thanks for looking!

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Daffodil Season

11 x 14"   Oil on Canvas

Daily Paintworks 

 $150

The nice thing about February is that the spring flowers begin to bloom. First the paper whites and the daffodils, then hyacinths and tulips. On the west coast, when winter usually means grey days, the bright and sunny yellow of the daffodils are like little heralds, proclaiming the coming of spring. 

Painted on all sides of the canvas, this picture can be framed or hung up just as it is - I am happy to put a wire on the back.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

 Happy New Year ~ 2021

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The New Year

10 x 10"  Acrylic on canvas

The Daily Paintworks

$99

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2021! In this time of pandemic, that is not a clichéd phrase, but a real desire. I am not hoping for things to get "back to normal," but to move forward to a time not only beyond masks and social distancing, but of greater understanding and acceptance of one another. The winter holidays are about celebrating that which we hold dear as well as acknowledging our spiritual goals, and I hope those noble thoughts stay with us all year long.

But this is a blog about art, so to see more of my art, please check out my Gallery Page at the Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

    In For the Night  

          12 x 16" Acrylic on canvas  

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This is a lighthearted and whimsical work, using patterns and colors to have a little fun! In these often trying times we find ourselves in, it seems a little levity is in order!

       

 Painted on all sides of a gallery-wrapped canvas, this piece needs no framing, although you could, if you'd like. It has a wire on back and is ready to be hung up on the wall.

 

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

 Gladiolus

20 x 10"   Oil on Canvas

Daily Paintworks 

  $195

Too much time in solitude, no doubt! With the shelter-in-place restrictions still in effect, it has been months of painting alone. And possibly overthinking...  I wondered what would happen if you took a great master work and turned it into a floral - remove the famous figures and put some flowers in their place. I won't tell which famous masterpiece this is, but you might have guessed.

This piece is painted on all sides of a gallery-wrapped canvas and needs no further framing. It is ready to hang on the wall.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. And again, thanks for looking!