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!

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Spring Blooms

14 x 11"  Oil on canvas

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 starting bid: $150

In Northern California, it is not unusual for all the spring garden flowers to bloom all at once, after the rainy season. So it was with the irises, the roses, and most welcome of all, the peonies. The geraniums are like a support system for the rest of the garden, they are always there for you. Before the spring flowers fade, I thought it would be a good idea to go out there and paint them all!

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

 Standing Tall

14 x 11"  Oil on Board

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These glads were painted right there in the garden at the height of their glory. Tall,  straight and bursting with vitality. So they were when I started, but glads never last for long, and since they only bloom once a year, you have to appreciate them while you have them. I thought painting them would be an easy job, but really, it was (they were) more complicated. The longer I painted, the more I saw them as an metaphor for life - blooming and fading - perhaps you will too.

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

Sunflower Tower

10” x 18”   oil on board

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This tower of a sunflower was a pleasant surprise. Rescued from a path (I dug it up and brought it home) and planted in our garden, it began to grow, and grow! It soon got so big, with so many flowers, it began to fall over. Nothing else to do but race out and paint such a beautiful and prolific plant! 

Painted on masonite board with a strong rough surface to catch the many colors of the paint, it is rich in detail. It was really a lot of fun to paint!

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

Sunflower Season

10" x 20'   oil

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It’s sunflower season again, and you’ll see sunflowers everywhere, in books and posters, coffee mugs and paintings - not to mention in most every garden. Such bright and happy flowers, we just can’t get enough of them!

This piece is painted on gallery-wrapped canvas,  it is quite deep - 1.5", and painted on all sides. No need to frame it. It hangs against the wall just as it is, comes with a wire, and is ready to go.

This is an older painting repainted. It's from a couple of years ago, and I was not happy with it then, so probably 65% is new.  If it looks slightly familiar, that's why!

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks, or visit me at Artistes de Studio, a site dedicated to studio work. Thanks for looking!

Late Summer,

Community Garden

12 x 16”  oil on canvas

sold

With this drought, the seasons slide slowly into one another, the heat lasts, the water comes from hoses, not rain. The community garden is a tapestry of different seasons, summer veggies finishing, while the fall plants are just starting up. Sunflowers grow next to pumpkins, cornstalks retain their green leaves, and second harvests sit next to winter hopefuls. Sunny afternoons are followed by colder nights, and soon the pumpkins will come out and the spinach and ruby chard will take over. Yes, this is a fall garden image, but it is a painting that took a while to "grow" and develop!

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas, so it can be framed, or hung up just as it is.

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

A Garden in Terrace

Anne and Bruce’s Garden

12” x 24”  o/c

a gift

Sometimes, the best thing about being an artist is that you can escape the bustle of a wedding kitchen and slip out into the garden to paint. I had just such luck on a recent, happy visit to Canada.  The quiet of Anne and Bruce’s prolific garden called me away from wedding preparations - but even the flowers were being whisked away for table decorations as I painted them.

This is the finished painting of that garden in Terrace, B.C., and it is meant to be a happy reminder of important occasion in their lives. I only had a short amount of time to do the study and a limited palate of acrylic paint, so the finished piece is quite a bit different than the study (published earlier, but shown again below).

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

Remnants of Summer

8” x 10”  oil on canvas

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$75.

Nine feet from my backdoor, I pass this little scene daily. The heavy drought and long lasting summery weather have left a little of what was here before - it was lush in summer.  I have always meant to paint it, but never got around to it. But then there was a painting challenge on facebook (here's the link). Greg Summers (a terrific artist) hosts the occasional challenge, and this one is “Looking Out My Back Door”.  I love challenges like this, all entries are unique and special in their own way, and I get to see how other people paint where they live. 

This piece is painted on all sides - it can be framed, or you can just hang it, as it is.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, or visit one of the other sites I show - Facebook has several groups devoted to painting.  Thanks for looking!

A Garden in Terrace, the study

(Anne and Bruce's Garden)

7" x 11"  acrylic on board

This is a study for a bigger piece. It was painted at the end of summer on a family visit to Canada. While everybody else prepared for a wedding, I slipped away with my paintbox. Terrace is located in western-central BC, with a much different landscape than ours in California. It's in a rainforest, and everything was lush and green, even at the end of summer. I was happy to get a chance to paint, even if it was just out in the backyard!

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks, or go to my Facebook page by clicking on the image on your left.  Thanks for looking!

 Gardens Gone Wild!

11" x 14" oil on canvas

 $99

This garden is out of control!  Remnants of spring flowers ramble along beside the early poppies creating chaos and color. I should put down the brushes, and go for the clippers to bring a bit of order to this place — but I just don't think that is going to happen! Where some people will spend their time planting and pruning their garden, getting it all neat and tidy, others will spend that time painting it! 

This piece is painted on all sides - it can be framed, or you can just hang it as it is.

To see more of my work, please visit my gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, or visit one of the other sites I show at - Artists de Studios, Plein Air Artists, and Facebook has several really nice art pages, Art of the Garden is just one of them!

If you would like to own this painting simply click on the "Buy Now" Paypal button below, or send me an email (address above) to arrange payment. Thank you.

Sunflowers, Gathered

available as a print

I am featuring this bouquet of sunflowers as one of my images that are available as prints. It is a detail from a larger piece, and is featured on my Fine Art America print-on-demand page. It can be ordered in a variety of sizes, including greeting cards. Here is the original piece:

By the Back Fence

24" x 36" oil on wrap-around canvas

sold

It is available for purchase using the Paypal "Buy Now" button on your upper left. On wrap-around canvas, it is painted beige on the sides which are 1.5"deep and needs no framing.

If you would like more information, please email me, address above, upper left.

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

The Change of Seasons

22" x 28" oil on canvas

n/a

Sadly, it comes - the finish of another summer. Bright, beautiful days come to an end and autumn takes over. The tomatoes and zucchini finish up, winter greens begin to grow, leaves turn color and fall, the seasons move on.

Not being a "fall" person, it took a few years to paint this one. I'd work on it a while, then put it away in favor of the winter still-lifes. Then, as the next summer ended I would pick it up and work on it some more. Always, as I painted it, this song stuck in my head. It's from Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, called "September". I know, it's past September now - past Halloween, but it seems to fit this painting. It is beautiful music. Listen, and see if it doesn't just fit the mood of this piece.

On another note, I had the honor recently of being selected as the Women's Press Artist of the week. They chose a nice spring picture, which I thought contrasted nicely with our current season. Thank you, Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva for choosing my artwork.

To see more of my paintings you can visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks or see my Facebook Page by clicking here. 

Summer in the Garden

15" x 30"  oil on canvas
gifted

The sunflowers are blooming, the tomatoes are ripe, the zinnias are bursting out all over - and all at once! It actually happens!

Well no, my garden does not look like this yet, but I am waiting for the day that it does. It will, I'm sure!
 

You can buy this piece directly from me by going to my gallery page at the Daily Paintworks. See more of my work in my Gallery or bid on other pieces at the The Daily Paintworks Auction by clinking on the logo on the upper left. Thank you for looking!

Summer Garden

20" x 24"  Oil on Canvas

gifted

The summer garden is in full bloom now, all the plants are at their best. Zinnias compete with daisies, the zucchini and tomatoes are in abundance, sunflowers reign over all. Mother Nature in full glory!

This piece is framed in redwood lath and ready to hang.

Frosty Morning Moon

Frosty Morning Moon

11  x 14"    Oil on Canvas

The Daily Paintworks

$125.

The leaves clung to the trees and the season changed slowly this year.  I hoped this painting would be the first in my blog, but it took me longer to learn the technology stuff than to do the painting! Well, it's still winter - barely! And it's still a bit frosty!

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