Carnations in Glass Vase

You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,

And live like it’s heaven on earth.”― William W. Purkey



Carnations in Glass Vase
Oil on canvas board 7"x5"

The Elephant in the Room

You know the situation....there is a subject that needs to be brought to the surface but you can't and you can't ignore it either. Its the elephant in the room. Lol. :  )

The Elephant in the Room
Oil on canvas board 8"x8"
 

Irises in Glass III

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Irises in Glass III
Oil on canvas board 7"x5"

Richard Robinsons Group Project of a John Singer Sergeant Painting

I am subscribed to Richard Robinsons blog and I received an email in January about an exciting new project where eighty artists were invited to take part in a group project of a famous painting. The places were filled up so quickly , I know many were disappointed . Each artist was given a slice of the painting Paul Helleu Sketching With His Wife to copy. All the pieces will be put together and possibly published in an international art magazine. Its taken me a number of tries but I have finally finished. It was the most hardest piece I have ever tried to paint but I'm glad that I could be part of it. All pieces are 10"x10" so that if at a later date Richard decided to bring them all together they would fit and could be auctioned off for charity.

Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife After John Singer Sergeant
Oil on canvas paper 10"x10"

  http://thecompleteartist.ning.com/events/group-painting-project1

Cherry Oh Baby

One of my childhood songs I remember so well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X7WI8qPAeM

Cherry Oh Baby
Oil on canvas board 4"x4"
SOLD

Daffs and Green Apple

Daffs and Green Apple
Oil on canvas board 7"x5"
SOLD

 The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best
of everything they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way.

Pink Roses and Fruit

There is no must in art because art is free.
Wassily Kandinsky

Pink Roses and Fruit
Oil on canvas board 7"x5"

Daffs and a Lemon

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye.. it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.”  Edvard Munch

Daffs and a Lemon
Oil on canvas board 7"x5"
SOLD

Irises in Glass

Irises in Glass
Oil on canvas board 8"x8"
SOLD

“I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.” ~Robert Henri

Pink Lemonade

Thanks Ladies for all your comments recently. :  )

I've been saving this pretty bottle to paint and it seems to go very well with this rose and cherries.

Iris in Glass

Yesterdays quote, if I keep that to the forefront of my mind is really helping me to move forward.

Iris in Glass
Oil on canvas board 7"x5"
SOLD

Two Roses and an Apple

“Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.” Salvador Dali

Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping warm this winter.

This quote by Salvador Dali sums up why I have been struggling this week. I started off painting the roses and then everything fell apart. I scraped this painting four times last week and then I just gave up. I couldn't put it to one side and start something else, it became a block until finally today I made myself carry on with it and finish without fear of failure. The only way I could move forward was to get it done. Now the cloud has lifted, I'm already thinking of what to paint next and I feel so much better.  :  )

Two Roses and an Apple
oil on canvas board 8"x8"
SOLD

Anticipation

I have finally managed to grow forsythia in my garden!!!  I am trying to get away from the literal, to add something of myself and how I feel. I feel joy at the anticipation of spring, the world waking up after a long sleep.

Anticipation
Oil on canvas board 7"x5"
SOLD