new poppy painting

40x30

oil on gallery wrap canvas

so the past two days i decided to think spring...this is a poppy painting  which will probably go either to harrison lake country club or tre bichieri...don't know yet...i'm heading to the venue tomorrow to deliver my field of poppies..and i have yet to post the doggies i've been doing.. stay tuned...

cj's poppies

36x36 oil on gallery wrap canvas

so this is a project for my friend cj..i'm waiting for approval and then i'll take it ..carefully..up to the lake next week..there is a whole lot of paint on this and it's not going to be dry..so care must be taken!!..love doing these large poppy paintings!.. stopped in at addison bakehouse today and we have a plan for another painting in the main room.. kind of excited..i donated a dog painting to gleaners and i need to get to that next..still golfing, however..the weather is amazing!.. saying big prayers for my friends who still have homes on st. simon's..looks like the storm surge will be a biggie!!

i am so excited!!!!

ok.. so here's what happened today...first of all.. this is one of the paintings ready to go in the summer sale at the white key gallery..it's 40x30 and I absolutely loved painting it!!..today we played valpo CC..and remembered how hard it is to putt here!!.. you NEVER...I mean NEVER want to be above the hole...we felt like we were at augusta national!!...PLUS  my range finder finally bit the dust!.. it has a nine volt battery and one of the terminals came loose.. for the second time...we took it to a jeweler and he managed to fix it.. but it broke again today.. I must be extra clumsy!.. so when we got back to the cottage. I got on the web and contacted the bushnell customer service folks..just to see where to go next.  my new friend, john, was great.. he's going to fix me up!! and I couldn't be happier..there are good folks in the world and every now and then..something happens to reaffirm that fact!!!..

poppy tryptic

so here's a photo of the tryptic I've been working on..each panel is 40x16..this photo is taken in my kitchen so the lighting is not so hot!..thinking I may be done but mulling it for a while..the rain stopped long enough yesterday to go play some golf..very brutal rough and horrid greens..but not too shabby for early days..actually hit some good shots along the way..tomorrow I'm done with tennis for the year..and then it's on to golf golf golf...and maybe some painting thrown in there too!..after I get my flowers planted, of course.....

back in the studio....yeah!!!!!

ok.. so I've been very busy since we got home.. really worked on my house..dinner party a huge success..thanks mostly to the chef!!..and we got the house organized in the meantime!!.. so we were riding our bikes yesterday.. we passed this yard with a whole mess of poppies.. I was drooling of course!!..love me some poppies...so later, after I retrieved paintings from the eye place..and thanks to them for the opportunity for the last two years...they will soon be moving next to the fire station...anyway.. I swung by the poppy house..armed with some scissors and water and a business card...I rang the bell...the lady who answered was lovely.. I gave her my card so she wouldn't freak out.. told her I was planning some poppy paintings and would she mind if I took some photos and perhaps cut a few here and there...she said she wouldn't mind if I photographed but they were only blooming for a week and she'd rather I didn't cut any!... fair enough!!.. so I took several pics..and then started this tryptic.. 40 inches high by 18 wide I think..you can't tell a lot since it's in the beginning stages but i'll post more tomorrow...having lots of fun being back in the studio at last!!!!

heading to the White Key Gallery...

so we are heading to the lake..Valparaiso has a new gallery..the White Key and I am taking these two florals...I have five pieces already hanging and these will be part of their floral-themed show with an opening this Thursday from 6 to 9...

Poppies

24x30 oil on panel

 

 

this is one of my faves..and I absolutely love the frame!!..it's on display at the Hoosier Salon Gallery on Rangeline Rd. in the Carmel Arts district through the month of may..i have been so busy in the last weeks..haven't had a lot of time to post here..but i'm hoping that will change ..my hubby is taking me to london and paris!!!!..i'm taking along his new ipad and can take photos and post right from there!..so excited!!

Poppies..

40x30 oil on gallery wrap canvas

 

so here is another painting ready to go to harrison lake..i'm thinking i will deliver these on Monday..since it's supposed to be in the seventies!!....and we can golf!!!!...since our poor hoosiers lost yesterday..i'm going to head up to the second Saturday gallery walk in carmel for a few hours..

"Poppy Field"...again..

30x40

Oil on gallery wrap canvas

 

so I've tweaked this again..as the old saying goes.."it's never done til it's over-done!"..this will hang on the wall over the reception desk at Harrison Lake..and I apologize for my typo..(i was rushing as usual)..i certainly meant to say bob haddad..heading out of town for a few days..not sure if i can post from my ipad..

"Poppy Field"

30x40

oil on gallery wrap

 

so I've been working on this awhile...it's one of several large-ish pieces i'm doing for a special happening..a certain place...not sure i can announce it yet...i'll post others in the next days...