"Clown Face Egg"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

ok - so it looked like a clown face! this is the same egg i painted the other day - it's been sitting in the dish in the fridge and it's a little tired looking. i am very excited.....i got an i phone today!! - actually it's supposed to be my husband's but that's not happening! - it's going to be so much fun to learn to use - i think i may be able to post while we're on vacation without wifi..we'll see...we're painting at my friend jane's tomorrow so i know i'll be able to check back in tomorrow night -

"My First Egg"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

i wish i had a fun name for this painting but i'm too tired. this is truly the first time i've painted a cracked egg and i have to say it was fun ...white on white...and i'll probably do more of them. i got back to the nude i've been working on - still don't think it's ready...we had a wonderful family reunion on saturday with almost 30 people and we had grandkids for two overnights...thank heavens the weather cooperated - lots of swimming and dunking and diving!! joe, our barely 2 year old youngest grand, decided it was time he started learning to swim - he started in the hot tub...yelling one two three go! - and diving underwater - what a riot! ready to get back in the swing of painting every day - the house is in great shape after the reunion preparations - all except my studio of course......ah well....

"Wine and Flowers"

6 x 8 oil on canvas panel
we got together in nan's back yard yesterday - i was dashing literally all day - working in the house during the morning - a couple hours of painting early afternoon and then 9 holes with my hubby and some friends and then dinner - no time to post when i got home and probably this will be it til sunday. as i mentioned before - it's difficult to paint with the sun casting shadows which are constantly changing. it's so important to get the shadows you want down early and then just ignore what's happening with the sun. as i look at this, i can see where i was fooled and i'll tweak it a bit more when i have time.

"Whew!!!!!"

is there any more horrifying sound than the high-pitched keen of a mosquito on the hunt for blood?????....i've been working in the yard all afternoon and because of the rain we've had in the midwest, the mosquitos are runnning the country. i see them , i hear them, i swat them, i will them away, (and i do eat lots of garlic which i hear helps a bit) - but MAN!!!! - especially in the shade - they obviously don't like the heat either. i think every 10-15 seconds one would fly under the brim of my baseball cap...hence the high pitched keening noise....to make matters worse, nellie spent almost the whole time barking. i let her out a time or two but it's way too hot for her to just hang out so she stands on the inside of the door and barks, and barks....

anyway - i'm doing all this because we have a family reunion here on saturday and i have to get this place shaped up a bit. after 2 appointments this morning, and a very delightful birthday luncheon with all my tennis buddies, i came home and hit it hard and i'm DONE with the outside - i still have to bring in some flowers friday or saturday. now...for the inside! - yikes! - i'm writing all this to explain why i probably won't be able to post anything for a couple days -i'll be very lucky to be able to find time to pick up a paintbrush...and as i learned early on in this daily blogging business...sometimes life just gets in the way! lyb

"Red, White and Blue"

6 x 6 oil on panel

this is one of those days when i hardly found time to paint - played 18 holes this morning and then met some gals for lunch - and it dragged on and on delightfully...then did a whole bunch of errands on the way home - picked up some strawberries at sam's - nothing like the beauties we had locally early in the year - but still fun to paint - something's wrong with the contrast on my camera - i think the sun being lower in the sky is wreaking havoc with what i'm doing! - need to find a different place to take my photos - ah well.....

"High in the Sky"

6 x 6 oil on panel
here's another painting done on a slick ground - interesting to work with - easier than the last one i did - i think i have a bit of glare on the left side since it's so sunny outside but it was fun to do - i don't know if that's a telephone pole or utility wires but i've had the photo for along time and always wanted to paint it. i've been working on a commission and started a nude this afternoon - i guess maybe since it's fall or almost fall maybe i'll have time to paint more. i don't know ...i got a call from my tennis coach today saying practices were starting. yikes!!!

"Emma and Libby" (in progress) NFS

12 x 12 oil on stretched canvas

i was on the road all day yesterday and couldn't get anything completed or posted. this is the commission i'm working on and i wanted to show it in progress - lots more to do but i'm done for the day and i want to get final approval of hair color and stuff from my friend sally. i'm hoping to complete it in the next day or two so she can present it to her daughter-in-law for her birthday. she saw one of my dailies that reminded her of her grandbabies so we decided to do a larger one for her. i'll post the finished painting when it's completed. meanwhile the solheim cup is on and i must watch golf!!!

"Big O"

6 x 6 oil on board

so we had a paintout here today in the back yard - gorgeous day - not too hot - but quite sunny - i started a commission for a friend in indy and decided i couldn't trust the values or the colors as i was putting them down. (you have to be very careful of that when you're out in the sunlight.) so i put that aside for today and grabbed a photo of my grandson oliver. he's gorgeous, of course, just like all my grands, but i'm not sure i quite captured him. maybe i'll do each one of them now - that would be five! - actually i should probably do a painting of each of them each year as they grow up - wouldn't that be fun?

"Basket Bounty"

6 x 6 oil on board
my son loves corn so he's already claimed this painting. i just need to tell you about this wonderful artist carol marine - she posted today that four of her paintings are going to be in the movie letters to julia. how cool is that? check out her blog if you haven't yet!

"Ready to Shuck"

6 x 6 oil on board
these were some BIG ears of corn! - this view is rather looking down on them - (wouldn't want to do that now, would i?...we're all equal beings, after all...)- tomorrow i may have another go from a different angle - corn is fun to paint!....but what isn't!!??...

"Candy and Flowers"

6 x 6 oil on panel
i did this yesterday late in the day because i did a bit of babysitting....ollie and i had a little pool party with my friend margaret and two of her grands...so much fun to see these kiddoes together! - then picked up tillie from her first monday in first grade and watched over her as she did her homework - (took her two seconds....)while the kids were playing wii i painted this - then took the photo and as i was getting ready to post much later in the evening - dark outside- i realized i'd cut off half the painting in the photo. so here it is after golf and a reshoot - so i think i'm going to tackle an unshucked ear of corn this afternoon - before we have it for dinner tonight - got to get to work!

"Plate a Maters"

6 x 6 oil on canvas board

we played 18 holes today and dashed home to watch the end of the PGA - stopping on the way at a farmer's market for a few things - i love heirloom tomatoes - do you suppose they would be found in a hope chest along with other cherished belongings?....

i forgot to mention..

one of the things i like about playing in these south central conference golf events is the people i meet - yesterday i played with some great people...probably one of the reasons i played so well - very comfortable out there...lyb

"Sea Island Sea Oats"

6 x 6 oil on canvas board
so i went out to my friend cindy's house today for a paint out. i missed the paint out yesterday because i was playing in a golf tournament - (pretty good day for me - shot an 82 and won second low gross so i was pretty happy but very tired when i got home. we sat through a 45 minute traffic hold-up for construction between bloomingtgon and nashville!) - anyway - i wanted to see what my "student" has been doing and she's doing GREAT!! -while she worked on a marsh scene, i did this little painting of some sea oats from a picture her hubby had taken some months earlier. we also had our friend janie out there with us - working on her horse sculpture - she blows me away! - i don't know how she does that!!?!..she's done oil painting in her past but i think her real passion is sculpture and she is very good at what she does! tomorrow i must get to a commission and maybe a small daily as well - we'll see...

"Just Resting"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel
busy day today...doing some last minute baby sitting - yardwork - general catching up - tomorrow i'm gone for an out of town golf event so i may not have time to paint - i also need to get busy on a couple of commissions -i may or may not post ongoing progress on those pieces - we'll see...hoping to keep up with the dailies while i'm at it! -

"Nestle Up" NFS

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel
i stopped at two different farmer's markets yesterday on my way home with the kiddoes - the first was down on second street - daily's market - they had the friskiest golden retriever - my grands were in heaven - chasing him - being chased back - i found this very unique-looking eggplant - (the one on the right) - and i also bought some zepher (?) squash which we grilled up tonight - scrumptious!! - after that we stopped at the moses' stand on 8th and washington - another great place - with even more things - i bought farm-raised eggs and a free-range chicken along with a bunch of other stuff and the eggplant on the left. i also bought some sunflowers - fading, i'm afraid, and i didn't get to them today so i took a couple pics and hopefullly i can paint them tomorrow. after golf today i picked up ollie. he played a bit of wii while i got started painting and then he decided he wanted to paint along with me - he did a wonderful piece ( he's three) - and then headed back to the basement for more wii. we finished off the day by playing 9 holes of wii golf - i squeaked by him...but only just barely.. i am one lucky lady...
...as a post note...i've donated this painting to our local volunteer fire department. a very worthy cause!

"The Mother and Child Reunion..."

7 x 9 oil on panel

i had the best day today! - went to a bridal shower for the daughter of a good friend - those events are always so special! - met some 5 month old twins - very special in their own right! - had a gorgeous lunch on a wind swept but canopied deck overlooking a wonderful lake - it helped us feel cool on a very warm day! - then i stopped in town at two special farmer's markets - purchased some great painting fodder (and some eating fodder as well..) -then spent some time with a couple grands and finished this late in the day - another africa painting - pretty timely since it's "africa hot" right now!

"Follow Me"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel
i still haven't started organizing my studio - but i DID work on my pallette - and this is the first of several paintings from the photos from africa i mentioned. lots of things to paint! - we're heading out to play golf and go to dinner with good friends - gonna be HOT HOT HOT!!!!!

"Three Men Out"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

those cherries were so tasty i tracked some down at a local farmer's market - somehow these aren't as pretty as the ones cindy had but they're still delicious! on a side note, i really need to do a whole lot of work in my studio - things are such a mess i can hardly stand up in there - i also found some old photos someone brought me back from africa - i'm seeing an african theme in some upcoming dailies - can't wait! - cows, (or maybe those were goats)..elephants, a big lion - lots of wonderful looking children....actually i've already done a watercolor of a group of these children and ended up donating it to a charity in indianapolis several years back - my how time flies when you're having fun!!

one more thing...(good news and bad news..)

i play in a nine hole ladies golf group on friday mornings and last week was the first round of our club championship - today was the second - and i was feeling pretty good coming in! - when we got off the course i discovered i hadn't played enough rounds to qualify for the tourney and so the 78 (41-37) i shot wasn't going to win a dang thing!!!! - that's the bad news! - the good news is today i birdied the par five and got my third hole-in-one!!!!!!!!! - wheeeee!!!!! lyb

"Beachwalk" and "Cherries" (NFS)

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

this is a little painting i started a few days ago but really haven't finished but wanted to post it in progress. i did this earlier this week to get my painting muscles going again - yesterday i went to my friend cindy's house for a paint out - she's sort of a beginner and so we did the same painting side by side. rather than a photograph i chose a painting with particularly strong values and unfortunately i chose a piece painted by a contemporary artist....and so i can't show it. next time i think i'll chose an old master and we'll work on that together. she really did great! i know when i started so many years ago it really helped me to be able to watch someone - a picture's worth a thousand words, i guess!

the painting above is of a bowl of rainier cherries she brought out for us to nibble on while we worked -= deeeelish!!!! while i was waiting for her to catch up to whatever stage we were working on, i thought i'd jot a few strokes down to try and capture those cherries. of course the sun changed while we were out there and that can be confusing!

another "blast..."

ok so here's what i did today...7 a.m. mammogram...and ladies - if you haven't had yours yet this year, get on it!! - back for breakfast, then to the license branch to have my license renewed...(did you know you can't show your teeth when you smile?...something about facial recognition..) then to hobby lobby, then grocery shopping, then to the bank for a deposit and to have something notarized...then back home to clean out a couple cupboards...then the grands showed up since their parents were going to a funeral - then the "frenchies" from next door all showed up and we had a housefull...then outside to trim bushes and severely cut back the roses in front - now i'm covered in thorn holes and mosquito bites so i'm heading to the tub..just in case i might have picked up even MORE poison ivy!! - needless to say, i'm not painting today - this painting from several years ago was featured in a german newspaper. this fellow was looking for golf art on the internet and found this and asked for permission to print it in an article on sports art. i was thrilled to say the least - of course nobody ever saw it although i do have a copy of the newspaper - and i was foolish enough to forget to ask them to mention my website. ah well - to the tub!!!

the sky has brightened....

a little better photo of sammy and fozy - the sky has finally brightened and the neighborhood kids are all out playing in the flooded street. kids have so much fun, don't they???

"Sammy and Fozy"

this is the painting i couldn't get posted before. and it's still kind of dark because i can't get outside and photograph it-the card seems to be working all of a sudden but today has been so strange - so very very dark and rainy - in fact it hasn't stopped raining all day and we're reminded of that horrid flood we just a little over a year ago. we were without electricty for a couple hours this morning and our golden nellie has been freaking out with all the lightning and thunder. this started around 5 am when my hubby and i both went to the window to check out what was going on ...the oddest thing - lots of lightning - almost like a fire - but no noise...it was all happening on the west side of town and we couldn't hear it but we could sure see it! - then in time it got to us and hasn't stopped yet! should have spent the day in my studio but nellie won't leave me alone - she's drooling on my feet as i write this. anyway - the newly weds loved their gift and i'll add a few finishing touches and let it dry and then varnish and frame it. it was a lot of fun to paint!

still no camera card

we're back from the wedding - what a great time! - danced our socks off ..actually that would be our shoes...i did a painting of the couple's doggies as their wedding gift - i can't show you the painting yet but i'll show you the picture i worked from. i'm back in the studio but who knows when i'll be able to post with this camera - i don't know if my camera is obsolete since i can't find a proper card to fit....as soon as i can get this problem worked out i'll post the actual painting. anyway - can't believe it's august! time is flying by!!!

rats.....

housten...i think we have a problem....somehow my card for my digital is not working. i tried to get a new one and i don't think they make that size anymore. anyway - we painted at my friend JE's again today and i did a wedding gift for my cousin's son who's getting married this weekend. i was going to post it but i can't! it's a painting of their two rescue mutts - very darling doggies and i really think i captured them but i'll have to wait til i get my camera stuff cleared up before i can post it. leaving tomorrow for the wedding and home on monday when i can get back to painting. talk to you then....

i'm so excited!!!

one more thing...i just got word that one of my daily paintings - big sky over the marsh that i painted in georgia in may has been accepted into the American Impressionist Society's annual juried show. this year it's held in denver in october and i'm dying to talk my husband into going to the opening. we'll see... meanwhile i am very happy and excited about this news!

"Betty-Lou"...it's been a while..

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

this is the first thing i've done in almost a week!! - i had such high aspirations for the cottage! - i did work on a wedding gift which is already very late!!- but then life got in the way...first we had a wonderful golf outing with my cousin and his kids...then we got busy working on stuff...took out all the screens on the porch and cleaned them and washed all the crank out windows - 8 sets of them!! - that was wednesday - on thursday we went to the white sox game and saw only the 18th perfect game in baseball history...actually the only perfect game with a grand slam!! - what a wonderful experience for my husband, son and grandson to share...and i was there to witness their absolute joy!!! on friday we replaced some screens - all by ourselves!! - and then my daughter and her family came in and since joe's only 2 i needed to put away my paints - spent the weekend relaxing and getting the paddle boat and canoe ready and working on the dock - the week flew by and now we're home and trying to get back in some sort of groove.

"Tom on the Prowl" SOLD

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel
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i am just sick! - i think i agonized over tom's loss today - and he did lose it - probably more than he did...but then i am a terrific agonizer! - he was so close and didn't get it done! on the other hand, i am so happy for stewie - he played his heart out and deserves the victory and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. so here's my tom watson painting - i needed to get it done so i could finish packing up my stuff. we leave tomorrow and the kids and next door neighbors are going to keep an eye on things while we're gone...hoping for good weather and lots of golf...by the way...i squeeked out a win in the annual clifty cup - my first win in 6 years, since we've been playing the cup- i am very proud!! on another note, there's something wrong with either my photo card or my printer - i'm not sure i'll be able to post while i'm gone but i'm going to do plenty of painting and if i can't post while i'm gone i'll be back in touch next monday. lyb

more about turnberry

so here's some more about turnberry - i don't know if i made it clear that the lighthouse was built on the remains of the castle of robert the bruce. the lighthouse itself was built by robert louis stevenson's father!! - wow!! - and after looking at my first painting of the lighthouse i want to subdue it a bit - i think it just stands out too much - especially for the weather in scotland. as for today's painting...my son spent the night and this morning we were watching the open and i asked.."what should i paint today?" -without a beat he said" tom watson" - and so i've found a good visual image to work from - but i didn't get it accomplished today - we had our annual "clifty cup" golf tounrament and a family gathering so i'll try and finish tom tomorrow before we leave for the lake...happy saturday everyone!

"Just Another Day at Turnberry"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel
ok - so i had my grands today and of course they had to swim - so i set up outside and got out the scrapbook from our trip to ireland and scotland. it was in 1997 actually and we played 3 courses in ireland and maybe 5 or 6 in scotland...this view was a cloudy day - they have the most amazing skies over there and i think i captured it - it's always hard trying to reconstruct the scene from a photo you've taken -the view could be absolutely breathtaking and when you get the pictures developed (this was before digitals of course) -you wonder what you found so amazing - it never translates - this was late in the day - looking back from the 10th green - and you can see the famous ailsa craig on the right. that's where they get the granite for most of the curling balls they use over there......there's an old saying about ailsa craig.... "if you can't see ailsa graig..it's raining...if you can see it..it's going to rain"!....sorry tiger's out but really rooting for tom watson! - he's sort of our vintage...

"Turnberry Lighthouse"

9 x 12 oil on panel

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after spending the whole day watching the british open i knew i had to paint turnberry- every tv on the house is on and i've been working and watching and fondly remembering our trip there...i think we went about 1995 - and that winding creek that many of them keep landing in - that's very familiar to me! - my ball landed in there and while i was trying to retrieve it, my camera fell out of my pocket into the water. my caddy was such a gallant man- he waded in and, to my surprise and delight, found my camera and returned it to me with a huge grin - this particular caddy was sober, i think, unlike the ones we had at prestwick.

the lighthouse pictured here is the birthplace of robert the bruce, if you remember the movie braveheart...that was old robert! it's located near the 10th tee, my hubby tells me - (it was so long ago and i've slept since then)....but this course is glorious and the turnberry hotel was wonderful!! - i loved the bed - i absolutely LOVED it- i would have dragged it home with me - so high and firm (i think something about horsehair) and the sheets - !! - to die for!! we played courses in scotland and ireland and i have lots and lots of pictures - some of them a bit weird after my camera got wet - but that added to the mystery - we had such a good time!! and i just may do a bunch of golf paintings now that i'm fired up with the memory of it all....

day lilies for charity...

one more thing - i delivered my framed painting for the first call for help auction today. they really seemed to like it so i hope it brings them lots of money for their cause!

"Golfer Girl"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel
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i really like this one! i've been so into golf lately and wanted to do another golf painting after the Rally for the Cure golf bag. some paintings just seem to fall off your brush and i must say this was one of those...i may post this on ebay...plans have changed a bit for our trip - we don't arrive at the cottage til sunday but we're starting our vacation tomorrow so who knows...we may be free-roaming...but we'll be on vacation and having fun!!

"Little Sister"

11 x 9 oil on canvas
this is the image i've chosen for my current batch of business cards. another couple of beach beauties, of course, all dressed up and ready for a party. no time to paint today - hope to do better tomorrow and certainly i'll do very well at the cottage! can't wait!

"Shasta Daisies"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

at least i think these are called shasta daisies....i've got a couple bunches of them in my yard - i grabbed these from outside the kitchen door - they look like proud soldiers bobbing around. of course i have loads of them inside in flower arrangements but i just cut these few for my painting today. hope to do another tomorrow before we head off to vacation. lyb

"All About PINK!" NFS

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

so we're finally done baby sitting and getting ready to head to the lake for vacation - i promised to donate a daily painting to our local Rally For the Cure - golf clubs all over the country hold these events to benefit the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation. i won't be able to play in it this year - bummer...but i can still do my part. i have a few days left before we head to the cottage - (where we definitely WON'T have wifi) - so before we go i'll be able to do some painting and posting. i'm taking my paints (and my clubs) on vacation but i'm not sure how much i'll be able to post - every few days i might look for a wifi spot and post what i've been working on - i have some commission pieces i'd like to do while i'm there as well as some more figurative work. mostly we're going to RELAX!!!!!!!! lyb

another blast from the past

14 x 11 oil on canvas
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here's a painting i have in the Left Bank Gallery in georgia - it's a view of the marsh from the fifth green on Seaside, one of 3 courses at the sea island golf club on st. simon's island. you can see the red baskets they have instead of flags - these are so annoying because you can't tell how the wind's blowing and when you lay them down they roll around. but they say "seaside golf course" and anyone who's ever played that wonderful tract would recognize them in an instant!....obvioiusly i'm unable to paint today - i'm still babysitting and have to go out tonight so i'll try again tomorrow....yeah - my youngest grand just arrived!!! more tomorrow... lyb

i've been bad...

the past couple of days have been filled with summer stuff - golf, family, birthday, friends, organizing donations...laundry etc. etc...and i haven't had time to paint - i'm hoping to do better tomorrow.....but if not....please bear with me....lyb

"Can I Help?"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel
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i have so many references of babies on the beach...this is a recent one..probably from our last trip to the island....tomorrow i'm playing golf with a good buddy in indy and it's also my birthday so i have no idea whether i'll be able to paint and post tomorrow...be patient with me...

one more thing...

i forgot to mention...this is my 100th daily painting since i started this journey in february. quite a milestone for me, if i do say so myself!!!! lyb

"Day Lilies for Charity" NFS

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

i promised to donate a daily painting to First Call for Help, a local community service organization, and the one they picked out was already sold. so, since it's raining outside and we're not golfing on this fine fourth of july (see the raindrops?)..i thought i'd paint something similar for them. this is a sampling of the many colors of day lilies i have in my yard - at least 5 are represented here... hopefully this will work, but if not we have a back-up...the basket of berries. so we'll see - happy fourth of july everyone -and God bless our country!!

"Kiddoes Redux"

here's the finished painting for my friend Kristen....at least i think it's finished. there's on old saying...:"it's never done til it's overdone". i showed this to her and she loved it - but i still had a bit of tweaking to do. can you figure out what i did?

really beat!

it's been a long long day of yard work and grandbabies - i just don't think i could do justice to a painting so i'm putting my feet up! - i have some tweaking in mind for yesterday's painting and i'm sure i'll be able to get to that tomorrow - i have a several more commissions / gifts that i need to get busy on - i'm so lucky!!!!

"Kristen's Kiddoes" SOLD (in a way..)

11 x 14 oil on stretched canvas

ok..i'm all about the barter system. this is a commission / barter for a friend who has 2 very fair-haired and fair-skinned bambinos. this is a work in progress - i'll probably tweak it a bit before i give it to her but i wanted to post this much tonight. i didn't get to my studio yesterday since i was at the end of a very big "sleepover" and i was ti-red!!! plan to do better in the future!

"Faint Reflection"

6 x 6 oil on canvas panel

we had the best time in michigan! - gathered with old friends - ones i've known 50 or 60 years!! how bizarre is that?? and today is just scrumptious outside! - i am so lucky to have 4 of my 5 grands here for a giant sleepover - all but the youngest who's celebrating his 2nd birthday today. anyway..they're out in the pool as we speak with papper and jase and i need to get back out there! more later....

"Self Portrait #1"

14 x 11 oil on stretched canvas

my very first ever self-portrait@!!! - since i didn't study art in school...(actually i'm a registered nurse..).. i was never required to do a self-portrait in school - something i'm sure all formally trained artists have done. one of my favorite artists, carol marine, posted her portrait and talked about something called david lobenberg's self-portrait "love in" and i wanted to give it a try. we had a group paint-out today in my friend jane's back yard - the lighting wasn't dramatic - i tried to stay in the shade pretty much since it was over 90!!! but little by little i think i captured myself.. sort of..with the girls' help, of course- along the way, my nose was too long, my face was too wide, my eyes were too close, my face was too long - so hard to get a likeness, especially while holding a hand mirror in 90+ degree heat!! i didn't paint in my bifocals which of course i was wearing..maybe i'll add them later when i have time - we have to get ready to pack and head north to visit friends in michigan for the weekend. no posting til next week! -

"Breakfast"

6 x 6 oil on panel
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it was hot today! - very very hot!!! - i played tennis this morning...in the heat...whew!! - as i was finishing my daily painting my hubby came to the studio and announced that our brand new one-year-old- air conditioner was broken......broken...and now it's hot in here...very hot....

"Apple and Copper" SOLD

6 x 6 oil on panel

this is an old copper pot i've had for years - the photo somehow doesn't translate very well...the apple sure is yummy though...

"Who are You?"

6 x 6 oil on panel
we had plenty of limes on hand for the weekend gathering so i thought i would use a few for my painting today - we had a wonderful time yesterday - celebrating an anniversary, two generations of father's day and of course joe's birthday - i have to say...the elmo puppet was his most favorite present of all -at least for the moment! the weather was hot but dry so swimming was the order of the day....and we had a wonderful meal to boot! - now on to the rest of the summer - i have good intentions of doing a self-portrait in the next couple of days - i've never done one but i have an incentive to get it accomplished before the end of june - stay tuned....

"That's Hilarious!"

6 x 6 oil on panel

now this guys really looks like he's laughing! - too funny! - i'd love to visit abu dhabi someday - i'll bet these guys are everywhere and it would be so different from seeing them at a zoo ..or in the movies, of course - we're gearing up for a big family gathering tomorrow - another multiple celebration - father's day, of course, an anniversary and my youngest grandchild joe's second birthday. the pool is READY!!!!! - no post tomorrow - back in touch hopefully on monday...p.s...watching the open - great sloggy fun - it may go on til tuesday!! which i would love!

Blast From the Past- "Splashin"

14 x 11 giclee on canvas
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today was a bust as far as painting was concerned...but lots of fun otherwise. i had tillie and ollie this afternoon for ollie's swimming lesson - and then the minute he was done, it was down to play mario -so tillie and i invited the lovely children from next door over - they're from france and we call them "the frenchies"...anyway - they have a brand new baby and we're all very excited! - we had quite an afternoon in the pool with so much squeeling and splashing...at least i got a whole lot of yard work done i hadn't planned on - out to dinner tonight so no time to paint - i thought i'd post this little "Splashin" painting...i've sold the original but it's available as giclee on canvas or print on paper.

"Brunswick Sunset"

6 x 6 oil on panel

my friend janet powers - the gal i took the workshop from in may - sent me a photo of a sunset over a lake near her home and i couldn't resist - back to the pallette knife for this one...

"Lookin' Yummy"

6 x 6 oil on panel

here's another peachy painting - we had some for breakfast this morning...delicious! - i can see a bunch of fresh fruits and vegetables in my painting future...

"Trio"

6 x 6 oil on panel
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my hubby picked up some peaches today - i thought i'd give them a whack after a day on the golf course - it was great to get out there - lots of golf planned for the next several days so i hope i can keep up with my dailies...going to try...

"Sea Island Sweetie"

10 x 8 oil on canvas - framed - $425.00
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we spent the day in zionsville for my grandson's baseball game and then lunch with the kiddoes -then back home for some swimming and yardwork and wii for my 3 year old oliver who actually won his first race in mario kart- i couldn't believe it! anyway- no time to paint today but i did get a phone call from the Left Bank Gallery to tell me they had their website updated and my paintings were available to view there. i snagged one of them off their site to show you. it's a wonderful gallery and worth browsing if you have a chance. hope to get back to painting tomorrow - along with some golf, of course!

"Puffin Stuff"

6 x 6 oil on panel
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so my friend asked me to paint a puffin. not being very familiar with these little guys, i did some research and here's the first draft. he's kind of cute, don't you think?

"Where's My Pal?"

6 x 6 oil on panel

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so here's my next buddy - if you'll notice...he has a completely different grin and some funky teeth working for him - i think that must be how camels know each other..because they really all look so much alike....except, that is, for their grins!!!!

"My First Camel"

6 x 6 oil on panel
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my friend in abu dhabi sent me a postcard with a bunch of camels on it. i never realized what grinners they are!! this is a painting of just one of them - i'll probably paint them all - one at a time - and maybe a few together - they are so much fun!