They LOVED it!

This painting was done for a wonderful couple of their two sons and dog. The couple was the winning bidder last year from the Dodge Nature Center's fall benefit auction. They bid nicely ($3500) for this painting to be done. It was the highest bid item in the auction, so I was super flattered! I did a shoot with the boys and dog. I worked from 3 different photos for the painting - one of just the boys and ball, a different one for the background, and yet another of the dog. This was the finished composition, and I'm so proud (and relieved) to say,
"They LOVED it!"

14 x 22", oil on canvas, SOLD

This painting was done for a wonderful couple of their two sons and dog. The couple was the winning bidder last year from the Dodge Nature Center's fall benefit auction. They bid nicely ($3500) for this painting to be done. It was the highest bid item in the auction, so I was super flattered! I did a shoot with the boys and dog. I worked from 3 different photos for the painting - one of just the boys and ball, a different one for the background, and yet another of the dog. This was the finished composition, and I'm so proud (and relieved) to say,
"They LOVED it!"

14 x 22", oil on canvas, SOLD

Garden At Dodge

What a great time and a most gorgeous day we had with plein air painting today at the Dodge Nature Center! We could not have asked for more perfect weather - sunny with those big, puffy clouds and about 75 non-humid degrees! This painting is from across a pasture toward the garden with beautiful trees behind it. The view offered so many greens with spruce trees in the background offering a touch of blue green to the more earthy greens of the trees in front of them. I LOVE a sky with these puffy clouds (cumulonimbus? clouds). I wanted keep this as loose as possible by using only one 1/2" brush for this 6x12 painting. I love the feeling of it!

6 x 12", oil on board, $99, $12 s/h SOLD

What a great time and a most gorgeous day we had with plein air painting today at the Dodge Nature Center! We could not have asked for more perfect weather - sunny with those big, puffy clouds and about 75 non-humid degrees! This painting is from across a pasture toward the garden with beautiful trees behind it. The view offered so many greens with spruce trees in the background offering a touch of blue green to the more earthy greens of the trees in front of them. I LOVE a sky with these puffy clouds (cumulonimbus? clouds). I wanted keep this as loose as possible by using only one 1/2" brush for this 6x12 painting. I love the feeling of it!

6 x 12", oil on board, $99, $12 s/h SOLD

My 3

This is a painting I've done of my 3 children as an example of a "figurative landscape" painting for the Dodge Nature Center's fall benefit gala this weekend. I'm the featured artist this year and will be auctioning a commissioned painting of your children painted loosely that captures their character and energy in a setting. As I started this painting before there was any detail on the figures, my students easily could identify which child was which when it was in a sketchy state. I'm happy to have captured my 3!

18 x 24, acrylic on canvas, NFS

This is a painting I've done of my 3 children as an example of a "figurative landscape" painting for the Dodge Nature Center's fall benefit gala this weekend. I'm the featured artist this year and will be auctioning a commissioned painting of your children painted loosely that captures their character and energy in a setting. As I started this painting before there was any detail on the figures, my students easily could identify which child was which when it was in a sketchy state. I'm happy to have captured my 3!

18 x 24, acrylic on canvas, NFS