Cold Seat

Cold Seat
6" x 8"  Oil
$75.00 + $10. s/h

I doubt anyone is going to stop and rest!

Fresh Snow

Fresh Snow
6" x 6"  Oil
$75.00 + $10. s/h

This is a painting from a previous winter.  When I look at it now, I think that I would put more warm violets into the snow.  But yet, as I sit and remember, it was a cold day and I think that the very cool, blue snow works.  What do you think?

Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not
6" x 8"  Oil
$75.00 + $10. s/h

I love how the winter grasses peeking through the snow create a complementary color scheme.

Git Along Little Doggies

Git Along Little Doggies

8" x 8"  Oil on Cradled Panel

$195.00 + $10. s/h

This is the companion piece to the rancher that I posted last month.  He's still working hard!  Just trying to get those doggies (calves) up and over the hill.

New Plein Air Video

I created another plein air video. This one is of our trip last May to Sitka, Alaska. I posted these paintings and some of the photos from our trip in my blog in June, so some of this may be familiar. Enjoy!

I just watched this, and when viewed on my blog, about an inch is missing on the right side, ie: the whole front page doesn't show (some of the title is missing), some of the paintings are centered and there should be black on both sides and there isn't. I really don't know how to fix this. Does anybody have any suggestions? I guess if you want to see the whole page you can search for me on YouTube and watch it again there! Anyway, thanks for watching!

Serene Sunrise

Serene Sunrise
5" x 7"  Oil on board
$75.00 + $10. s/h

Sometimes the sunrises that I see out our deck are bold, bright and almost unbelievably colorful.  This morning the sunrise was a bit softer, but just as beautiful.

Morning View -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 97/100

Morning View -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 97/100

6" x 8"  Oil

$85.00 + $10. s/h

This is another piece from a recent morning at The Garden of The Gods.

Morning At the Garden of the Gods -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 96/100

Morning at the Garden of the Gods -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 96/100
8" x 6"  Oil
$85.00 + $10. s/h

SOLD

I'm lucky that I live sort of near the Garden of the Gods and can quickly head over there on nice winter days!

I clicked on a recent PayPal button today and it said that painting was not available.  Well, sadly that painting hadn't sold, even though PayPal was saying that it had.  So, I clicked back on several other paintings and my last 6 paintings all said not available when I clicked on the PayPal button.  I guess I should be more vigilante about clicking and checking these buttons.  I've never had this problem before.  I called PayPal and they helped me figure it out.  There was a glitch in my inventory tracking.  So, fellow artists, check your buttons.  And, if someone out there tried to buy one of these and was told it wasn't available,  Please go back and try it now!

Mangrove Sunrise

Mangrove Sunrise

6" x 6"  Oil

$85.00 + $10. s/h

I loved seeing the early morning Florida sunrise.  There's no water in my normal sunrises!

Just One More Chapter

Just One More Chapter
6" x 6"  Oil
$85.00 + $10. s/h

I loved how this man was almost all alone on the beach continuing to read.  I agree with him;  when you're in the Caribbean, why leave the beach!?

Caribbean Sunset

Caribbean Sunset
6" x 6"  Oil
$85.00 + $10. s/h

We were recently in the Caribbean.  The sunsets over the horizon were beautiful.

Further Down The Road

Further Down The Road
9" x 12" Oil
$155.00 + $10. s/h

Another one of our western skies.  I had a comment about cloud edges.  I use a Robert Simmons 3/4 " "SkyScraper" brush (aptly named!) to soften the cloud edges.

Afternoon Clouds

Afternoon Clouds
9" x 12"  Oil
$155.00 + $10. s/h

I had someone ask what colors I use for my skies.  While that depends on the weather, for many of my skies I use a combination of Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, Cad Red Light (for a bit of graying) and White and push this whatever way the sky, time of day, weather pattern, location, etc. call for.  As with all color mixtures in painting, there is no always perfect/, always/works color combination.   And, I don't always use this combo.  But, it is tried and true for me, especially with our incredible western skies!

May you have a Happy New Year!  Thank you to all of you who've commented on my blog in 2011.  Thank you to those of you who purchased paintings.  And, Cheers to all of you who've I've met and become friends with through blogging & social media, those vicarious friends as well as those that I've been lucky to meet "in person!"  I hope to meet more of you in 2012.

Afternoon Sky

Afternoon Sky
9" x 12" oil
$155.00 + $10. s/h

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I love how the clouds build up over the mountains in the afternoon.

Patzcuaro Rooster

Patzcuaro Rooster
6" x 8" Oil
$80.00 + $10. s/h

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May you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

Moonet

Moonet
6" x 8"  Oil
$80.00 + $10. s/h

SOLD

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As I've mentioned in the past, I often Google topics to find a title for one of my pieces, or for information when writing a post.  Today I googled "cow poems".  I had "A Child's Garden Of Verses" by Robert Louis  Stevenson when I was a child, so when I saw this poem I thought it fit!

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894).  A Child’s Garden of Verses and Underwoods.  1913.

24. The Cow

THE FRIENDLY cow all red and white
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart.
She wanders lowing here and there,	5
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day;
And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers,	10
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.

  

Lawn Mower

Lawn Mower
Oil 6" x 6"
$80.00 + $10. s/h

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Some interesting sheep facts:

White House woolies
President Woodrow Wilson grazed sheep on the White House South Lawn. The wool obtained from the sheep was sold to raise money for the Red Cross during World War I. The flock included "Old Ike," a tobacco-chewing ram.

Sheep on the White House lawn
Photo courtesy of 
Presidential Pet Museum

Won't You Come Out Tonight

Won't You Come Out Tonight
Oil  6" x 8"
$80.00 + $10. s/h

SOLD

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OK, I know that this buffalo is not a gal, but the title seemed to work.  And, yes, I did Google the song and read all the words.  If I ever paint a woman w/ feet as big as the sidewalk, I already have my title chosen!
Click here if you want a quick song review!

Christmas Collage

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A few of these are still available for the Holiday price of $80.00.  While I won't be able to send them out before Christmas, let me know if you're interested!

One More Poinsettia -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 95/100

One More Poinsettia -- 100 garden and Floral Oil Paintings 95/100
6" x 6"  Oil
$80.00 + $10. s.h
SOLD

HOLIDAY SALE  All paintings sold in December are 20% off my regular prices

Here are a few more Poinsettia facts that I googled:

• Poinsettias are priced according to the number of blooms. The more blooms, the more expensive the plant.
• The flowers or cyathia of the poinsettia are in the center of the colorful bracts.
• Poinsettias have been called the lobster flower and flame leaf flower.
• Poinsettias are not poisonous.
• A study at Ohio State University showed that a 50 pound child who ate 500 bracts might have a slight tummy ache.
• Poinsettia sap that can irritate the skin and cause an upset stomach if consumed in large enough quantities.
• A fresh poinsettia is one on which little or no yellow pollen is showing on the flower clusters in the center of the bracts. Plants that have shed their pollen will soon drop their colorful bracts.
• Poinsettias represent over 85 percent of the potted plant sales during the holiday season.

Poinsettia 2 -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings

Poinsettia 2 - 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 94/100

6" x 6"  Oil

$80.00 + $10. s/h

HOLIDAY SALE  All paintings sold in december are 20% off my regular prices

Many artists are painting holiday themed pieces, as am I.  When I saw several other poinsettias I thought that the reds were so deep and strong.  I went back and looked at my still life set up.  My reds aren't deep because my poinsettia is a very cad red one.  Not an alizaron one.  Next year I'm going to get some in alizaron!

His Lonesome Cattle Call

His Lonesome Cattle Call
8" x 8" Oil on cradled panel
$155.00 + $10. s/h

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This is from a fall trip my husband and I took over to the Western Slope.  For those of you not from Colorado, the Western Slope is the name we call all of the mountains on the west side of the Continental Divide (which runs down the middle of the Rockies.)  This was about 6 hours from Colorado Springs.  We live on the Front Range.  That encompasses Fort Collins, Denver, Colo Springs, and Pueblo, or all of the towns on the range (you know, like home, home, on the range) on the eastern side of the Rockies.  Just a little geography lesson thrown in!

Anyway, we were out driving around on back roads and a herd of cattle came across a hill top.  So, I had to get out!  And then, this cowboy comes riding over the top of the hill.  What a perfect setting and scene!  Just meant to be a painting!

Sometimes when I'm looking for a title I use google to help me.  When I googled "song lyrics about cows" up came this song, Cattle Call, by Eddy Arnold, sung along w/ Lee Ann Rimes.  It seemed appropriate and provided a title.  I especially like the yodeling!

(LeAnn Rimes and Eddy Arnold)

LeAnn: 
(yodeling) 
The cattle are prowlin', 
The coyotes are howlin' 
Way out where the doggies roam 
Where spurs are a jinglin' 
And the cowboy is singing 
His lonesome cattle call 
(yodeling) 

He rides in the sun 
'Til his days work is done 
And he rounds up the cattle each fall 
(yodeling) 
Singing his cattle call 

Eddy: 
For hours he would ride 
On the range far and wide 
When the night wind blows up and slow 
His heart is a feather 
In all kinds of weather 
He sings his cattle call 
(yodeling) 

He's browned as a fairy 
From ridin' the prairie 
And he sings with an western drawl 
Singing his cattle call 

LeAnn and Eddy: 
(yodeling) 

Poinsettia -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 93/100

Poinsettia -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 93/100
6" x 6"  Oil
$80.00 + $10. s/h

HOLIDAY SALE  All paintings sold in December are 20% off my regular prices.

I love the tradition of poinsettia plants around the holidays.  They add such color to the house.  Some interesting facts about poinsettias, complements of Wikipedia:

• Poinsettias are native to Mexico.
• The Aztecs called the poinsettia Cuetlaxochitl. They made a reddish purple dye from the bracts.
• Chile and Peru called the poinsettia the "Crown of the Andes."
• Poinsettias are part of the Euphorbiaceae family. Many plants in this family ooze a milky sap.
• Some people may have skin irritation from the milky sap
• In nature, poinsettias are perennial flowering shrubs that can grow to ten feet tall.
• The showy colored parts of poinsettias that most people think are the flowers are actually colored bracts (modified leaves).
• Poinsettias are priced according to the number of blooms. The more blooms, the more expensive the plant.
• The flowers or cyathia of the poinsettia are in the center of the colorful bracts.
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I might re-photo this.  There's more contrast in the reds than shows here.

Old Chevy

Old Chevy
12" x 12" Oil on cradled panel
$245.00 + $10. s/h

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This truck belongs to my friend Marianne's husband, Grant.  It sits on their ranch out behind the barn.  I've painted their chickens, eggs, garden chair, and now their truck.  I love the colors, I hope to paint this again! I think the 100th anniversary of Chevys commercial is so well done!

A Great "Good Morning"

A Great "Good Morning"
5" x 7"  Oil
$75.00 + $10. s/h
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When I wake up and look at this view with my morning coffee I know that someone is wishing me a great "Good Morning"!

Today was a gorgeous Colorado day with afternoon highs in the 60s and lows last night of 19.  It is typical to have more than 40 degrees temperature change in one day.  Tomorrow's high is to be 26 with an overnight low of 4!  Knowing how cold it will be for the rest of the week, I went for a hike at the Garden of The Gods this morning!

I had a question about how I paint these skies from my deck, ie:  do I set up on the deck, do I paint from the kitchen?  Actually, I do both of these as well as use photo references.  I think that whatever way works best for the artist, is the best way to paint!  As I've said, some mornings I just sit with my cup of coffee and look, as these sunrises pass pretty quickly!

Palette of Color

Palette of Color
5" x 7"  Oil
$75.00 + 10. s/h
SOLD

Sometimes in the morning our sunrises are quiet, calm, peaceful.  Other mornings I look out and see only soft blues, with very little "real" sunrise.  There are other mornings when the sky is a palette of color.

Blessed View

Blessed View
5" x 7"  Oil
$75.00 + $10. s/h
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As we have family in town for the weekend, I'm not getting any painting done.  We've gone for walks, have had great meals with lots of visiting, went to the movies.  These sunrises from our deck were painted a short while ago to be posted this weekend.

The title for this piece is complements of Dean Haven who told me in a comment yesterday that I was "more than lucky to have this view...Blessed is more like it!"  He's right!  I thought that that made a great title!

Quiet Dawn

Quiet Dawn
5" x 7"  Oil
SOLD

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with delicious food, great friends and family.  I am thankful for all of that and more.  I am grateful for all the friends I've made and the many people that I've met through blogging.  I am so thankful that I can spend my time painting.  I would also have to say that I'm lucky to look at this view in the morning.

Some Mighty Fine Wine

Some Mighty Fine Wine
6" x 6" Oil
$100.00 + $10. s/h

This is one of the pieces that I have hanging at Summerland Gardens.  I photographed it there, instead of in my usual spot, and there's a slight glare.  I'll try to get over there and re-photo it.
I'm not sure that all of these are mighty fine wines, but...

Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
"Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
Was a good friend of mine.
Never understood a single word he said,
but he always had some mighty fine wine."