Louisiana Sugar Cane Harvest

We were in Louisiana in November and drove out

into sugar cane country.  They were harvesting the sugar

and they do that by burning the leaves, leaving the cane, thus

making it easier to cut down. It was quite a beautiful sight

and it smelled wonderful!

sunrise walk on the beach at folly ........

I love early walks on Folly Beach and
especially in the winter when you practically have the
beach to yourself.  One day I will TRY to capture on canvas
one of the beautiful winter sunrises over the Atlantic.
I am always reminded of the line  "poems are made
by fools like me, but only God can make a tree."

old tobacco barn

Back in the 70's, when we lived in Eastern
North Carolina, the landscape was dotted
with tobacco drying barns. Haven't
been back in a while and I wonder if
many still stand.

still water

vinyard in late fall

we have had a lot of fun visiting vineyards over the years,
in every season.

blue ridge

 North Carolina mountains around
Asheville. We stayed at the WONDERFUL
Grove Park Inn...what an incredible place!
(that's one check off my list)

daughter and grandson

working on mood and working on people...tomorrow I
shall work on capturing the mood on the faces! :-)

a little quiet time

happy thanksgiving

...they say that the day before Thanksgiving is the
busiest travel day of the whole year ... and I for
one believe it, having flown out of ATL!

old blue bike

let's prance

Do most of you have a subject that you "go to" when you
really don't have anything else that is moving you to paint
that day? For me it is horses...they are such beautiful animals
and I have sketched and painted them since I was a child....up
close and in person they frighten me a bit because they are so
 big and you have to respect them but I have always admired
them from afar.

Fall 2012 continued

I have set a goal, as have all of you, to paint every day.
I have found it has really helped me to "loosen up" and
that is a good thing, no? I did this in about half an hour,
and I am sure some of you are thinking that it looks like
it (and not in a good way) ha ha....but art is subjective.
 I am rather pleased with this one myself...simple design,
simple color scheme, just go for it and have fun.

French cat....from Provence!

I painted this for my grand daughter,
Rose, a while back. She has it on the wall
of her bedroom

paint brushes

every one paints this at one time or another
don't you think?

autumn sunrise, autumn sunset

8x8 oil on canvas

apple season in Ellijay, Georgia

16x20 oil on canvas
In October we drove the "apple trail" through
North Georgia, stopping at stands along
the way to buy apples, and jams and jellies
and pastries...yum.

spooky moon

8x10 oil on canvas

olives and red

8x10 oil on canvas

you got me singin' the blues

16x20 oil on canvas
I am always revisiting painting people
because the subject is one that I can
really mess up by working it too much, so
I try to finish a painting with people in it
in one quick session. I like to look for shadows
because they can help set the mood.
I feel like I have a lot to learn when it comes to
human subjects! Always a challenge.

on the road

20x16 oil on canvas

Pick Me!!

just a plum

4x4 oil on canvas
...and it was delicious

Aspen roads

5x7 oil on canvas
Colorado in October is a gift
from a generous God.

Way West of Chi-town

12x12 oil on canvas
When I was growing up in Illinois, Naperville and all the
western "suburbs" of Chicago were interspersed with farms.
Most of these family farms have disappeared. But my memory
is of a barn and silos, the house with a solitary shade tree, and acres
and acres of crops.

Fall is in the air

8x10 oil on canvas

I wanted to capture the bittersweet feel of the season.

jewel tones

oil on wood

oil  on wood

I thought I would have a little fun with the pears.

oil on wood

tipsy pear

8x10 oil on canvas
I have noticed that pears seem to be a popular subject
for daily painters.  It must be because they come in so
many different shapes and sizes and colors. I liked this
one because it couldn't stand up by itself. It was a little
different and that's a good thing! what do you like best
about painting this fruit? Besides eating it afterward that is!

mini pumpkins

mini pumpkins oil on board 8x10

I love October. I think it's one of the prettiest months of the year.

october cornfield

6x6 oil on canvas

reflections

Fall theme continued ...... 16x20 oil on canvas

Fall 2012

10x10 oil on canvas gallery wrap

We're going up to Dahlonega GA  in a couple of weeks.  Hoping to see some color!

fall is here already

16x20 oil on canvas

2012 ... where did it go? ...

24x30 oil on canvas

16x20 oil on canvas

16x20 oil on canvas

20x24 oil on canvas

16x20 oil on canvas

16x20 oil on canvas

16x20 oil on canvas

16x20 oil on canvas

16x20 oil on canvas

20x24 oil on canvas