Flower drawings

Above, Farmer's Market Flowers, 11 x 14" mixed media on paper. This was done on site at the Bloomington Farmer's Market on Saturday, June 20th. It was a drawing demo to help attract attention to the Art Center's booth and the classes offered there. I really had fun, not to mention an excuse to buy flowers.

Below, Eden Prairie Flower, 5 x 7" mixed media on paper. I began this while waiting for my boss to show up at a job site earlier this month. I've taken on part-time work with a brush and roller to make ends meet.



Both these drawings are for sale. The larger one is $60 for the drawing only, without mat, or $80 matted to fit a standard 16 x 20" frame. Small drawing is $40 and comes with mat included, to fit a standard 8 x 10" frame.

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Chia the Cat, Mark Two; Oscar the Cat.

Oscar the Cat, above, has no vision in his right eye. This is a 5 x 7" portrait in pastel on paper, for Oscar's loving humans over in England.

Below, Chia (the Second), also pastel on paper, 6.5 x 8.5". For a friend on The Motley Fool boards. She liked the first Chia portrait so much she ordered another for her sister.

Remarkable how, though I was using the same materials and techniques, Chia demanded utter refinement which Oscar stubbornly refused. The personalities of the animals always seem to direct the work more than I do myself.

Barn swallows

Another little 5 x 7" oil on panel here.





Flight Below Ground, an experiment with a little realism/un-realism combination.

I enjoyed this little piece, which I dreamed up while sitting at the horse farm, watching barn swallows alight and sit in the dust. It's available at my Etsy.com shop for $50 plus $5 shipping.

Fresh paint!

A Towering Cathedral, 5 x 7" oil on panel.

This little thing is based on a neighbor's yard ornament. Yes, I know -- but it has charmed me since the moment I saw it, and I've wanted to use it in a painting for months now.

I've posted this painting to my Etsy shop for $50.

Today's painting

Waiting for the Sun, oil on canvas, 12 x 16".

My life right now feels like one big wait for a promised spring, and I think that's where this painting comes from for me.

Pygmy Nuthatch

Nuthatch Love. Oil on panel, 5 x 7". I painted this little fellow for the fun of it today, and I'm really pleased with him. I priced him at $50 and he has already sold! Look for more $50 5 x 7" oil paintings to come.

A Cat named Chia

No, I have no idea how such a magnificent cat got a name like Chia, but this girl -- who clearly understands that she is Queen of the Universe -- did.

This is a pastel drawing on paper I coated with a pretty brown acrylic glaze -- so you can faintly see the brush marks in some places, a very interesting texture. Size is 6.5 x 8.5".

Daffodils

Daffodils, 14 x 15" pastel. Commissioned from a photo, for a buyer in England.

This was a real challenge on many levels, largely because I'm a newcomer to pastels.

A Cat named T.S. Eliot

Mixed media on paper, 6 x 9.5"

I know this cat only from one photograph, as he is no longer with us. Something about him just grabbed my imagination, though, and this is the result.

Tiny sketch

Tonight I am playing, because I need to play.

Title of this tiny thing is Fireflies. This is a scale drawing for a painting I have in progress. I liked the sketch so well I decided to add some color. The total size (with border & signature) is just 5 x 6."

I've got it on my Etsy shop at $40 but I won't mind if it doesn't sell. I really like this little thing and will happily keep it a while.