Coffee and polka dots 6"x6" oil

First came the polka dot paper then the white pot then it needed something dark like black coffee.   Now that I look at it there everything on it is circles!   Could have called it Painting in circles.

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Tea, one sugar 6"x6" oil

The Dali Lama was here in Louisville speaking and teaching for several days.  He is such a delightful and happy man full of insights and common sense.   I was only one in the 14,000 that came to hear him speak.   Louisville has taken on the challenge of "Compassion".    I have been practicing it as I drive.... did I hear some sniggering!   some laughter!   Well, you have to start somewhere and that is where I have the least amount of it, and I tell you it is working... most of the time.   I am a new woman... who has forgotten how to paint!   Here is my struggle for today.

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Caldwell portrait, 16" X 20" charcoal

This is the original charcoal drawing of the commission portrait.     I then had an old fashion black and white photo taken and hand tinted it in oils, Marshall oils especially made for photographs.   Below is the hand tinted version.   It was so nice to do a charcoal drawing.  Felt like old times.   Drawing is my first love.

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Tea with two cubes 6"x6" oil

Today I decided to make the cubes whiter than the white tablecloth.  I like the way they pop out.

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Black with sugar 6"x6" oil

Looking almost straight down on a subject is fun for me however it does pose problems in painting the set up.    In order to have this view the table with the objects needs to be right in front of me so I can then look down on the objects which means that the easel and the panel I am painting on is at arms length.    I have been trying to be more painterly in my approach but I could not decide where to mess up the brush strokes so I left it as is.   I did do a couple of small messy strokes.

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Red Corset 9"x12" oil

Actually this is her pirate outfit but you can't see the bottom half which consisted of a torn shredded skirt.   I liked the way the white shirt turned out.

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A shot of Maker's 6"x6" oil

My favorite parts of this painting are the disappearing edges. 

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Makers and rocks 6"x6" oil

A lot of people like Makers Mark.   I feel guilty if I don't have something to post so this commission is taking away some of the guilt.  

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Rowans Creek on ice 6"x6" oil

This is a commission.   Rowans Creek Small Batch Bourbon is 100 proof.   Click here for a review by the Drink Insider.

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Makers on ice 6"x6" oil

This is another commission.   And this is a typical thing to see around here at Derby which is this Saturday by the way.   Everyone is tightening up their plans.

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Eagle Rare 17 year 6"x6" oil

 This is one of three commission bourbon paintings, Eagle Rare 17 year.

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Red tea bag 6"x6" oil

It was unintentional but I see now that the three objects make a triangle.   Speaking of triangles I am going to have a booth at the Cherokee Triangle Art Fair this weekend, Sat & Sun., April 27 & 28, booth #626, come on out and say "hi" if you live in the Louisville KY area.   Looks like the weather might be perfect and there will be lots of great art and food.    The next painting I do will probably be next week.

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Red, white, yum! 6"x6" oil

This red pot has been calling to me and even though it is for tea I could not resist using it in the picture. there is something about lining it all up that excites me.   The spoon sort of puts it in perspective.

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Large hat 9"x12" oil

This was my third attempt at painting this pose.   Within the first 30 minutes I started over three times.  The model had dreadlocks so the hat does not fit exactly right but she looked great, I love the way the hat grazes the top of her head.  My favorite parts that I savored until the last were her hands.  I love to paint or draw hands.   The focus was on her head and neck so the simple or lack of detail and darkness on the lower arms are intentional.   

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Taking notes 6"x6" oil

Reading from a book and taking notes, we have all done this at some point.   This tiny three ring binder was my mothers and probably dates from 1950 or before, the pages are all yellowed.   It fits in a pocket.

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Amber vase 8"x8" oil

This is it...  the last of the daffodils.  I know, I know.   Some of you are are saying "Thank goodness she is done with that!"  Or something to that effect.   Now I have to really think about what I am going to paint next.

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Two daffodils 6"x6" oil

The light coming through the blue bottle is my favorite part about this painting.  There are not many daffodils left and I want to paint them while they are here.   

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Daffodils... again! 6"x6" oil

The daffodils are almost gone and I thought I would paint them while I still have them.   I will have a booth at the Cherokee Triangle Art Fair here in Louisville Ky in less than two weeks and I am painting up a stash.. er storm.  I painted this as a demo this morning in my painting class.

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Skin color 9"x12" oil

At first when Hannah showed up with this silk chiffon blouse I thought it was not very interesting but when she put it on it was a lovely color and I loved the way she wore it.    The color of the blouse and her skin are similar with small variations.  

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Red pencil 6"x6" oil

Choosing what style of eye glasses you wear is a personal choice.  Making the decision as to what size, shape, color are a choice only you can make.  These glasses in this painting are my latest pair.  I love them!

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Daffodils in triplicate 6"x6" oil

The daffodils in the sunny back yard have come and gone but the ones in the shady front are just now in full bloom.   I was not aware until now that they come in different shades.  The ones in my front yard have a very orange/yellow center that are different from others I've seen.  I decided to light these so the brilliant yellow stands out from the grey background, actually it is a white surface but the light is focused on the flowers so the background value is much darker.  The white is not bright because the light is focused on the flowers not the surface.

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Sunset in Hawaii 6"x6" oil

During WWII my Father wrote letters to his mother and she in return would write about what was going on with the family and neighbors.   After he met my Mother she took over the letter writing mainly because Dad's hand writing was so illegible.   That Grandmother died before I got to know her  so those letters are what I have of her.

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Raspberry trail 5"x7" oil

I love raspberries!    They do not have a long shelf life which is a great excuse to eat them right away!

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Writing poetry 6"x6"

While looking for something in the studio I came across a box of items from my Great Aunt and within the box was this pair of unusual eye glasses.    They were two pieces of 1/8" flat glass that were held together with brass fittings and the side pieces hinged in the middle for folding and on the tips were round bakelite or amber discs.   There was also one of those old notebook journals that had some hand written poetry in side.   These glasses are the type that if the light was just right they would look like two white discs in front of the eyes.

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Airmail 6"x6" oil

There are few things that are as heart fluttering as getting a long letter in the mail and a long letter from overseas is even better.   You can't wait to get comfortable, open it up and read it.   And since it is in your hand you can reread over and over.   Pull it out years later and read it again and remember...

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The letter 6"x6" oil

Over years many of you have gotten letters of importance that have changed or influenced your lives.  This was one that did that for me.   It is not important who it is from or why but that it changed the way I felt about life.   The internet has changed that form of communication on so many levels.  

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Jen the redhead 9"x12" oil

In the poses that Jen has done for us in the past few months it seems like she has had her hair up or covered in some way so Friday when she arrived with her hair down I decided to just do a head study. So here is the result of two and a half hours worth of painting.  The last two Fridays I was so unhappy with what I painted that I came home and wiped them off.   I hate when that happens.

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Spring is in my studio 6"x6" oil

Adding other things to this composition just did not look right to me.   I wanted to keep this clean, simple composition.  The challenge here was to make the blue grayish background on the left  match in value to the flower petals in shadow.   It took a bit of tweaking.

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Good Day Sunshine 6"x6" oil

One of my students left these Daffodils and two days later they still look good so I painted them.   Thought I would make it a study in yellow.   Some of the small changes in yellow do not show up in the photo.   But I like it anyway.

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Souvenirs from Paris 6"x6" oil

These dice and playing cards came from a small game shop I came across while walking around Paris. The playing cards were so wonderful with their stylized illustrations of cats, it is my favorite deck.   I think I suffered from nit-pickitus today however it might have started yesterday.... my painting was so bad yesterday that the only thing to do was to wipe it off.

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