Eating chips 6"x6" oil

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For some reason I did not expect to see these indigenous women walking the streets of Cuenca, Ecuador.   They were everywhere, this one had a small blanket on her head.   After three weeks of seeing this everyday it was starting to feel sort of normal.   The two in the store front were eating doritos

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Green Dress 9"x12" oil

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It has been so long since I painted and posted that I have forgotten how.   Finally, I have returned from Ecuador and what a feast for the eyes it is.   I took lots of photos and hope to be using them as reference for paintings.   This portrait was done last Friday and I forgot to take a picture of it on Friday and again on Saturday... see what I mean about forgetting!  I felt very rusty but I think it turned out OK in spite of it all.

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Randy Higbee Gallery anouncement

I just wanted to tell everyone that these 4 paintings of mine were accepted  in the

6 inch Squared Show

Randy Higbee Gallery

December 3 - through the Holidays

Gala Artist Reception, Dec. 3,  5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Randy Higbee Gallery,  102 Kalmus   Costa Mesa CA

I will not be able to attend since I live so far away and also at this time I will be in Ecuador but if any of you are able to attend please let  me know how it was.

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Pattie 6"x6" oil

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This was the first portrait I've done in about 6 weeks and I was a little nervous that I would not remember what to do and after a the first half hour with a couple of total wipe offs it started coming back.  But now I won't be able to paint a portrait from life for another 4 weeks!   I will be in Ecuador on vacation so I will not be able to ship anything out until after December 8, but should be able to still ship out for Christmas at that time!

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Pair of pears 6"x6" oil

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My favorite part about this was the red of the one pear reflecting on the other and also on the table surface.

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Pear Huddle 6"x6" oil

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Today it felt a little more like I am remembering how to paint.     I am really liking the white backgrounds for some reason.   Going with the flow.

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Pear inspection 6"x6" oil

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I feel so rusty!   I have been out of town taking care of my sister who had fallen and broke her ankle in three places.  They did surgery and now she has 11 screws and a metal plate so going through an airport will never be the same for her again.   I had a good time there in Port Aransas TX despite the circumstance, and the weather was wonderful and I even got a dip in the pool.   She is recovering nicely and doing better.   I haven't painted a daily for more than a month and this one is a little rough.

I am home for about a week and then off to Ecuador for three weeks.   I can ship out paintings this week and then the next time I will be able to ship out will be after December 8.   Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Morgan 8"x10" oil

This painting is one that I painted on the second rainy day in the Phil Starke workshop.   I found out that he is equally as good with the figure as he is with landscape.   He is a great painter and instructor and maybe some day I can take a landscape workshop from him in which it does not rain.   This sketch was painted in  about one and a half hours.

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Juniper Beach, Ohio River 9"x12" oil sketch

Ok, quit your laughing, this was the painting I did outside at the Phil Starke Workshop here  in Louisville KY this past weekend. Phil is a wonderful artist and a very good teacher.   It was unfortunate that it rained the whole weekend, except for this afternoon on the first day which was mostly overcast with the sun coming out a little.   This is not a good painting and as you can see I have a long way to go but you have to start somewhere!   And I am baring it for all to see.   Ok, you can continue to laugh and point.  

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Sugar Inspection 6"x8" oil

This is one of my many daily painting that will be for sale in my booth at the 55th annual St James Art Fair on September 30, October 1 & 2.    If you are in the area of Louisville Kentucky on those dates please stop by my booth, the number is #SJ-363I on St James Court.   This will be my first time at this juried show and I will be one of 750 many impressive artist.   The fair is held in the heart of historic Old Louisville and is surrounded by beautiful Victorian homes.   

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Beth 8"x10" oil

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The day started with me lazily getting out of bed fixing coffee and sitting at my computer and it was not until 9:15 did I realize it was FRIDAY!!    and I had to be at the "Go Figure Group" place in half an hour.  Luck for me I was dressed and ready to go, just had to wrap my mind around where the lost day went and pack my paints.    Once I got there things started to fall into place.   Here is my attempt for the day.

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"Two for tea" 8"x6" oil

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Continuing with my white on white paintings.   I could not resist putting in a bit of russet color.  It has cooled off here and this morning it was in the low 50's  so hot tea seemed the way to go.

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White on white 6"x8" oil

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Last Friday I took my computer to the Apple store because the disc drive was not working properly.  A new part had to be ordered and the first one they got in was defective so I just got it back today!   I have almost forgotten how to post.  I have been obsessed lately with painting white objects on white backgrounds.   I was wanting to put in something red in this one but stuck to my plan.  White on white.

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Black & white 5"x7" oil

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The weather has turned cool here and the sky is overcast.   A very grey day so I guess it inspired this grey painting.

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Sprouting Spout 6"x6" oil

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Sprouting Spout, say that 10 times in a row.

I started this daily painting venture because I was inspired by artist Carol Marine.   I follow her blog daily and  she is a wonderful person and artist.  She lives in Austin TX and  I found out a couple of days ago that their house and neighborhood were burned to ashes due to the drought they are having.   

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Blue eyed stranger amid Buckeyes 6"x6" oil

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The buckeyes rolled in and surrounded the Blue Eyed stranger.  What a curious creature they thought, it is so shiny and blue!

The Buckeye is an acorn from a small southern tree and is carried for good luck and to ward off bad luck even today. The Indians had stones they carried called worry stones and the white man had his own worry stone in the Buckeye acorn.

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Twin sets 7"x5" oil

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Proceeds from the sale of this painting will go directly to the World Vision, which is a four star organization. 

My fellow artists over at the Daily Paintworks gallery site have initiated a Help the Children of Africa Challenge to aid the children of Africa who are dying by the hundreds of thousands in the midst of a devastating drought.   

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Liz 6"x6" oil

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Recently I purchased a small book "100 faces" by artist Karin Jurick and it inspired me to paint this small profile.   I don't know if I could ever be so bold as she is in her painting with her luscious paint strokes and color.   This is my version, a little more sedate.

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I'm a little teapot 6"x6" oil

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Looks like the pear is sitting on top of the teapot and singing "I'm a little teapot short and stout..."  Clearly this pear has been into the wine.

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A Berry Light Load 6"x6" oil

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This cute VW toy car belongs to someone else and I must give it back soon so I am trying to get a lot of "milage" out of it.   I know you are groaning over the pun!  Get over it.   Every time I paint this little car I think I have exhausted every possibility but then later or in a day or two another idea pops into my minds eye and I am compelled to paint another.   Don't you think this little blackberry looks like a very dark christmas tree?   Maybe there should be a north star. ...and this is how it starts.

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Wide Load 6"x6" oil

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This guy would take up the whole highway if you let him.  Just why does this person have a pear on the car?  To transport it to a new location.  Look honey what I got on sale today!

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Ready for hot water 6"x6" oil

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As some of you know I listen to audio books while I paint and today I started reading or rather listening to "Seabiscuit" and when I look at the painting it reminds me of the jockeys.

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Liz 9"x12" oil

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Liz was our model for today.

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1948 Mercury Eight 6"x6" oil

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This 1948 Mercury is the color of butter and has wonderful chrome detailing and I especially love the wing vents!   I miss those on today's cars.   This is the year my sister was born and lets see what else happened.

NASCAR holds it firs t race for modified stock cars at Daytona Beach.

In Russia an earthquake in Turkmenistan kills 110,000.

The summer Olympics were held in London, England.

The winter Olympics were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Porsche is founded.

Inventions include: long playing records, velcro, transistor radio, random access storage device.

The game of Scrabble was introduced.

Popular films were: The Red Shoes, The Road to Rio, Easter Parade, and South Pacific opened on broadway.

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1949 Ford 6"x6" oil

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This 1949 Ford might have been a police car because it still has the search lights on it and I saw one just like it today at the Kentucky State Fair in the police exhibit, but it was black of course.  

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1959 Chevy el Camino 5"x7" oil

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Normally the front grill is interesting but on this 1959 Chevy el Camino it is the back tail lights and fins.  Lets see what else happened in 1959.

A gallon of gas cost 25¢.

A movie ticket was $1.00.

Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.

The Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in completed in NYC.

Mattel launched the Barbie Doll. ( I got mine in 1960)

Alaska becomes the 49th state and Hawaii becomes the 50th.

Hudson and Nash join to become AMC, American Motors Association.

US unemployment reaches 1.4 million.

NASA introduces America's first astronauts including John Glenn Jr and Alan Shepard Jr.

Typhoon Vera with winds over 160 mph hits the island Honshu, Japan, killing nearly 5,000.

The first known human with HIV dies in Congo.

The Dalai Lama flees Tibet and obtains political asylum in India.

The US Grammy Music Awards started.

Musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper crashes.

Noted films: Ben Hur, Some Like It Hot, Anatomy of a Murder, North by Northwest, Sleeping Beauty.

Popular TV shows: Bonanza (in color), The Huckleberry Hound show.

Born this year: Simon Cowell, Hugh Laurie.

Inventions (or first use) Microchip, Etch a Sketch, computer modem.

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1937 Ford 5"x7" oil

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The friend I always go to this street rod national show with is always looking for the perfect copper color.   I think this car was it. Here are some interesting facts about 1937.

Unemployment was 14.3%

Gasoline was 10¢ a gallon

Hamburger was 12¢ a pound

Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.

The Hindenburg burst into flames while attempting to moor at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

The increased number of Polio cases in Chicago causes schools to stay closed.

First total solar eclipse in 800 years to exceed 7 minutes of totality.

Disney released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

"Death on the Nile" by Agatha Christie is published.

"The Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien is published.

"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck is published.

Born this year: Jackie Collins, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Bassey, Loretta Swit, Warren Beatty, Peter Cook, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Colin Powell, Vanessa Redgrave

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is opened.

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Olivia II 12"x16" oil

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I chose a vertical canvas so that I could place the figure off center and allow for the background and drapery fabric to help make color statements.   

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1936 Packard 6"x6" oil

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This 1936 Packard came from Alabama to attend the National Street Rod show here in Louisville Ky.  This car to me means class!   It was built for comfort and touring and is equipted with two spare tires.   I love this cream color which speaks of elegance.

In 1936 Howard Huges made a record breaking flight from Burbank CA to Newark NJ.

Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline was founded.

Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade.

February 15, -60° F in Parshall North Dakota.

Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold.

1st flight fo airship Hindenburg, Germany.

United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike at Fisher Body Plant.

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1938 Ford V8 6"x6" oil

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I bet who ever bought this Ford brand new back in 1938 never thought that it would still be around and greatly admired in 73 years later in 2011.

In 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt established the March of Dimes.

Benny Goodman was the first Jazz group to headline at Carnegie Hall, NYC.

The Santa Ana River in CA floods killing 58 people.

Floods and landslides in LA cause 200 deaths.

Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

Action Comics #1 is published, the first publication featuring Superman.

Howard Hughes set a new record, a 91 hour flight around the world.

Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral by four lengths.

Fannie Mae was established.

Adolf Hitler was Time magazine's "Man of the Year" as most influential man.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was a box office hit.

Teflon was introduced.

Du Pont announced a name for its new synthetic yarn, "nylon".

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