"Laurie"
Oil on Linen 13x12

"Sunflowers" 13x9 Oil

My attempt at a split Complementary design.

Red-Violet, yellow, and green

I'm not sure if that's correct but close enough.

I was also trying to make the light travel up to the focal point which is the top flower. I had tons of fun painting this.

" Grandmother's Vase" 11x14 oil

This vase belonged to my great great grandmother. I actually enjoyed painting this. I thought it was going to be crazy to paint. I need to get a better photo of this under better lights. The flowers are looking washed out. Another thing on my to do list.

Something exciting happened this month. I had two paintings juried in for the "Something Hot" show at the Art Square in Leesburg. I believe 69 paintings were accepted out of 161 submitted. I guess I was very fortunate to have had two taken in. "Rooster" and "Dog On Grenada Beach".

"Mexican Teacups"
8"x8"

I found these old teacups at the thrift store and thought it would be fun to try and paint them. I used a Gallery Panel with 1 1/2" sides. I painted the sides black. No need for a frame.

"Self Portrait"

28"x22" Oil on Linen

This was the hardest painting I've done so far. I'm glad I used myself for this first one. I learned so much from painting it. I'm already planning my next one. It may take some time before I can start it. I would like to get a better lighting system for taking the original photo that I will be working from. My husband has volunteered for the next one.

Silver Teapot 12x16 Oil

I found this beautiful velvet ribbon at the fleamarket and kept trying to figure a way to incorporate it into a painting. I had this old teapot(or is it a coffeepot) and tried many different set-ups. I also wanted to have my five colors of red, yellow, blue, black and white. I decided to place a pair of scissors out of view but still show the reflection. That gave me a bit of yellow and I like the interest it gives.

"Rooster"

9x12 Oil

You can't really see all the different colors in this painting. I have violets, yellows, greens and reds. I was trying for a double split complementary relationship. Two pairs of complementary colors forming an X on the color wheel.

My painting forums February painting challenge was to paint using our opposite hand. So far I'm the only one crazy enough to try it.

Last summer while on the local farm tour I was able to get this picture. He really thought he owned the place.

"Pomegranates In Wooden Bowl"

16x20 Oil

All last year I painted small sized paintings. This year my goal is to work larger. Not all will be large but I hope to complete at least three in this size.

I loved painting these pomegranates. I've never cut one open before. They sure are messy.

"Three Peaches"

8x10 Oil

Painting peaches can be difficult. The key is to go slow and think about each placement of paint. You would think painting the knife would be the hardest part of this painting. Actually, it was the easiest.