06/25/10 Mark Malone at Red Rocks

This stance is so typical of Mark that without seeing his face, you can tell it is him. He and John went to Colorado a couple of weeks ago and they went to visit Red Rocks (just south of Denver) and fell in love with the venue. I hope he will be pleased with his portrait. When I took this picture I didn't get the complete picture in - his shoes are missing .

I normally do the studio artists portraits on 16x20 canvases but I've fallen in love with these long canvases so I just jumped right in and changed Mark's to a biggie. Thanks for looking at my blog.

06/17/10 Inspiration

I am finally back on line. Computer glitches really throw me!

This painting is dedicated to Tami Darlington, who is my inspiration. In the past two years she and her whole family have lost a ton (not literally) of weight and become more active. Tami began running and even qualified and ran the Boston Marathon! She is "Super Woman."

I hope to show this work at the Wine Therapist in the Fall. We have so many shows coming up that I'm finding myself constantly painting with a show in mind. What fun!

Thank you so much for viewing my blog.

4/3/10 Giant Cupcakes

This is a reprise of my little cupcakes on hormones! I'm not finished yet but it will be a while before all the frosting (3D) dries. I added some liquin impasto to the paint to give that third dimension to my painting. It was very much like frosting a cupcake - then I will do the "fun"part of putting on the sprinkles and "voila`"Giant Cupcakes! This was done as a lark and because I was teaching at the time and needed to "get in tune" with my inner child. Now I hope to feel more like Julia Childs when it is finished!