02/27/11 II Corinthians 5;17

This painting is a drastic change from my usual. It is a religious interpretational painting. II Corinthians 5;17 : Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away,the new has come. My interpretation of this scripture is that if we live as Christ does in the Bible, then we become new. By becoming open to all our gifts and using them as Christ tells us in the Bible and being thankful for all (good and bad) He gives us, we will become one with the trinity.

This painting will be entered in a contest that asks the artist to paint this scripture. I'm not sure that I am completely finished with this work but I am pleased with what I have so far.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. Any comments are most welcome.

09/15/10 The Champ

I was totally stumped on what to add to this picture to give it some spirit. Sharon suggested that I add some highlights --- and I did! It looks like confetti after she won the race. At least it conveys a happy spirit.

Thank you so much for taking time to look at my blog.

90/12/10 The Champ

I had a lot of trouble getting my computer to work tonight. I have tried several times to post this blog - don't know what is going on.

I am disappointed in the background of this picture. I really wanted Lindsay to POP and it doesn't.

Any suggestions? I tried a green and it looked like Christmas! No good.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog - any suggestions are welcome - and a double thanks to you!

09/07/10 Lindsey - Warrior Dash- on the easel

This is a picture for our up-coming show at The Wine Therapist. It was from a shot that the coach, and a friend of mine, from Lakewood Elementary, had after last year's Warrior Dash. She might kill me but she is so cute and joyous that I couldn't resist! I really got the mud very well. The mud made the arms difficult because I had to define her muscles in something other than flesh tones. I think her "guns," show well. As you can see I have tried some different colors for background and I kinda like that pthalo blue color. Any suggestions would be welcomed.

Thanks for checking out my blog on this dreary, soggy day.

09/04/10 Carolina pines

I painted the background last weekend and took out my palette knife and some impasto and just had a blast! These trees are in my nephew, Dr. Michael McNally's, back yard in Greenville, North Carolina. I had admired how Suzy had painted her aspens and Kay did her colorful trees so I attempted this almost completely with my palette knife. Similar but very different from both of theirs. Great afternoon of painting.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. Have a great Labor Day weekend!

08/26/10 On the easel

Worked hard on this pair of cute racers. This picture was taken in July at the 2 hot 2 run race at White Rock . I was sweating like a pig but couldn't resist this father and son duo because they were simply adorable. This little guy still had his training wheels on and his helmet was tilted and he had the most determined look on his face. His dad is smiling and encouraging him the whole way. This must have been the 5 K race. I got the underpainting and background and most of the little boy but will go back either tomorrow or this weekend and work on Dad and the bridge. I hope to show these at The Wine Therapist in September and then ask at Run On (a running store) if I could display these for their runners in case someone would want to have their run immortalized. If I had ever run a race I would definitely want it immortalized!! (obviously I'm not a runner)

I will attempt to continue my blogging but there might be a few days in between now. I have taken a sub job for a couple weeks and it is usually quite wearing on my energy. This time there will not be homework and lesson plans so I might be able to paint for a few hours after work. We'll see. Anyway, thank you for taking your time to look at my blog today.