Update

I'm hoping to have this one finished up by tonight.  Thanks for taking a look.  Have a nice day.

Still Drinking Alone

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Just more progress shots.  Have a great day!

More Beginnings

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I think I'm going to call this one "I Drink Alone."  I don't really but I thought the one glass kind of made it an obvious choice.

This painting measures something like 10" x 4.5" and it's actually only a detail of a much larger and ambitious composition. Baby steps.  :)

It really is helpful photographing and posting pictures of my work in progress -- I'm already seeing something that needs fixing.

Thank you for visiting.

Top Hat

"Top Hat"
10.25" x 7.5"
watercolor on paper

Click here to bid.  Starting bid:  $75

Another short post today as I've been trying to keep up with my painting and gardening. The painting is going well . . . my gardens . . . ummmm . . . let's just say, they're getting there.  :) The image below is of a "virtual frame" just to illustrate what this painting could look like framed. This painting seems to appeal to my "early American/antiquing" friends. (notice I didn't say "antique friends!)  :)  Hope you like it as well.

I'm off to bed now. Thank you for stopping by.

what this painting could look like framed

Top Hat Progress

"Top Hat" - work in progress

Short post today -- this is where I'm at.  I hope to finish it up soon.  :)  Thanks for taking a look -- have a lovely day.

detail

Mixing It Up

work in progress

Here's a new painting - one from the time I spent last Fall at Old Sturbridge Village.  It still has a lot of work but I think it's getting there.  The decorative finish on the bureau is beautiful in real life and is quite fun to paint.  Thank you for taking a look.

Love You

"Love You"
6" x 6"
watercolor on paper

Click here to bid.  Starting bid:  $65

I'm hooked on watching/listening to Turner Classic Movies while I paint.  It's Rock Hudson month and tonight Pillow Talk is on - Rock and Doris Day -- my favorite!!  So excuse me if this is a brief post, but the movie just came on.  "You are my inspiration!"  :)  

Thank you for stopping by.  Check out TCM if you love old movies. You can watch it on the computer on demand or stream it live.  It's awesome!  :)

Valentine's Day in June!?

work in progress
6" x 6"

Moving along . . .

"Awesome" -- Take 2

"Awesome" (take 2)
6" x 6"
watercolor on paper

I was very excited and grateful to have sold my painting "Awesome" last week to a new collector.  Unfortunately, when I went to package it up for mailing I couldn't find it! How does that happen, you ask? A couple weeks ago, I re-organized my studio and I think it may have gotten caught up in some old scraps of color swatches and thrown out. I had happened to take this painting out of its packaging to scan and before I put it back I think it was put in the wrong pile. Ugh. In any event, I painted a new one (seen above) and luckily my collector liked the new one just as much. Thank you, MT.  :) And so now it is on its way to its "forever home."

However . . . because I got in the Valentine's Day candy groove again . . . I started this little ditty.  :)

Finished Another Old One

"Country Nosegay"
12" x 12"
watercolor on aquabord

Click here to bid.  Starting bid:  $200

I decided to finally finish up this painting that I started a while ago.  I have ordered this frame and thus am offering this painting framed as above.  Hopefully it will find its forever home and brighten someone's day.  

Thank you for stopping by.

E-Z

"E-Z"
8" x 8"
watercolor on aquabord

Click here to bid.  Starting bid:  $100

I'm pleased with how this finally turned out.  I'll be finishing it with a gloss UV protective finish.  It will not need to be framed under glass nor with a mat.  Thank you for taking a look.

(what this painting could look like framed)

E-Z Does It . . .

"E-Z" - wip3
8" x 8"
watercolor on aquabord

"E-Z" - wip2

"E-Z" - wip1

Nothing much to say -- just thought I'd share my progress on this one.  :)