Admiring The Fresh Selection

It has been a slow crop this year, but the tomatoes we've picked have been tasty.  This little 8x8 pastel was done on Wallis sand paper.  I enjoyed working with reflections on my steel mixing bowl. The range of reds to work with on the tomatoes made this very challenging.

Donated to Orange County Fine Art Association

Admiring The Fresh Selection, 8x8, soft pastel $120.00  

Branching Out

Last night was another evening painting under the setting sun at Chemers.  It was so much fun visiting with all the artists and talking with friends that I didn't finish my painting last night.  So today I put the finishing touches on it.  This is a 12x18 pastel on sanded paper from Kitty Wallis.  The fun thing about it was I started with a ink under painting in colors that supported the subject.  I typically start with a value painting in a dark nu pastel that I apply turp to get it into the paper.  It is usually a gray on color value under painting.  So painting with these colorful inks was very freeing and fun.  It created a value map in color the support the soft pastel.

The subject is from our local hiking park.  This is one of the pretty trails my husband and I enjoy hiking in Santiago Oaks Nature Park in Orange, California

Branching Out, 12x18 pastel is available through 

Chemers Gallery
17300 Seventeenth Street, Suite G, Tustin, CA 92780
714.731.5432     info@chemersgallery.com

Mid Day Sunlight

Mid Day Sunlight is a 8x6 oil painting.  This little one was painted last weekend during a Peggi Kroll Roberts workshop.  We worked on values for 2 days.  Painting from gray scale to full color.  I took lots with me from this weekend and am still turning things over in my head.

Good Friends

This 6x6 oil is of two good friends in my summer school class.  They are out doing some plein drawing with the class.  I walk from student to student helping and answering questions as they draw.  I always have a camera to capture moments like these.  These girls are always there for each other.

Good Friends, 6x6, oil, $85.00

A Special Place

SOLD

This is a 18x18 oil on stretched canvas painted as a commission.  On my trip to Santa Barbara last month I  had the opportunity to see a part of the coast that I would never have known about without my friend Connie's help.  She recently moved to the Santa Barbara area.  Connie is a realtor and covers the Santa Barbara vicinity with properties in the Orange County area as well.  

Hope Ranch is one of the areas she is developing clientele.  This is an amazing area of country life with sprawling ranch homes on acres of land sitting beautifully on the bluffs over looking an amazing stretch of beach.  The area includes a fabulous golf course and country club.  As you drive through the rambling hills you can catch a glimpse of horse back riders on the trails throughout Hope Ranch.

This painting depicts the private pathway to the cabanas and beach.  It is a forested path that takes you to the edge of the Pacific Ocean.  

Fresh and Bright

Back to the easel with some red peppers at my side.  I must say they were very fun to paint and that is what I love about painting.  The fun of seeing something and grabbing it to paint.  I saw these peppers and just had to paint them.  So fresh and bright wearing the most brilliant red nature offers.  

Fresh and Bright, 12x12 oil, offered at $190.00