slow on the updates....

I'll have one or two paintings to post this week.

I gave a BYOB* painting workshop a week ago, and it was hugely successful - everyone had a great time and I was so impressed with the creativity of the participants, most of whom had never painted before.

That did take up a lot of my time, though, preparing for it, which meant I didn't actually paint very much in February. I'm really looking forward to doing another, which I expect won't require so much groundwork.

Here's a photo of the workshop:


Some of them brought their own artsy berets, which cracked me up.

*BYOB means Bring Your Own Booze, or more genteelly Your Own Beverage. Wine-and-painting workshops are the big thing right now, very popular.

Lunchtime

6" x 8", oil on hardboard

I love this little barbecue shack in western North Carolina. The perfect place for lunch after a morning of fishing. Or, as it usually goes for me, a morning of feeding expensive bait to the fish.

For sale.

Reading in the Park

5"x7" oil on hardboard

This week's Daily Paintworks Challenge.

There's a few areas I'm not entirely happy with, but sometimes you have to know when to stop. When you're poised with a paintbrush in your hand, thinking "there must be something I can do to improve this painting..." that's a good time. Wait until you actually know what you're going to do.

Email me for price.

A little hiatus

I know it's been forever since I posted. I had intended to take a break over the holidays, and that turned into a month+ of sinus infection, bronchitis, and plain old rotten cold. Twelve nights in a row sleeping upright on the sofa — couldn't even lie down without a coughing fit. Not the most enjoyable holiday I've had…

So I'm playing catch-up with everything; I'm four or five weeks behind in all aspects of my life. I hope to return soon with new Painting of the Week newsletters, and I'm planning a BYOB painting workshop for this spring — details to come.

Wishing everyone a belated Happy New Year!

Snowy Field

Oil on hardboard
8" x 10"

Brrr. The temperatures have finally dropped into the fifties, so I'm feeling wintry :) Really I'm hoping I won't see any of that frozen white stuff this year.

This is for sale on my Etsy shop

Airy

Oil on hardboard
5" x 7"

A very well-ventilated barn.

This is for sale on my Etsy shop.

Super duper end of year sale

Rock bottom prices on paintings - 50% to 75% off! This is a great opportunity to acquire original artwork inexpensively, for yourself or as a gift. Prices are good through December 31, 2011.

Visit the sale here.