Poppies

I recently entered this one into the Westford Regional Art Event and it won 1st place in the Pastels class. It was a great show, and the standard of art work was impressive. I was thrilled to be selected as a winner. 11" x 14" (It also appears a little lower on this blog, but that was before it won!)

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When Life gives you Lemons

Just finished this one today. I enjoyed doing glass so much in the last one, that I wanted to try it again. It's so much fun!  (as a side note, the honey pictured here is from our own bees that we had about 12 years ago and it's still really good.  They do say that honey found in Tutankhamen's tomb was still edible....ours probably won't last that long!)

 This is 11" x 14" Pastel on sanded pastel paper (La Carte).

Wine and Cheese party

I just completed this one during my current pastel class. It's my first attempt at glass and was pleased with the finished result. Keen to try it again. Still 2 weeks left in this class so I have to work on getting another still life together.

Two new ones

These are two winter landscapes that I completed during the recent classes I have been taking. One is called Snowtracks on the Bike Path, and the other is Woodland White.

Poppies

I painted this one last week from a photo provided by someone else. I loved the fact that I could indulge myself by using red in a picture, which I can't usually do - by virtue of the fact that I usually paint landscapes. This is 11" x 14" Pastel.


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Purple Haze

This is actually an update of a picture that I did back in September. I have recently taken some instruction in landscapes and as a result wasn't happy with the original - I feel that this version makes a better picture.

My first one-woman show (Kind of)

Today I took 14 paintings down to the Town Hall in Chelmsford and they are now hanging in the public hallways there and will stay in place for two months. The Chelmsford Art Society of which I am a member, approached me and asked if I would like to do this for the months of January and February - of course I said yes. Some of them are in areas where they get a lot of visibility, others not quite so much, but they are all in sections where the public walk by. It would be so great if someone wanted to buy one.

Snowdrops

I don't usually do flowers, but for some reason I got the urge and this is the result. I admit that painting snowdrops at the end of Fall seems a little unusual but I was browsing through some photos and this one really caught my eye.

Snowgrasses

I did this some time ago and decided to have it printed up into Christmas cards. I think the cards came out OK but I had them done in a matte finish and if I do it again I think I would choose a glossy finish. I think I'm also going to put this one into our local Christmas show at the library - it seems like an appropriate subject for the time of year.

Anchored

This is what I have been working on for the past few days. I got the photo from the reference image library on Wet Canvas but I loved the somewhat threatening sky while the cliff and the boat were still in sunlight. 12 x 16 on La Carte paper.