"Don't lose my number Buddy"

Our sunsets here in Fairhope are amazing, needless to say!

Even our four legged friends take pause and watch. Painted from a photo a friend took of her own pooch while he was sitting on the rocks watching the bay. He truly is her "buddy" and she loves him very much! Painted with permission, but my painting does not even come close to doing the clouds justice!

"Don't lose my number Buddy" 10 x 20 Oil on canvas

Day 44 of the 100 days~100 paintings

Two for one!

Today's post has two paintings because I did not post yesterday. Time got away from me and I went to bed simply forgetting to post the Crab from Monday.

  The painting for today is a small sea turtle. We have record numbers of sea turtle nests this year. This is thanks in part I am sure to the leave only footprints program which started this spring. Our turtle walks are much more pleasant, with only small amounts of garbage and no equipment to haul out of the water because the tide has overtaken the stuff left on the beach overnight. I have had to dig out shower curtains, partially buried for personal swimming pools. Beach chairs, broken floats, beach toys and so much other stuff! Grateful for this new program on the beach. This morning found another nest in our section of the beach that we patrol. This nest had to be moved immediately as the tide was threatening to wash over the babies in their newly laid shells. Another one to watch, this one won't hatch until October!

Turtle 6 x 6, Acrylic on canvas,

Blue  Crab 12 x 12 Acrylic on canvas

Days 42 and 43 of the 100 days~100 paintings

Mural watercolor

These two are watercolors for a layout of a possible mural in Daphne. I am so excited to be able to use my talents to help people feel better! This is for a doctors office opening soon. Those who follow me might remember last years mural at the Hyperbaric center here in Fairhope. That mural was half the size! (8 x 24) This one will be 10 x 52 linear feet when completed. 

If I get the contract hopefully!

Reef Mural ,Watercolor, 10 x 52 inches,

Day 41 of the 100 days~100 paintings

Blue Crab~Male Crab

Today finds me craving crab in my studio and on my easel. I love painting these guys, can't you tell? There will be several during the 100 days because they sell consistently . This Blue is eating size and on a 12 x 12 canvas with a white background.

Blue Crab~Male Crab 12 x 12 Acrylic on canvas

Day 40 of the 100 days~100 paintings 

Archer's Gecko

Archer is my grandson and today is his third birthday! It is so hard to believe he is three years old. I have a tradition of creating a painting on his birthday, so that when he is older and moves out on his own he will have a collection to take with him. The day he was born, I painted a crab while waiting for him to make his grand entrance. I created a turtle for his first birthday, and a lion for his second. All the paintings in the collection will be done in sepia on white backgrounds so they will have a montage of his life when they are put together. 

This little guy was in our bathroom trying to escape the vast quantities of water being dumped on our gulf coast. I photographed him, then removed him to the safety of the large tropical plant on our front porch. It is simply not safe in our house between the bug spray and a pack of dachshunds that take great delight in crunching geckos! Mind you, not eating them, just killing them. Much safer for all concerned.

Any way, Happy Birthday Archer Townes Chavez Price. may you enjoy the artworks when you get older and wiser.

"Archers Gecko" Acrylic on canvas, 3 x 9 inches

Day 38 of the 100 days~100 paintings

17 days!?!! Time flies when you're having fun!

I know I said I would not do this, but time really got away from me in the past two weeks!

It has been 17 days since my last post, I am ashamed to say. Time flies when you're having fun indeed! I have taught my last two classes at the art center and my church camp. I have been accepted into two shows for fall. Jubilee in Daphne late September and Peter Anderson in Ocean Springs the first full weekend in November. National Shrimp festival is looming as well on the horizon, taking up the middle of October.

I need to get even more disciplined over the next coming weeks! The gallery in Fairhope has no less than 11 of my new pieces along with some that were previously posted. Please forgive me if I don't post individual photos of each. The second photo is the delivery of pieces to Dauphin Island showing them in place on her wall. The collector called and wants another one as well that she will pick up in September.

The following pieces more than catch me up for the 100 days~100 paintings

They were created in classroom situations with children under the age of 12. The geckos are my favorite, the background was created with shaving cream! SO much fun!

Days 22 through 37 of the  100 days~100 paintings