High Stepper

          "High Stepper" is one of several shorebirds paintings I have created over the months and years. This one is in Oil on Canvas and is 12 x 24. I love to paint both water and birds that live on the coast!
Painting in Oil and a painting a day presents many challenges, not the least of which is where to place your hand while painting details wet into wet!
"High Stepper" Oil on Canvas 12 x 24 Day 47 of the 100 Days ~100 Paintings.

Walks on the Bluff

 

 I have plans to paint  "En Plein Aire" when the weather settles down (this has been one of the rainiest summers!). The walking paths here in Fairhope are wonderful, with people on them at virtually all hours. If you have never seen a Fairhope sunset, I would highly recommend putting that on your bucket list of things to do. We also have a pretty nice beach area in the park (there is a charge for park use, but it is free to residents). The parks are all great places for a picnic and sunset photos,  don't forget your camera! See you at the beach.

Simply Sepias! Days 39-45

Descending 12 x 12 Acrylic on canvas~day 39

What about my Attitude? 12 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas~day 40

Crab study 4 x 4~day 41

Crab study too 4 x 4~day 42

Swift 4 x 12 Acrylic on canvas~Day 43

Heres looking at you! Acrylic on Canvas 4 x 12~Day 44

Crab Study 4 x 12 Acrylic Day 45

Archers crab 12 x 12 Acrylic on canvas~Day 46

Painted in various sizes, people are familiar with me painting these while waiting at doctors offices, during shows, and waiting for surgeries to be completed. I also paint them while watching tv with my husband. Studio times can be hard to come by, especially with all of the happenings occuring in Mobile and across the bay here in Fairhope. More on the happenings later dear readers, meanwhile thanks for sticking with me and being patient about my posting habits!

Commissions Galore!



Channel marker 15~2 versions 15 x 30 & 20 x 36






Channel Marker 8~2 versions 15 x 30 & 20 x 36

I was delighted to deliver these beauties this past week! I was contacted in January about these pieces and gave the decorators prices to go in the space. I had given up on them ever coming to fruition when I received a call out of the blue this past July while teaching at the museum. After some back and forth, the designers and clients wanted a total of 5 pieces, 4 prints and 1 original. I quoted pricing based on my previous experience of aquiring prints. Much to my surprise, after calculating the cost of prints versus originals, it became clear to me that a painting a day was the way to go! I am so glad I started on this journey of a painting a day which allows me the freedom to create and keep pricing affordable. The channel markers are for the residents wing and near the elevators. I am looking forward to the opening with the other artists in this exciting project! That being said, these all have a new home in the new wing of the USAWomens and Childrens hospital in Mobile, Alabama.
Channel marker 8 15 x 30 & 20 x 36, Channel Marker 15~15 x 30 & 20 x36,  Oil on canvas~all sold! These paintings count as days 36, 37, & 38!



 

Chalkboard Crab and Shrimp!



Chalkboard Crab 5 x12

 



Chalkboard Shrimp 5 x 12


Sometimes I find things that inspire me to create the whimsical and unique. These little metal chalkboards for the kitchen are no exception. I am including chalk with them in a gift bag for kitchen grocery lists. They have a hanging wire at the top and were just plain fun to paint! I only wish I had been able to buy more, but they were on sale and I bought them all!
Limited edition~Original pieces Chalkboards~Only 8 to sell at Shrimp Festival!
Days 34 & 35 of the 100 days
 

Small and Fun!

 

These 8 paintings range in size from 4 x4, 5 x 5, 6x6, & 4 x12. These have become a crowd favorite, usually help to pay for my booth fees when combined  with the cards. I was given this advice when I first started shows, have something small, and easy to afford, but still unique enough that people wan them. While these paintings do not represent my "style" they are my "bread and butter" that allow me me to create larger and more expensive pieces. Plus they are just plain fun!

"Sayings" variable sizes and prices days 26~33 of the 100 Days~100 Paintings

What happened to Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Confetti Shrimp 12 x 16  watercolor  day 17





 

Bubble weave~watercolor 12 x 16 Day 18



 

Confetti Crab watercolor 12 x 16 Day 19
 

Watercolors for the children

8-12 years at Museum



Backlit Tree watercolor 12 x16 Day 20

Variegated Sail watercolor day 21

Wet into Wet watercolor 12 x 16 day 22

 

Mobile Museum of Art "En Plein Aire" pieces

The walkway across the lake at the Museum. Day 23

Bruce Larsen sculpture in front 12 x 16 Day 24





 

Magnolias "En Plein Aire" , my favorite for the week at the Museum!

Colorful Frida 12 x 16 Acrylic on paper Day 26

Is it possible for time to stand still? Apparently not at the Raccon Retreat! Summer has flown by with classes, changes, and commissions!