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Category Archives: paintings in progress
messes
pieces of lace walnut oil sepia photographs color swatches she’s a botanist
lately, wanderings and paintings
Been working on a lots of new paintings. White-washed layers have been consuming my painting time. Sketchbook pages, ideas, plannings. For the new year and now. I keep playing around with variations of a sketch of this one woman…. Bits. I found the loveliest roll of 1940’s wallpaper along a driveway, discarded.
collections in windowsills
and walking in the dreamy woods… But first I would like to say that I just put a larger, ORIGINAL drawing (11″ by 14″) of “From Within” in my shop. It’s a darker version, similar to this one, from a few post’s ago, with the birch trees at night. Yes, I sketched a third one! …
work in progress
Creating a complimentary painting for Honeybee Stories only this time in oils just because. Actually, I feel I can get finer detail, the paints just slide like butter and do not dry on the brush as I work. And for other reasons too, which I don’t feel like getting into. There will be many, many …
a snippet of a work in progress
Painting detailed scenes of honeybee stories as of late! Here is a work in progress, a small snippet of a much larger scene… I am so, so excited about this piece! I’ve been working secretly on it for some times and I can’t wait to put a print of it up in my shop. Despite …
tiger lily, finished
I have been painting the day away! Tiger lily is now finished. She has adorned her hair with the most magical flower (I would love to be a bee or humming bird!) A print will be in the shop, along with the original (me thinks!) And…. Telling a tale (though paints) of two girls at …
tiger lily
One of the many paintings I have in progress. She is based loosely on my last sketch. and some progress photos… sketch on ampersand panel in sepia colored pencils: A sort of underpainting for her face and a completed, cloudy (and very dreamy) backdrop: painting: I am going to finish her this morning and then …
Sylph
This vintage, wood-burned brooch is my newest (and very favorite) accessory. From etsy. I just want to wear piles of lace and fluttery silk skirts. She has that sylph-ish disposition that I adore, and I think she will stay pinned to my shoulder all summer long! A close up: The rest of the day will …
welcoming march with open arms!
clockwise, from right: ? work in progress ? stack of Christie’s auction catalogues with a cover drawing by Matisse that’s inspiring me to pieces ? Grandma’s wedding China with a faded floral design that is, well, inspiring me to pieces! ? rose fabric snippet that I collaged into my sketch book the other day (snip …