Unfortunately I didn't finish any paintings last week, but in the spirit of keeping my resolve of posting each week, I am going to write a little entry here. Basically, I have 3 big painting days at home: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Last week I was gone most of the day Thursday, and Tuesday was cut in half. (Meetings, appointments....) Wednesdays and Fridays I work. But I have been up since 4:00 a.m. painting and I am in THE ZONE!! I should get a lot of painting done today and tomorrow. It is such a pleasant late fall morning...chilly outside but a nice fire in the stove, kids busy getting ready for school...Trevor is singing to himself.....I put the pumpkin pie in the oven to warm up and I can smell it now. Sigh. Well I better go paint!

I'm going to start posting on my blogspot on a weekly basis, making my blog my art journal. I'm going to try and make Saturday the day to do this, but I wasn't able to spend the time day before yesterday....I was busy with my kids. After the usual Saturday cleaning and laundry was done I took my son Hunter and a couple of his friends to a youth dance in Harrisburg, for which he was so happy and grateful. So its early Monday morning....
Last week I finished a commission for a man who found me through E-bay...It is a painting of a couple of his SAABS in front of the repair shop he takes them to. It was fun. It was a cheerful painting to do, with the trees behind the shop turning colors and the sunlight...
I also started a chair painting which I think will be a good one, as well as starting another commissioned painting for another nice person who found me through E-bay...a painting of his two daughters, happy with arms around eachother.
My husband found this neat little Arts and Crafts style frame months ago. I have been meaning to do a painting for it to sell on E-bay, and then I just remembered a painting of a young tree in a meadow that I did actually a few years ago, that is just the right fit for this frame. I was very glad I remembered it, because its perfect for the frame. I am launching it on a 7 day auction starting Tuesday night. I remember vividly that day in the Uinta Mountains near Spirit Lake when I took the picture that I painted from. The little tree just inside the meadow looked so brave and I wanted to paint it.
Sooooo this week. My painting plans are to work on the commissioned painting I started last week, finish a couple of paintings that are almost done, and start some abstract landscapes in fall colors. I am itching to spend some of my time this way because of what I see all around me right now every time I go anywhere or step outside....I feel so inspired...Hmmmmm Autumn.

October 2010 show at the Ragged Edge

I hope these paintings provide a place to rest or meditate in quiet solitude, whether it be in a quiet room naturally lit or in a forest where nature's canopy is like stained glass.



October Light 34x34 $495.00 framed in beautiful solid oak

Summer Sublime 24x30 $395.00 simple walnut frame...all of the rest of the pieces in the show were framed in walnut

Winter Lift 24x30

Forest Rise 47x12 $325.00 The next 4 photos are details of this one





Cathedral 30x14 $250.00




Late Autumn Quiet 24x30 $395.00

Blue Silk 24x30 $395.00

Winter Watch 11x14 $150.00 SOLD

Watching the Color Change 11x14 $150.00 SOLD

Sitting in Filtered Light 11x14 $150.00

Flow 11x14 $150.00 SOLD

Direction 11x14 $150.00 SOLD

Backyard Quiet 16x20 $250.00

Saturation 11x14 $150.00

Afternoon 16x20 $250.00