Vineyard V is an acrylic abstract on gallery wrap canvas measuring 30″x40″. The colors of this painting invoke colors of vines and grapes and bottles and wine. And I really like wine.
Don’t forget that we will be having wine at the Opening Reception at Philip Carter Winery of Virgina on Sunday at 3 p.m. Please come out and join us for refreshments and to see this painting along with about 40 others. I’d love to see you Sunday. Directions are available on the winery’s website at www.pcwinery.com .
October Fire is an acrylic abstract painting on 1 1/2″ gallery wrap canvas measuring 24″x36″. It is another in the series of abstract paintings that I have been working on this past week. Non-representational abstracts allow each viewer to see something different in the art. This painting is available for $395.
I have been working on a couple of abstract series lately. I have a new student who is studying abstract acrylic painting and it has gotten me motivated to paint in that way.
Peaceful Valley View is an 8″x10″ oil painting. It is a restful scene.
Today’s painting is a watercolor of a basset hound dog. It is on display at the show at Philip Carter Winery (
Truman came to live with me when he was 5 1/2 weeks old. He was so cute…most bassett puppies are. 
And he was spoiled from the very beginning. Here he is at 4 months.
The Weimaraner is a beautiful grey dog, often called the Grey Ghost. This watercolor painting of the handsome pup is currently on display at Philip Carter Winery in Hume. 
Delilah’s, our art & gift gallery on Main Street, took part in a Halloween event for the kids Saturday night. Rebecca came in dressed in a beautiful red mask to help me that evening. (She and her husband have Fox Hill Pottery and they show beautiful work that you can see at Delilah’s.) I dressed as Kelly of Delilah’s, the all-seeing fortune-teller, and decided to break out the tarot card and tell the kids fortunes.
And a long line it was. It snaked into the shop where the fortune-teller was waiting with the tarot deck . And it went out the door…..
……and down the street. It seemed that it got longer and longer. We couldn’t believe how successful our little fortune-telling operation was. We gave out 600 pieces of candy and that was pretty much one per child. 
And after they got their fortune, they, of course, got their treat!
The Studio 