Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged boiled peanuts, strawberries, tobacco, tobacco barn, tobacco planter on May 3, 2017| 2 Comments »
On the last day of a short vacation we drove home through the farmland of North Carolina where we saw many beautiful things to paint including an old Tobacco Barn, a Tobacco Planter, a Strawberry Patch and much more. And of course, we ate Boiled Peanuts! It was a fun trip home.
Posted in daily painter on May 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Saw some cool murals at The Meeting Place restaurant in Washington, NC on our way home.
Posted in daily painter, Travel on May 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Taking a short break from work…gathering reference photos. This one we will paint soon!
Posted in daily painter, Sewing, tagged Patriotic Table Runner, Quilting on April 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »
After the last few Rag Quilt classes we were asked to have a “regular” quilting class. Of course, traditional quilting is more detailed than the simplicity of Rag Quilts but they are great fun to make and there are so many variations. This pieced quilted table runner is a good example of a beginning quilting project…and just in time for Memorial Day and the 4th of July! Click here to register for this two-part class on Monday, May 15th and 22nd.
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged Shenandoah National Park, Shenandoah Valley, sunset on April 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes a last minute drive up in the Shenandoah National Park produces some terrific painting ideas. This is one from late yesterday afternoon.
Posted in daily painter, Furniture, Landscape, Still Life, tagged grapes, pear, sailboat, Tulips on April 14, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I paint many demonstration paintings as I teach and most of the time I don’t go back and finish them up because I don’t usually have time before I am on to something else. But occasionally I will go in and tighten up one or two so that they are a little more complete. Here are a few that I did add a little more to recently. You can see the original posts for these paintings here: Still Life, Sailboat Landscape, and Tulips.
Posted in daily painter, Flowers, tagged Tulips on April 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Working on a new spring painting. This will be a great party idea!
Posted in daily painter on April 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Today I am reposting this one from 5 years ago because it’s about Clara. I got calls from her sons yesterday letting me know that she has left us. She was 96. We will miss her so much…
When I moved to Front Royal almost 15 years ago into a quiet little established neighborhood the first person to come to welcome me was my across the street neighbor, Clara Larsen. She was friendly and warm and made me feel like I belonged.
Over the years Clara and I became really great friends. We had lots in common: the love of politics (even though our views were far apart) and art (she too is a painter). We would go to events together and sometimes just have a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Clara, who turned 92 on Monday, is moving today. I see the moving truck across the street as I type this. It’s a sad sight. She is delighted about the move and change. She is going to Elkton, Maryland to be nearer one of her sons. She’s excited about her new apartment, excited…
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Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Paint Party, tagged Cross, Easter, Easter Sunrise, Sunrise on April 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »
“Easter Sunrise” is the piece we painted yesterday at our 1st Saturday Paint Party. Everyone did a terrific job on it. Great work!
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged Vineyard, winery on March 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Here is a new vineyard painting that I worked up yesterday for another Paint Party coming up at Rappahannock Cellars. We’ll be doing this one in May. More details on the party soon.
The Studio 