Hydrangeas, sunflowers, and a seascape

I have been busy this summer getting my daughter back to college, catching up on commissions  and some traveling, I have been squeezing in time to paint and I was also approached by a gallery in Laguna Beach but it ended up not working out for me, still made me feel good to be noticed! 

here are some new paintings available through the Daily Paintworks Gallery or my ETSY shop:

Hydrangeas in Blue and White pitcher with clementines 

10" x 10" archival wrapped canvas 

Sunflowers and lilacs, 10" x 10" ampersand gesso board 

My first seascape 11 x 14" on archival wrapped canvas 

New Still Life Paintings

A few new paintings are now available in my Etsy shop and the Daily Paintworks gallery. links in sidebar to the right. 

Chanel Perfume and Flowers

My love of interior design and fashion is always reflected in my work.  I have used my Chanel Noir perfume in previous paintings.  I enjoyed it in this still life with my pink hydrangeas from my garden, and my new Chanel Coffee table book. This painting is 16 x 16" square, acrylic on archival wrapped canvas.  Available to purchase through the daily paintworks gallery and my ETSY shop.

New Paintings

I have had a busy summer working on projects for my own home as well as my daughter and son in law's new home, but been getting back into creating some fund new paintings for my etsy shop and daily paintworks galleries.

Spring Has Sprung!!

I have been enjoying painting my florals with bright cheerful spring colors, paying attention to shapes and value, not getting obsessed with details.  I want to now redecorate my entire house with these colors they make me so happy!! Painting sizes and pricing available through my etsy shop and daily paintworks gallery click on links to the right 

Dream Love Paint

I have been a fan of Dreama Tolle Perry's for quite some time and was excited that she offered an e course called Dream Love Paint, I have been enjoying her inspiring messages as well as her tutorials. There is so much to the course other than just painting instruction.  there's meditations, journaling, one to ones and much more.  Fortunately I have a year to access the content.  I hope she does another one someday, I know it was a tremendous undertaking for her.  Dreama is a genius at color and a true impressionist.  Here are a few of my paintings from the course.

Balance and New paintings

I have been struggling with finding time for painting and the rest of my life, or shall I say finding time for anything other than painting.  I am sure this is common for anyone with a passion.  My husband says I have been balancing just fine and I am over analyzing it.  To become good at painting you have to spend hours and hours and hours at the easel and learning, taking workshops. Then there is the business side of selling my work.  How much effort do I really want to spend marketing and putting myself out there?  I seem to have a nice little following on Etsy and daily paintworks and have little time or inventory to go out and do shows and join art organizations.  I think for now I am happy with the way things are going. I have finally been painting for my own house lately too. Here are a few of my recent paintings, they can be purchased through my ETSY shop or the Daily Paintworks gallery.

                               

Welcome 2016!!!

I have been so busy with commissions, and the holidays I haven't posted in awhile, I still struggle with managing the different avenues of marketing my work, but I had a great year last year so I guess it works..  It has been exciting to look back on my journey and see my work improve little by little every day.  The hours and hours in front of the Easel are starting to pay off, I hope to continue improving and learning this year.  I am working on a very large commission that is tedious and arduous, unlike my normal loose style, so in between layers I have been able to do a few fun paintings that are available through the daily paintworks gallery or my etsy shop :

White hydrangeas in blue and white chinoiserie vase oil on archival wrapped canvas

White roses with gray background II

Oil on archival wrapped canvas

11 x 14"

White Roses with Gray Background

Oil on archival wrapped canvas

14 x 11"

Provence Landscape 

Oil on archival wrapped canvas 

16" x 16"

One day I will figure out how to add the buy it now button but if you click on the links to the right it will take you directly to my etsy shop or daily paintworks