Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Lake Aquitaine, Canada


This painting is for the June Challenge, of Lela Stankovic's, "Paint and Draw Together" Blog. I painted this in one sitting with oil on a 10 by 16 canvas.

Sunday, June 13, 2010


My submission for the latest CALYPSO MOON ARTIST MOVEMENT challenge, put on by Alice Thompson, the theme is LIGHT IN DARKNESS, details can be found on her website/blog.

I painted from a photo I took on our trip to China,
on the cruise down the Yangtze river we stopped at a temple and some of our fellow passengers made their offerings, with letters and red candles.
Painted in oil on a 8 by 10 canvas panel.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Hey Buddy, you have a pimple!


This 11 by 14 oil is for the weekly "Wetcanvas 2 hour challenge", it's always fun to paint animals and their antics.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

San Francisco Trolley


This painting is for the " A Day Not Wasted " website, the June Challenge, put on by Lee Brown, he has among other talents, a knack for taking wonderful photos.
This painting was done in oil, on a 18 by 24 canvas

Friday, June 4, 2010

Wet Canvas Challenge Monet's Waterlilies pond



This weeks challenge was to paint Monet waterlilies pond in Giverny, in the style of Vincent van Gogh might have painted it.
I did my painting in 2 hours ( one of the requirement at Wetcanvas.com) in oil on an 8 by 10 canvas board, I included the photo from Scattycat, you might visit her blog, http://gardenartjournal.blogspot.com/