Zip

This is my friend Abby’s dog Zip, her husband commissioned it for her birthday. Happy birthday Abby!

Zip - acrylic on 12x12 in. gessobord 

H I

Here’s a couple more I’ve done for the #artdare challenge on Instagram, for the letters H and I.

H is for Hay - acrylic on 5x7 inch paper

I is for Irises - acrylic on 5x7 inch paper

Christmas in July

I’ve had this reference photo marked to paint for quite a while. There’s something charmingly “bad hair day” about this cactus. The painting had a pretty bad ugly middle phase but I kept going and made it through to the other side. Whew!

Christmas Bling - acrylic on 6x8 inch gessobord panel

F G

Here’s a couple more paintings done for the #artdare weekly painting challenge I’m participating in on Instagram, every week it’s a new letter of the alphabet. These will be donated to Art4Shelter for their 2021 sale.

F is for Flamingo - acrylic on 5x7 inch paper

G is for Geraniums in Greece - acrylic on 5x7 inch paper

Dandelion Parfait

Dandelion season is over but through paintings they can live on!

Dandelion Parfait - acrylic on 8x10 in. canvas

Available for purchase here!

(A) B C D E

I’m doing a Paint-along on Instagram hosted by some artists I follow, using the letters of the alphabet as prompts each week. I joined in a little late so I missed “A”, but here are my paintings for “B” - “E”. I’m planning to try to do all the paintings in 5x7 inch format so at the end I’ll have 26 paintings to donate for Art4Shelter’s 2021 sale. Or 25, if I don’t go back and do “A” ;)

B is for Bermuda

C is for Cornfield

D is for Duck

E is for Eucalyptus (from reference photo by Wanda Comrie)

Anniversary Flowers

These flowers were not for MY anniversary, but that’s what the reference photo was titled and I liked the sound of it. Originally the grapes were purple but they looked too turd-like in my painting so I changed them to green. ;)

Anniversary Flowers- acrylic on 12x16 in. canvas