January 2019

Day 29: Lemonade, anyone?

Having three days in a row painting outside was wonderful! [...]

Day 28 #stradaeasel The arctic blast isn't nearly as bad [...]

Day 27 #stradaeasel The morning was beautiful, the sun was [...]

Day 26 #stradaeasel This morning I awoke to a [...]

Day 25 #stradaeasel I was keeping one eye on [...]

We get about halfway on the trail and we are [...]

Day 24 #stradaeasel Three+ weeks completed and one to go. [...]

Snow day! We woke up to about 8" of snow [...]

Day 22 #stradaeasel Spoiler alert! More tulips but I [...]

Day 21 #stradaeasel Today was a fun day painting [...]

In Celebration of Giorgio
In Celebration of Giorgio, 10” x 8”, pastel Today, I’m honoring Giorgio Dimichina with a small painting of shasta daisies and lavender from my garden. Giorgio, and his wife Susan, were my parents’ neighbors for well over 2 decades. His kindness and generosity in helping my parents in their senior years was one of many […]
A Meadow Walk
“A Meadow Walk”, 9” x 12”, pastel Even a nondescript meadow here in Montana is a thing of beauty when the light creates shadow patterns. As you can see by the reference photo, I used my artistic license to rework the background so that it has more interest but the focus is on the light […]
Somers’ Poppies
Somers Poppies, 9” x 12”, original pastel I had an opportunity to paint plein air at a local historic home in Somers. I landed on these joyful poppies in the yard as my inspiration. With the sunlight filtering through, some interesting patterns of shadow and highlight were created. As you can see, the light pattern […]