"Rich Waiting"

                                                                 "Rich Waiting"

                                                        11" x 14", Oil on Canvas

"Treeo" 8" x 10" Oil on Canvas

 

"Buck Hall"

                                                    "Buck Hall", oils on canvas, 36" x 36".

After my husband was diagnosed with a serious illness, the desire to paint completely left me.  He died last year, and the things that I treasure most are the items that he made by hand.

I've started painting again.
 

Low Tide

                                                     "Low Tide"  oil on canvas, 9" x 12", 

I finally picked up a paintbrush, after months, and was happy to see I could still capture the images I wanted.

Sun Splashed

It's been a long time away from you, my friends, but I'm so happy to see you again!  For the first time in over a year, I picked up my paint brushes, and here is the result:

"Sunsplashed"

oil on canvas, 8" x 10"

Limited Palette

Ramsey Creek

11" x 14", Oil on Stretched Canvas

Ramsey creek is located in the foothills of South Carolina.  We spent the day snapping pictures, following a trail running along it's banks.

This painting was done with a limited palette of ultramarine, alizarin crimson, cad. yellow light, and titanium white.  One of my favorite things about a restricted palette is the harmony that seems to be created almost automatically.  Mixing colors is a bigger part of the process, no easy greens to grab...if I wanted green, I had to mix it, then if I wanted brown, I had to mix up some green to add to my alizarin, and so on and on and on.  Still, it was fun. 

Sundown Countdown

"Sundown Countdown"

8" x 24", Oil on Canvas

This is my second time painting these seagulls.  The first painting I did was on a 2:1 ratio canvas, and it just did not "fit".  This time, I ordered a 3:1 canvas, and voila!  Success.  I love that the birds lined up 1, 2, 3, 4, and watched the sun go down with me.  

Hope everyone has had a wonderful summer,

Cindy