My Back Yard

My Back Yard is an 8"x10" plein air oil painting on canvas that took me 3 or 4 sessions on my porch to complete.  Light changes so fast early in the morning that I only had about an hour each morning to work on it.  My back yard is a peaceful retreat from daily stress.  The colored stone walkway leads from the garage to my studio door.

Super Flower Moon

SOLD Super Flower Moon, 8”x10”, oil on canvas, plein air painting.  I sat on my back porch two evenings to paint this using a palette knife.

The Gift

Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, 18 x 24 x 2 1/4 inches.  (The painting continues on the sides of the canvas.)  This is a scene from our farm in central Texas.  The sun was rising, and casting a golden glow on everything.  Mist was rising from the pond which was still in the shadow of the distant trees.  What a beautiful morning my dad and I witnessed from the hilltop!  I still miss him terribly, even though he moved to heaven over 8 months ago.  I've painted many paintings en plein air at the farm and from photos I have taken there.  It's a place of inspiration for me.

A Eureka Moment

SOLD  Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 x 1 1/2 inch gallery wrapped canvas.  (The painting continues around onto the sides of the canvas.)  We have lots of ruby throated hummingbirds right now.  I think it's migration season.  I took pictures of many of them and of my hanging baskets and put pictures together for this painting.  I am donating it to the auction at the Museum of East Texas fundraiser, Dinner and Dancing, which is this weekend.

Beside the Lake

Beside the Lake, plein air, oil on panel, 12 x 9 inches.  What a beautiful day it was!  Three of us met at the Ellen Trout Zoo Lake and painted until it got too hot.  Here in East Texas, it gets hot pretty early this time of year. 

Desert Willow at Brandon Park

Desert Willow at Brandon Park, plein air, 8x10 inches,oil on panel.  It was a beautiful spring morning at Brandon Park!    This tree with the pink blossoms caught my eye, and I had to paint it. 

Peaceful Waters

SOLD  72"x48" Oil on canvas.  This is a commissioned painting I just completed.  It is a lake in East Texas.   I love painting big, and I love painting small.  I just love painting!!! 

Palm Shadows

Oil on panel, 12"x9", Plein Air painting. We went to the Rio Grande Valley to visit my sister-in-law for New Years. This is a painting I did about a block from her house in La Feria. I liked the design of the shadows on the side of the building, so I set up my easel and painted this. It was a beautiful, sunny day about 80 degrees.

All is Well

SOLD
Oil on canvas, 48"x36"
Here is another painting that's in my show at the Museum of East Texas (936) 639-4434. This is late afternoon at my dad's farm in central Texas. It's a beautiful and peaceful place.

EVENING GRAPEFRUITS 8x10, oil on canvas on board

This is a plein air painting done in La Feria, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley on our recent visit with my in-laws. It was a beautiful day with sunshine and the temperature in the 60s.

EVENING SHADOWS 8x10 oil on canvas on board

Back home and then to my dad's farm in central Texas for Thanksgiving, I painted this Wednesday evening as the sun was setting. I was looking up the hill toward the house which is out of view on the right. Yes, it is a beautiful place.

PEDERNALES RIVER oil on canvas, 4x6

I painted this from a picture I took several years ago near Austin. It's the Pedernales River in the Pedernales Falls State Park, a beautiful place in the Texas Hill Country.

Pedernales River
6" x 4" (15.3cm x 10.2cm)
Oil on canvas on panel
$79 plus $6 shipping and handling in the US
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SPRING CREEK oil on canvas, 16x20

I painted this from a photo I took a while back. The scene was very busy, so I simplified it quite a bit.

Spring Creek
20" x 16" (50.8cm x 40.7cm)
Oil on canvas