Chickadee 4x6 oil

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This was a fun little painting as I like painting birds. We have a big Holley tree and the birds love the little red berries.

Orange with Vase and Bird

Oil 6x8

This is a very colorful one using some of my favorite colors.

Birds losing their marbles

Oil 8x10

I love the oils and I am having so much fun. I love the smell it brings back memories of when I was a kid and painting the paint by numbers sets my mom got me for Christmas. This one I did in class using a still life set up using some ceramic birds, I just love the little red one.

Swallow 5x7 acrylic

This is a familiar sight often here in the country. The swallows dart in and out after a juicy little bug. We did get a little rain the other day so every thing has greened up a little but today its back to the heat.

Can you find all 13 Cedar Waxwings

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One more bird shote here. The tree had so many that all I had to do was shoot. Can you find all 13.

Birds in the back yard

Cedar Waxwings

Prothonotary Warbler

Orchard Oriole

Male Summer Tanager

Female Summer Tanager

rose breasted grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

I have been doing a lot of bird watching this spring mainly because it has been so nice outside and our mulberry tree has attracted so many birds I have not seen before. Alas most of the berrys are gone and a few birds were only here for a few days. Here are some pictures. May be a painting in my future of one.

Jay Walking

6 x 20 acrylic $175.00
Have been busy in the yard since it has gotten warmer and all my plants have been put outside and re- potted. The mulberry tree has been attracting birds and I have been sitting out there with my camera. This is one of a blue jay I got a picture of. They like to come down and get the cat food and get pretty close to me. I hope to start working back with my watercolors.
We had out spring show at the Vicksburg Art Association this last week and congratulation to my bud Lisa King Floore she did very well this time around. Please visit her site to see some of her work.
Wrll the computer is acting up again and will have to load the picture later.

The Honey Hole 1 and 2

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The person who wanted the pintail and turkey picture wanted to paint him and a friend’s favorite place to duck hunt. They called it the Honey Hole. He asked me to paint two so he could give one to his friend. This was a first for me and I just could not get them to come out exactly.

Quick Draw 2009 Jan in MS 11x14

Laura shown here working on her rooster this picture and the one below was shown in the Hattiesburg American newspaper under the photo gallery.

The woman in the bright red is also my bud Lisa, hard at work on her piece using bits and pieces found after Katrina went threw on the coast.
I was so into my painting I vaguely remember this guy saying don’t move just pretend I’m not here, then all I heard is this clicking of the shutter and was wondering when it was going to quit.

Here we are at the start of the horn. Lisa is at my side and Laura is up front hubby was my assistant (he did a great job changing out my water and cleaning my brushes when needed. Love ya hon.) and took this picture from up above. This was a really cool place if ever you get a chance and in Hattiesburg go by the Bottling Co.

Bad picture but this is the finished product

Well I survived the quick draw yesterday and it was a lot of fun but it was a lot smaller than last year with artist and guest there it seemed to me. I guess the economy is hurting everyone. I sold one small painting Nannies Knife and my blackbird came out OK and sold but not for as much as last year in the auction. At least I was able to cover my cost of the frames.

Blackbird Study Acrylic 6 X 6

Tomorrow is the Quick Draw with the South MS Art Association in Hattiesburg for the Aids Service Coalition and 121 Haven House benefit.
I did this last year and this is the second year for the group to do this. It was a lot of fun but a little scary with every one coming around watching you work. Being an artist is usually a solitary job or shared with others in a class. Last year I did a watercolor of a ginger cat and this year I will attempt an acrylic 11 x 14. We all have one hour to produce a piece of art in the medium of our choice and frame if it needs framing and a real auctioneer will try to get the crowd excited and bidding on our pieces.
Last year we had works in oil, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, material, mixed media, and wood turning and they all were beautiful.
The above painting is my practice run it took me three hours on this little 6 X 6. YEEEEEEEEE I hope I can go faster on a bigger one!!! I am so nit picky.

Hand painted Christmas Balls Doves,Poinsettia and Penguin

Doves $15.00 Poinsettia $15.00

Penguin $15.00

Red Bird in Snow 5x8 Watercolor

Matted $100.

cold press

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Red Bird in snow is the painting I used for my Christmas cards last year. I do have to get busy to do a new one for this year where has the time gone.

Turkey 14in

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Finally, I have finished my turkey to go with the pintail. This one took me a lot longer to complete. I had trouble getting it set up and the size of the hen right. I hope I got this where it does look like it is in proportion

Pintail Duck 14 inches

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This is my first of two commissions, a pintail duck with other ducks flying in.

Painting on wood was a little different from the canvas as it got pretty slick in some spots and others it was rough from the wood. In addition, the little cracks drove me crazy. It was some kind of top off a cheese wheel I think.

Not to brag but I did have my 15 minutes of fame in the Vicksburg Post this past Sunday and if you are interested in reading it this is the site http://www.vicksburgpost.com/articles/2008/11/02/features/doc490b11374706a801400123.txt

Turkey pen and ink 14 X 17

Giclee Print 14X17 $60.00
Matted $75.00

OMG! I just saw the picture on the Different strokes for different folk’s site what I have gotten my self into. I printed the picture and will have to think on this, as it is way out of my comfort zone. I can’t say if I have ever done any thing like this. EEEEEEEEEEh
Mean while here is another older one. My husband is working up state and called to say he is seeing turkeys all over the place. Therefore, here is my pen and ink turkey 14 x 17.

Hawk 14 x17 pen and ink

Giclee print 14X17 $60.00
Matted $75.00

I was caught up enjoying and laughing at another artist blog and before I knew it, time had flown by. It’s nice when you find some one out there that may be in another part of the country that had some of the same experiences growing up you had. Their reminiscing brings back a flood of memories form your wild and crazy days. (Thanks Mark for the trip down memory lane.)
So I thought I would post one of my earlier works as I have to get to work, deadlines are coming up so you may see a few of my older stuff.
This is one of my pen and ink. At a wildlife show, I was able to get close enough to a hawk to get a good picture.

Two bird studies

Here are two more quick studies. The gold finch is in pastel and the red birds were done in colored pencils. This is the first time I enjoyed doing colored pencils, I tried a black textured paper and that worked much better for me. I may try the red birds again as the eye on the female looks off and she looks like Don King
Will load pictures later it's not letting me now.

Mallard Duck

$50.00
I have missed working on animals, I know that they are not a big seller in the art world and I do not think there is a gallery around here to show my work at but I like doing them.
watercolor 4.5 x8.5

Red Bird on a Fence (acrylic 11 x 14)

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I think this one is a little heavy on the right.
with frame $125.00 with out frame $80.00

Sketer Stalker

This is a watercolor 14 x 20. I was a little under the weather the other day and we had some rain from the tropical disturbance the other day, and were cloudy and rainy all day. A good day to paint.
$60.00