Back to blogging after short trip

I 'm sorry that I haven't blogged in a few weeks.  I have wanted to but with the beginning of summer comes lots of craziness.  I have painted two larger paintings and I will post them when they are finished in the next day or two. Here is what I woke up to this morning.  It was a great day for plein aire painting.  Beautiful sun shining through the toilet paper and trees.

Happy Painting !

Painting in NYC

I am behind in posting due to a recent visit to NYC and the end of school.  There are lot's of demands on my time and usually I try to get a painting in regardless but the exception seems to be when the kids are home for the summer and holidays.  I just returned from a trip in to New York to attend the Richard Schmid at the Salmagundi Club opening.  It was fun but nothing to compare to the rush I got from painting in Central Park and Union Square.  Next I hope to go up and stay for a week and just paint everywhere. Here are the two 6X8 paintings I squeezed in one day of the three day trip...just little studies but I think I caught the mood.  

Thanks for your interest !

Lake at the Winter Club

Here is the other small painting.  They are both 6 X 8.   Hope you like them !

Painting at the Winter Club

Today I plein aire painted with a friend.  We were out in the hot sun saying we should have remembered umbrellas.  I had to sit down and paint after rolling my ankle two weeks ago.  I found that since this was my first outdoor painting in a while, sitting down made me less anxious and I painted two very nice little paintings.  Love to hear what you think ! I will post both paintings today.  Thanks for viewing !

Memorial Day

I painted this painting of cherries today when everyone was busy relaxing on Memorial Day. I call this painting "Life is like a bowl of cherries".  Thanks to the men and women that keep us safe, we can all enjoy life in the best country in the world.

Hope you enjoyed this day as much as I did.  Thank you veterans and troops !!!!

Sunflowers in Blue Urn

Here is what I worked on last week along with the 6X8 paintings that I try to paint daily.  It is a 20x16 painting of Sunflowers that my daughter's boyfriend brought her.  He actually brought lilies with them and I have not been able to paint the lilies because of the holiday weekend and all the family things that go with it. I had fun painting the sunflowers in a blue urn that my mother bought at an auction. The hardest thing about the sunflowers was the strokes that created the petals. Hope you like this one.

Thank you for viewing !

Blue Cloisonne Vase

This is a painting of a blue cloisonne vase that my mom gave me.  There are two of them and I have always loved the blue color. I hope you enjoy seeing this vase because I am sure I will be painting it over and over. You may get sick of them.

Thank you for viewing and let me know your thoughts.