Autumn Sky

available for sale -framed watercolor 12x18

I rented a new studio yesterday four blocks from my house. My life is too messy to work from home - too many distractions. I can't wait to get busy there!

I have had quite a break from daily posting. The show at the Food Co-op is down and I had an art booth at the Soldiers Grove Art Festival last weekend. Today I took about 15 photos of various oil and watercolor paintings and will start posting more regularly again. There is a group art opening at Green Man Oct 1st (Thursday) and I am working on 5 oil paintings titled "Backyard Daydreams" for that show. I'll get photos taken as soon as I can and post them. I also re-shot a bunch of my paintings that just didn't look right when I posted them the first time.

Paintings for sale at the Viroqua Food Coop

I have 8 of my latest oil landscape paintings for sale at the Viroqua Food Coop for the month of August. There are 6 shown here and the originals show much better than these photos! I am grateful for the chance to share with my hometown what I have been up to since the closure of Art Vision.

Sunlit Sailboats

sold 8x10 -Door County plein air event

Three of my art group members went up to the Door County plein air paintout. Kathie Wheeler went for the whole week as a featured artist, and Carla Christ and I went for the Saturday Quick paint that was open for anyone who wanted to compete. I had 2 hours to capture these boats in the Fish Creek Harbor waiting to go for a sail. The whole atmosphere is festive and somewhat intense with 80 artists painting in a small designated area and hundreds of onlookers watching. I love it!

Studio photo

I was straightening up my studio and it occured to me that it might be interesting to see my art space. I usually paint outdoors but I use this space to do my final touches and to keep my stuff organized and displayed. This fall I will have an open studio for anyone who wants to see the paintings in person.

Little red chickencoop

available for sale 8x10 oil on panel $150 unframed $210 framed

My painting group and I met way out in the country at the end of a dead-end gravel road. This charming group of buildings and hay field really struck me as "farm scene." I love it when we find a beautiful out of the way place to paint.

Covered bridge road

available for sale 9x12 oil on panel $275 framed $200 unframed - Cedarburg plein air event


I needed a break from people and the heat so I drove around and found this nice scene. There was a shade tree in just the right spot so the next morning I got up early and was done by 8:30.

Midday pause at the coffee shop

available for sale 9x12 oil on panel $275 framed $200 unframed - Cedarburg Plein air event

Across the street, I found a nice shady awning to paint under this sweltering day. People came and went very quickly at that table. It was unbearably hot!! This man was ready to go the minute they sat down.

Fishing reflections

available for sale 9x12 oil on panel $200 unframed $275 framed - Cedarburg Plein air Event

This fisherman had a beautiful day out in his boat, unfortunately he never caught a fish the whole time I painted this scene. Near the shore by my feet, fish splashed around in the weeds and startled me every so often.

Red Umbrellas

sold 9x12 oil on panel - Cedarburg Plein air Event

Here is a Cedarburg classic -Red Umbrellas outside one of their popular coffehouses.