2011 – Summer Zinfandel – almost done

Whew! Leaves are done. I love painting grapes. And these colors were especially fun.

2011 – Southside Lily Pond II – something’s not right with the orange…

2011 – Southside Lily Pond II – underway

With a giclee of Southside Lily Pond – the first one. Painting this for Joan and Scott Brown – and they were going to have giclees of these two side by side. I needed to make sure the paintings would be friends.

2010 – Morning Shine finished

On the table in my studio.

2010 – Late Summer Zin – finished

On the deck at the cabin we rented in Tahoma, Tahoe.

2010 – Late Summer Zin – starting in on grapes

2010 – BJ – the eyebrows aren’t quite right…

Something happens when I look at the painting I’m working on through the review of the digital photo. It gets distilled somehow. And what’s not right jumps RIGHT out. Had to soften the dark above his eyes.

2010 – BJ – working on the water – detail

2010 – BJ underway

In May 2010 my leadership group had a reunion in Minnesota. I spent some time working on the painting of BJ on the screen porch of the B&B where we stayed. The water was challenging – all those distinct shapes and colors and detail, it was hard not to have it be to littoral.

2010 – Macarons – finished

On the easel at Light Rain – ready for capture.