Paintings from Fall 2007

Three nebulae, 6" X 6" acrylic paintings on canvas.

"Cone Nebula"
collection of R. Dulebohn

"Horsehead Nebula"
collection of R. Dulebohn

"Rosette Nebula"

sold November 5, 2008

"Yellow Tulips"
Oil on Canvas
20" X 30"

"Hot Karen"
Oil on Canvas
24" X 24"

Fun stuff

These were fun to paint. I call one "Goose, Goose, Gawk" and the other "My Trip to Athens". Both are oil on canvas.

"Goose Goose Gawk" is in the private collection of

Mr. and Mrs. Battle

Justin, my hero

When I was a little girl, I loved to go visit my great grand father who lived on the next block. He was so interesting to me because he was so old and I loved to hear the stories he had to tell about what it was like when he was my age (like no indoor toilets!). He is my "hero" because he did a lot during his lifetime, starting with the DARING to move from the old homestead near Mansfield, Ohio, to the west coast. Surrounding the portrait are some of what he is remembered for, even if it is all in the family:
- moving west to be a professional photographer but then learning carpentry
- settling in southern California and becoming a designer and builder of homes and churches
- inventing and patenting the internal ventilation fan in 1925, designed to get the smoke out of the kitchen
- retiring from work at 85 and a few years later taking up oil painting, of which he probably did close to a hundred
- baking his own, very yummy cherry pies
- living to the end, at 96

Paintings from 2006 and prior

Here are some oil paintings completed during 2006 or before. Unless otherwise indicated, the paintings are still in my own collection.

"All American", 6" X 6", oil on canvas

sold, 11/6/2009

"Queen of Condiments", 4' X 2', oil on canvas

"Before Time Began", 28" X 22", oil on canvas, collection of T. Elliott

"My Favorite Fruit", 28" X 22", oil on canvas

Hand Series, 5" x 7"

(the top one is sold)

Update, November 5, 2008: all hands are sold except the one holding the pencil.

Alpha and Omega, 10" x 20"

Tulips, 18" x 18", in collection of
Jeff and Martina Battle, Bellevue, WA

Sunset Blues, 2' x 4'

The Sheep, Chick, Egg, Zebra, and Cow are tiny, 1.75" x 2.5" (these have all been sold)