American Rose Painting

24x24 Oil on Stretched Canvas

"American Rose"

600.00

This is a painting I finished today in preparation for an upcoming show with roses. I worked with a photo that I took last year at the American Rose Gardens in Shreveport,La. Spring there is an outstanding site with all the fabulous gardens.

Thanks for viewing my paintings. I appreciate any comments.

Daily Painting,"Vermont Summer"

11x14 oil on stretched canvas

"Vermont Summer"

125.00

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Todays painting was painted from a photo I took on my summer trip to Putney, Vermont.

Daily Painting for January 29th, Landscape Demo

20x24 oil on canvas

400.00

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This Landscape was painted as a demonstration for a great group of painters at HideAway Lake Estates here in Texas yesterday. I enjoy teaching this group as they are an energetic group who always has a good time painting!

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Daily Painting

11x14

oil on canvas

100.00

I took this little fellows' picture while visiting my son in Corpus Christi. He was fun to paint today, very simpy, with bristle brushes, a painting knife and thick juicy oils.

Hope you like him. Thanks for looking

Tulip

24x24 stretched canvas

oils

The tulips are being sold everywhere now. I painted this one this morning before I left to teach my painting classes and then added some final highlights this evening. Its cold tonight, even for east Texas and the tulips are forcasting spring!!

9x12

oil on canvas

100.00

I did this daily painting from another of the Putney Vermont photos that I took while I was there in July. It was downtown, and I painted the little bridge on site while I was there But this one was completed today with bristle brushes, impasto paint and great memories!

Louisiana Iris

I painted the iris on a 24x30 today, large and loose. I still have some adjustments to make. It was a great exercise with a flower I really like.

Oils on a stretched canvas, bristle brushes for lots of texture.

Thanks for looking

Karen Lostracco Austin Roses on a 24x36

I am working on a large 24x36 canvas in oils for a show coming up. Im using bristle brushes and really have the paint flowing. I love roses. This is just a section of it as none of the painting is completely finished . I just started today.

Sunflower

I have a tiny little 8x8 oil of a sunflower for yesterdays daily painting that I did this morning. So caught up to today!

100.00 8x8 stretched canvas

Putney Vermont Oil Painting

This landscape of the road down to the river in Putney, Vermont. The road to the river was right beside the B&B and people took their boats to launch them. I was fascinated by all the shadows and the light filtering through the trees. I took the photos, worked on site and then finished this one up yesterday. I will try and finish two tomorrow so I will be current on my daily paintings. It is oil on a 12x16 stretched canvas.

Boats in Portugal oil Painting

I took a photograph of these two boats nestled together in Portugal a couple of years ago. There were fishermen that had just unloaded their load of shiny silver eels.

I painted it today on a 16x20 stretched canvas using bristle brushes and painting knives. Lots of nice thick paint.

Sunflowers and Brass Painting

This is a 20x24 oil on stretched canvas. It was painted from a photograph. Those big floppy sunflowers even smelled like late summer as I painted it! Hope you like it.

Painting of Knockout Roses in Copper

I finished this painting today. It was started while I was in Atlanta last week. I used a photo taken last summer. The roses in the little copper pot are double knockout roses that the deer in the neighborhood seem to like as well as I do. We are in battle over them!!! This is an oil painted on a 20x24 stretched canvas.

Thanks for viewing my paintings. If you are interested in purchasing one, email me and I will give you a price list.

Red Tulip Oil Painting

Today's painting is oil on a 16x20 stretched canvas of a bright red tulip.

The day was full of sunshine and so was the center of this tulip.

Have a great week.

The Red Charger

I painted a still life of pears on a red charger today on a 12x16 stretched canvas. I'm busy planning for a floral show with my paintings and getting ready to start teaching weekly painting classes starting Tuesday. Thanks for viewing my blog and my daily paintings.

Vermont landscape painting

Someone ask me if I liked to do landscapes. I do and find that plein air painting really helps me judge values in nature. When I paint only from photos I tend to paint as dark as the darks in the photos and we all know that is not accurate. I painted this 12x16 oil on location, down in the creek bottom on a overcast day in last July, in Putney, Vermont. We spent a week there and painted everyday, even when it rained and we got soaked putting our supplies up. What fun. It is truly a lovely place. On the following Saturday we got to watch an oil demonstration done by Richard Schmid, one of my favorite artists. I will share some more on my plein air paintings at a later time.

Oil paintings of a red rose and of a copper pot

Two new paintings today and I will have my new year committment up to date!! Both are oil paintings. The pears and copper pot was a still life I taught on January 9th in Atlanta. It is on a 12x16 stretched canvas. The rose for today I did on a 11x14 stretched canvas. I hope you like them.

Roses and Tomatillos

I want to post the paintings I have completed in the last few days. I just got back from the Atlanta workshop yesterday.

All are oil on stretched canvas.

The White and Red Rose Painting is on a 12x16 canvas and is one that I demonstrated for the Atlanta Group. They did a great job on the still life.

The Rose garden is one I painted Sunday evening from a photograph Gloria took in France last year. It is an 18x24.

The double roses painting I did on Monday from a photo I took last year from the ARS gardens. It is also an 18x24.

The tomatillos are on a 9x12. I love the papery covering and the wonderful greens! What a fun little set up. Did it on Monday too. Will put the other two paintings on tomorrow as they don't photograph well, wet under the lights at night!

Daily Painting of a Red Rose with Cherries and one of Pink Roses

I'm in Atlanta Ga. having a wonderful time. My friend and I set up a still life each and painted all day on Thursday. Seventeen students arrived early Friday morning to begin their workshop. I am so proud of them. They all finished their still life paintings and started another today. I will demonstrate a painting on Saturday and again on Sunday, and then we part ways again for a while. I love teaching and working with this group. They are such a creative bunch of painters and the energy level is great. I have enclosed a photo of the paintings I did on Thursday to suffice for both Wednesday and Thursday daily paintings. I will post again on Monday to catch you up on my daily work.

The oil painting of the Pink Roses is done on a 11x14 stretched canvas. The Red Rose and Cherries is on a 14x18 stretched canvas, in a wonderful blue and white vase brought to us from China.

Thanks and have a great day!

Red Pear Painting

The painting for today was of a lovely little red pear. I painted it in oil on a 8x10 stretched canvas.

I will be leaving in the morning to teach a painting workshop in Atlanta, Ga. So I will be unable to post until I return although I will certainly be doing a painting a day. I will post all seven when I return.

Bye for now.

Another American Rose Society Beauty

I have been doing a series of paintings from the American Rose Society Gardens in Shreveport La. This is a watercolor I did today on paper, about 8"x 8".

Pink Rose Oil Painting

As Sunday winds down, filled with family, church, and friends there was still time to finish up this still life of pink roses.

One of my goals for the new year is Focus. Doing a painting a day for a year will take some focus but I want that in my life with the things that truly count. Simplifying, doing only the things that count in my life, like family, my painting, gardening, and the other busyness that overwhelms me should evaporate leaving only the things that really count. I just have to remember FOCUS!

My Daily Painting for January 3 2009

This little piece is a watercolor that I did today. I will do an oil tomorrow of pink roses. I have committed to doing a painting a day for 2009. I paint often anyway and this will be a good exercise.

Yellow Rose Painting

The American Rose Society has a wonderful garden outside of Shreveport La. which is only 80 miles from me. April is a wonderful time to visit it. This oil painting is done on a 24 x 24 stretched canvas from a photo I took last April. I started it yesterday afternoon and did some glazing in transparent oils today. I am trying to learn to photograph these oils with out a glare when they are still wet! There must be a way to do it!

A New Year

A new year comes in and taps me on the shoulder! Time to consider the opportunities that confront me in my life and my art. This little 12x16 oil painting is simple but graceful as I hope my days ahead in 09 will be. I grew the little callas outside my patio door last summer. I wish the real ones lasted even longer than they did.