A Daily Desire

Each day brings a new adventure. An opportunity to capture a little of what I see as beauty in the world around me. Painting in different mediums gives me the chance to capture my mood and my art on canvas or paper.

Teaching, painting on location, or at my easel in the studio brings me great joy.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Karens'Day Lilies

24x24 oil on stretched canvas
Day Lilies
I have worked a couple of days on this one. This is another flower that the deer and I fight over each summer. I managed to save several with deer netting draped over them.
Thanks for looking

Saturday, January 31, 2009

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.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Daily Painting,"Vermont Summer"

11x14 oil on stretched canvas
"Vermont Summer"
125.00
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
if interested contact me

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!
Thanks for looking

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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!!

Monday, January 26, 2009

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!