Being Brilliant

It's finished!!! I love the colors. I am so pleased with the results. Loose but just enough detail. I have titled it "Being Brilliant". A play on words... the horse's movements are brilliant and the colors used are brilliant. It is 20' x 24' and painted in acrylics. $275. Please contact me at southernescapeart@yahoo.com if interesting in purchasing.

Horses In Paint

This past weekend I taught a two day workshop on Horses In Paint. It was great. The talent that the artists had was so refreshing and it made my job so easy to help them find their own style and help them along the way. I was really happy with the results. Saturday am we worked on anatomy. I was able to borrow a skull, foot and hock bones to use. Then after lunch they sketched their photos on their canvas and start with their color washes. Sunday was spent finishing the paintings. They looked awesome. Good job to all! I have attached the one I started on. It just has the start of color washes on it. The workshop was held at The Aiken Center For The Arts.

Surfside Beach, SC

Lou and I a few weeks ago just needed to get away. A lot had happened. I am sure you can relate, just one thing after another so we decided to escape to the beach. The winter is one of our favorite times to go. It's quiet and the seashell hunting is usually quite good. I have been a seashell hunter since I was a little girl going to Cape May, NJ with my family. Well, I hit it big this time. I found a starfish. It had been washed up on the beach. I have never found one so that was pretty cool but to make it better there was an urchin shell next to it. I felt like they were there just for me to find. I have other urchin shells from Hawaii but this was great. Really special! The watercolor was done from our balcony. When I got home I added some pen & ink to it. It was a good weekend.

Carole Sue Roberts Workshop

I attended an oil painting workshop held by Carole Sue Roberts through the Aiken Artists Guild. I do not normally paint still life's but I believe you can always learn something from another artist. Well, I really enjoyed myself. I went outside my comfort zone and am really pleased with the results. The one still life with the larger pink camelia is on oil primed linen. What a beautiful surface to paint on. The other is on a standard gessoed board. I hope you like them as much as I do. I do apologize for the glare, there was no flash used.