"Whimsical" horse print

I have been experimenting with linoleum block printing. This is one of my images. I have done them with gold, orange, green, pink and blue printing ink. Pretty pleased with this image. It is titled "Whimsical". 5 x 7. Unframed as of now so prints are $25.00 each. Email southernescapeart@yahoo.com if interested.

Please vote for me

Please copy and paste http://acrylics.winsornewton.com/en/win/gallery/?start=17 and vote for my four paintings. I am trying to win some art supplies.

"Face to Face"

I have been trying to keep to my promise of giving myself time in the studio everyday. "Face to Face" original is in permanent collection but giclee's are available. $100 each 12" x 18" archival inks and paper. Please email if interested southernescapeart@yahoo.com

Pawley"s Island

A painting from a photo I took while vacationing in Pawley's Island a few weeks ago. 12" x 24" .

Untitled

I have been into painting coastal scenes lately. Here is a new one. Approx 8" x 15". Unframed. $125.

Flamingo

I have promised myself now that summer camp is over to focus more of my time on my own art. Here is a small flamingo painting. I just love pink and green. 6" x 6". White frame. $60. On an exciting note I am going to be taking my notecards, t-shirts and my paintings onto a more global level. A little nervous though.

still life

I have been doing a lot of still life studies to get back to the basics and rehone my skills. This done in oil on masonite board with oil primed linen. $125.00. Size is 12" x 9". Please conatct me if interested at southernescapeart@yahoo.com

Carolina Goodness

This is an older peice but one of my favorites. It is a watercolor piece and is framed in a beautiful gold frame. Museum matted. It measures approximately 24" X 28". It is $300. Please email if interested at southernescapeart@yahoo.com

En Vogue

Wow it has been a long time since I updated my blog. I apologize. I have been painting though and will post some of the new pieces I have done. Here is the first one. It is titled "En Vogue" and is 20" x 24". Done in acrylic. It is a standard poodle if anyone is wondering. They are my favorite dog. It is $200. Contact me at southernescapeart@yahoo.com if interested.

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.

Apple of my eye

This one I have titles "Apple of my eye". It's a mixed media piece, 10 x 8. Unframed as of now. The blue background is not showing up well here. Same issues as the pears. Will try tomorrow to get a better pic of it outside. Speaking of outside, the weather has finally turned and is the high 60's, tomorrow is supposed to be 73. Awesome! We have planned an all day horse day. Bathing, riding, etc... Can't wait.

Pears anyone?

Hi. The picture is not a great one. I will try again tomorrow and do it outside, but I wanted to get it posted. It is small, 6 x 6. Watercolor, and the tomes including the antique frame are much more of a golden hue tahn shown here.

Goin' to the Beach

Hi everybody, Lou and I have had a tough week and soooo we are running away. Ok, just to the beach for the weekend. I am going to take some paints with me and hopefully get inspired. I am looking forward to seashell hunting. That is my favorite thing to do. I can walk miles looking and not even realize it... well, I do the next morning when my legs are screaming. See you Monday!

What tarot card am I?

I was reading another blog and they had a link to a site that tells you what tarot card describes you after you take a quick test. So I did and I am The Moon. The description is as follows.

The Moon

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Moon is a card of magic and mystery - when prominent you know that nothing is as it seems, particularly when it concerns relationships. All logic is thrown out the window.

The Moon is all about visions and illusions, madness, genius and poetry. This is a card that has to do with sleep, and so with both dreams and nightmares. It is a scary card in that it warns that there might be hidden enemies, tricks and falsehoods. But it should also be remembered that this is a card of great creativity, of powerful magic, primal feelings and intuition. You may be going through a time of emotional and mental trial; if you have any past mental problems, you must be vigilant in taking your medication but avoid drugs or alcohol, as abuse of either will cause them irreparable damage. This time however, can also result in great creativity, psychic powers, visions and insight. You can and should trust your intuition.

A bright landscape

I just finished this one. Not my normal color palette. I usually use blues, greens and purples but I wanted to step out of my safety box. I had fun with it. I actually didn't like it but set it aside and went back to it a couple of hours later and thought... pretty good. Framed with a cherry frame. 10" x 8" $90.00. It was painted with acrylics. If interested send email to southernescapeart@yahoo.com

Sand road in Aiken

Here is the latest version of the painting I have been working on. As you can see I have modified things. I am still in the layering stage, trying to settle on the final version so that I can go in with thicker paint.

So overwhelmed

I apologize to all of you out there. I have not had a minute in the studio.I have been teaching quite a bit and I taught 10 hours today at the art center and then I do barn check tonight and the *#@$* frost free pump handle breaks of in my hand. It is very cold here in SC and I guess the metal couldn't handle it. And my husband Lou is up north working soooo it's just another thing added to my list. I am quite a positive person but wholly cow, how come *%@^ always happens when he is not home. This weekend I have promised to myself to give myself some time in the studio. Thansk for listening.

Happy New Year

Well, I have not been able to spend any time in the studio. I had 10 family members descend upon the farm for the holidays. And then to top it off I got sick. They thought it was pneumonia but turned out to be diffused bronchitis. I hope to be able to paint this coming week.

Work in progress

No "One Painting A Day" today. I taught today all afternoon so all I got accomplished was the first layer on the painting for the juried show I was telling you about. So far I like it. I am going to put green in where the brown is in the bottom right corner. In the photo it was pine needles but I think putting the grass there will be better. I teach again tomorrow afternoon so again I am not sure what I will get accomplished in the studio. 3 days till Christmas.

Reindeer Ornament

SOLD
Today was the first chance I got to sit in my studio for a couple of hours and I took advantage. I sketched out an acrylic painting I am going to do for the Aiken Center For The Arts Juried Show: Retrospective of Aiken. Will post pics... not sure if I will do pics as I progress or just when it is completed. We will have to see. I also did a "One Painting A Day" piece. It's an ornament my Dad and Mom bought for me of a reindeer ornament. It has all this great fluffy furry stuff around it's neck. One of my favorite ornaments.

Taking a break

Hi everyone, no painting today. Too busy. I purchased a new used truck yesterday and traded in two wehicles towards it. So the one I had driven was already at the dealer but I had to get my old truck there. So I had to rely on a friend to help me. I did get Lou's new horse longed and rode my thoroughbred. But not much else was done today. Tomorrow I will get to painting. I promise!

One Painting A Day Apple #2

As promised to myself I have continued on the "Painting A Day". I went out and got some oil paints. Water soluble. Not bad. I think I have painted for so long with acrylic and watercolor that I am having trouble just letting it happen. Practice makes perfect. So this is another view of the apple. Sorry for the glare on it.

Peek-A-Boo

I finally finished a painting I had started when I was teaching an adult beginner acrylic class at Aiken Center For The Arts. I love the expressions I was able to put on canvas. I have a love of horses, tirtles and giraffes. There are only 8 or 9 species of giraffes and these two come from Niger. There are only 100 or so left and so preservation is a huge issue now. If the giraffes cross the border into Nigeria they are killed [poached.) So sad. The title is "Peek-A-Boo, I see you". It is 24" x 18" and unframed is for sale at $225. It is on wrapped canvas so framing would not be necessary. If interested please email southernescapeart@yahoo.com

Crazy dog

I just had to put this up on the blog. If you live in Aiken you know stables are everywhere. This lovely and talented dog is located at "Stable on the Rail" which is located on Powderhouse Rd. Awesome photo.

One painting a day movement

I have decided to join this "revolution". So yesterday I painted an apple as you can see. I had fun with the placement on the canvas. I did struggle though, I have not painted in oils for awhile and I went to use them and a lot were dried up and I ended up with 4 left. A naples yellow, sap green, alizarin crimson and green permanent. So, the colors in the painting are a little lacking but I think it turned out pretty good considering.

Two Landscape Paintings

Here are two landscape paintings I did. The "Carolina Marshlands" is the one that I blogged had sold. The other "Purple Fields" is hanging in my livingroom but is for sale. If you are interested please email southernescapeart@yahoo.com. The price is $250 and is framed in an antique gold frame.

New to all this

Hi, I am new to all this blogging and I seem to have a hard time logging on sometimes. I just sold one of my all time favorite paintings. I had said to myself that if it didn't sell during the holidays I was bringing it home from the gallery and sure enough it went to a gentleman who is taking it to Florida with him. I am in SC. I am going to try and post some pics. Here's a holiday practice .