I am thrilled to announce my painting, "The Soloist" has been juried into the Raleigh Fine Arts Society 2014 North Carolina Artists Exhibition. It is among the 70 selected from 475 entries by juror Dr. Eric Denker, Senior Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art and Independent Lecturer. Opening day is Sunday, March 2 at 2 PM. Dr. Denker will deliver a lecture on the selected works  and the Gallery will be open for the reception from 3-5PM. The exhibit will be on display at the Betty Ray McCain Gallery at the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts in Raleigh from March 2 - April 24, 2014.

Recent works

I have been using a new pallete which keeps me from falling into a rut - this one happens to include ivory black. Ivory black is wonderful for creating greens! I have a tendency to not make my darks dark enough and that can be critical to balancing color and an assortment of other issues related to making my painting sing and bounce around cheerfully without falling apart. I do love the deep blues, but the black if used right is terrific...

Paintings

This is a painting I did for our daughter and son in law. 

Paintings of late

 I painted this at Airlie - I love the delicate greens in the leaves near the Butterfly house.

Some friends and I painted while we FROZE this past winter near the Wrightsville Beach Museum. It is so hot now outside it is hard to imagine that day. We stood near the hedge to protect ourselves from the bitter wind as best we could. YAY! We did it!!

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I have two pieces of work in the Summer Regional Show in Southport, NC. If there in July, visit the Franklin Square Gallery and enjoy the show!

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Paintings from cold days at the beach

April

I painted last week on 2nd St in Wilmington. It was so peaceful! The flowers were beautiful and the sun shining. I loved being there.

Cold

Happy New Year! I have all  these paintings to paint, and am very excited to begin, but this is day 2 of a cold that is miserable and a fractured wrist that is better, but not helpful to paint with.

New Years Eve!

Living near  the water is the name of this painting. That tree is surviving on salt spray and sun! I love the idea of always being able to head to the water and see the ever changing light, water, and mystery of the landscape.

The second dog portrait I finished yesterday - he is such a gentle soul!

Here is the second dog portrait I finished yesterday - I thought I could load both photos into one blog - does anyone know if that works?

Latest Dog Portraits!

After my feet were frozen in our moment of cold weather in Wilmington yesterday, I thawed them out in  my studio finishing the attached commissions. It was a good day!

Painting in freezing weather!

I painted on the corner of 2nd and Princess today in Wilmington - layers of clothing and new gloves kept me very warm, but after about 2 hours my feet felt like ice. It is not yet finished but I was so excited about my cold day roughing it on the street that I wanted to share and I look forward to getting back into it soon! I'll post the finished painting as soon as it is complete - you will see what happens to that yellow brick road.

Living near the water

This is one of the 50++ pieces of work I will have at Art at Mayfaire - it begins Friday and is open Sat and Sunday - all weekend! Come to the former Sharper Image site on Main Street. See you soon!

More for Art at Mayfaire!

Glass in Window 8 x 8 $150

This week is all about painting

I am looking forward to painting most of this week. It will be great painting outside and in the studio!

I am looking forward to hearing Star Sosa, owner of Spectrum Gallery, speak about social networking for artists. It will be at 6:30 PM, Thursday, Sept 10 at the Arboretum. The talk is open to the public free of charge and sponsored by the Wilmington Art Association. A long-time Wilmington resident, Star is a jewelry designer who has been a craft show exhibitor, gallery exhibitor, buyer and gallery owner. Through her travels doing trunk shows in galleries all over the country she has learned how other people approach the business of art and jewelry; she has taken this knowledge and distilled it into Spectrum Gallery. Star’s beautiful website and her other interactive placements have led to her belief in the advantages of Marketing Your Art on the Web and other Creative Venues.