Personal Notes

New Pear Painting

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Not yet titled (suggestions welcome!), 8×10 in, oil on canvas, not yet available.


I’m so happy with how this turned out! I’m hanging onto it so I can reflect on what I like while I’m painting tomorrow…

And here’s my little setup. I’m using construction paper for some color in the background.

On a side note, you can see that everything is on a table. I set it up that way so that it would be easy to film for my workshops. But my goal for this year is to get green and healthy, and I feel healthier standing up! So I’ll be making a setup that’s at eye level while standing and adjusting my workshop filming stuff accordingly.

Have a great day!

Portrait artist paints a mom and baby in Piggyback 2 & Goals

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I’m working on a watercolor painting (here’s a detail) and really working on the composition. What do you think so far? I had forgotten how much I love watercolor.

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Where’s Jessie?

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Hi all, I have had some eye troubles… I went to the ER on Thursday night, and then to an ophthalmologist on Friday; I have Uveitis in one eye. It’s uncomfortable to use my eyes now, and the world is blurry and warped. I’m painting a little, but I can’t really see what I’m doing… It’s pretty fascinating to see the world this way, but also pretty scary as one possible complication is blindness. It sure was nice having perfect vision all those years! Wish me luck getting it back!

I’ll start posting again when I can see what I’ve painted!

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Here’s one of my favorite paintings, me and my son, so there will be something nice to look at while I’m away from the blog.