Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden was the site of the third Saturday plein air excursion last week. The botanical garden featured cobalt blue pots with lavender-painted curly willow, violas, and white tulips contrasting with the […]
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Hunting Island Palms
This small painting was created on location at Hunting Island State Park. I used a thin wash of gold and lavender gray to suggest filtered sunlight and trees in the background and painted the palms […]
Hunting Island Evening
This week’s painting is another small piece from a recent trip to Hunting Island. I didn’t want to set up my easel because it was getting dark and it was quite windy on the beach. […]
Hunting Island Path
This small painting is from a wonderful trip to South Carolina’s Hunting Island State Park this past weekend. It is painted on rough paper using fluid acrylics in a watercolor technique.
Golden Fluid Acrylic Paints
Since I’m teaching a class for the next few weeks, I thought I would address a few of the questions that come up in the class. One of the first things we discuss is […]
From One Lily Pad to Another
Thanks to everyone who walked with us “In the Steps of Van Gogh” this weekend. It was a splendid exhibit of paintings inspired by the hill towns and vineyards of southern France by Donna Lynn […]
Walk in Provence February 10-12
I would like to invite you to walk “In the Steps of Van Gogh” at the opening reception this Friday evening, February 10, 6-9 pm at my studio. In a recent trip to the Provence […]
Waterlilies at Sandhill
As a landscape painter, I want my paintings to have sense of place. Each location affects me differently and affects the outcome of the painting. I try to communicate the feeling of the location […]
3 Steps to Jump Start Your Creativity
In an earlier post, I asked what you would like for me to write about. One of the requests I received was for a creative jump start. Over the years, I’ve read many books about […]
February Art Events
You know how everything seems to happen at once? Well, February is shaping up to be one of those times for me! I have several events I would like to invite you to attend…. First […]