This piece continues my Tranquility Series of abstract landscapes that begin with a white line. The dark brown earth beneath the line grounds the lighter green and sienna foliage while the sienna drizzle suggests vines […]
Category Archives: Acrylics
Deep Water
This painting is a part of a series where each painting begins with a white line. Working in a series allows me to take a concept in several directions, to experiment with techniques and to […]
Tranquility
Although most of my paintings feature landscapes in bold colors, sometimes I want to go the opposite way and make a restful painting. This painting makes me dream of warm earth and open sky […]
Relax
Do you ever have one of those days when there is too much going on in your mind and you just need to relax? After a weekend of navigating South Carolina’s tax-free weekend to buy […]
Ebbtide
The weather is still oppressively hot here in South Carolina, but I’ve recovered from my “Bah, humbug!” mood and have been working on some ideas for larger studio paintings based on plein air pieces, photos, […]
Spirit of the Trees
The roads to the South Carolina beaches are lined with old trees dripping with Spanish moss. This painting was inspired by a lane near Edisto Beach. When I started this piece, my intention was to […]
Rethinking
This painting was started a while back as a demonstration for Trenholm Artists Guild. but it was never finished. At the time, I planned to have the distant bridge as the focal point. I was […]
Painting Large
These palmetto trees are in our east side garden. We originally bought them to add interest in a boring section of the garden where we couldn’t get centipede grass to grow. Now they anchor […]
Artfields 2014
Detail of Maritime Forest 12×48″ Ink, watercolor, graphite, and acrylic on cradled panel @2014 Lucinda Howe I’m excited to tell you that my painting “Maritime Forest” has been accepted into Artfields 2014 in Lake […]
Is a Painting Ever Finished?
This painting was completed several years ago after a trip to New Mexico. It was framed and displayed for sale. This weekend I was taking inventory and evaluating old paintings. Several were bad enough […]