Category Archives: Acrylics

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You’re invited…

Please join me at my art studio, 10203 Two Notch Road, Suite F, for 701 CCA Columbia Open Studios, Saturday and Sunday April 21-22, 2012!  I’ll be open from 10am – 6pm on Saturday 4/21 and noon […]

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Palm Painting

This week I’m on vacation from my other job and am having a private “art retreat” in my studio.  I wanted to organize my work with a theme for Open Studio weekend April 21-22 and […]

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Botanical Garden

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 […]

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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. […]

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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How Can I Help You?

A while back I mentioned that I identify myself as a Renaissance Soul.  I’ve studied many (seemingly) unrelated things during my life, mainly because I love learning new things, but there are some common themes.  […]

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