Project Tag: water

Honeymoon

This commissioned painting was a gift to the parents of the groom at the wedding of my best friend’s daughter that I attended last October in Maine. It was an extraordinarily beautiful evening and I took a photograph of the full moon rising just as the sun had set. That photo was the inspiration for the painting.

This commissioned painting was a gift to the parents of the groom at a wedding I attended in Maine last October. I took the photo that inspired it and tweaked it a little to make a more interesting composition.

Western Lake

I sold this small painting of Western Lake, Grayton Beach, Florida to a friend in New Orleans. This is probably my most popular subject for paintings and I never tire of painting it.

Julian’s Marsh

A friend sent me a group of photos of a marsh in Louisiana where he goes duck hunting, so I did this painting for him. Louisiana has some of the most spectacular landscapes in the country and are among my favorite subjects to paint.

Pastel reflections

This was my first painting of 2019 and it just happened to be my first commission of the year as well.  A photograph by John Snell, newsperson and photographer of Louisiana, is once again the inspiration for my painting.

Western Lake/Grayton Beach

Western Lake in Grayton Beach Florida, with its iconic stand of pines on the shore, is one of my favorite and most popular scenes to paint.  This one sold before I had finished it and is already in its new home in Santa Rosa Beach.

Sailboats

I grew up in New Orleans and my grandparents lived just a block from Lake Pontchartrain.  This reminds me of childhood days, looking at the sailboats from the sun parlor upstairs.  Sold!

Mermaid

I’ve always been fascinated with mermaids.  I love the beach, although most beach themed decor bores me silly.  I decided to paint my own mermaid for my bathroom, which is my safe haven after a long day.  Here she is, shimmering in the surf.

Sunset in Cypress Grove

It took me a while to finish this big beauty.  It was featured at an exhibit at Acceleration Art Gallery in Fountain Square, Indianapolis, and currently hangs in my den.  I look at it every morning when I’m doing tree pose; it helps me keep my balance.

Louisiana Cypress at night

I am thrilled to be able to say that this painting has been accepted for the Indiana Interchurch Center Gallery’s upcoming exhibit of women artists, the theme of which is “Home.”  Although I have lived in Indianapolis for nine years now, Louisiana will always represent home to me.  This painting, in particular, touches my deepest feelings about Louisiana.  The cypress trees found in our bayous and swamps are ancient beauties, with all of the mystery, loneliness and magnificence they portray.  The Bald Cypress is so named because although it is a conifer, it drops its leaves early in the fall.  There is a photographer in New Orleans named Frank Relle who camps out at night in the swamp in order to take his haunting photographs of Louisiana’s marshlands, which are disappearing rapidly every day.  If you are ever in New Orleans, you should definitely stop by his gallery on Royal Street.  You will be awed.  It was a lovely surprise to receive an email today from Frank saying that he loves my painting.

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Western Lake at sunset

Hey!  I sold the first painting I did of Western Lake almost as soon as I posted it, and I enjoyed doing it so much, I’m working on another one, from a slightly different angle and at a different time of day.  Hope you like it, and please feel free to comment!

Edited 10-13-2016 : Sold
 

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