Palette Knife Painting of Angels

"Angel Friends"

8 x 8 inches, oil on Canvas

Palette knife

A few angel and friend quotes:

"If you should die before me, ask if you can bring a friend."- Stone Temple Pilots

"I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love." - Marilyn Monroe

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.- Albert Camus

I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit. ~Mae West

Angel Painting - A Little Different

"Goth Angel"

6 x 6 inches, Oil on Board

Painted with Palette knife

Is it unusual for an angel to have black wings? The black wings idea was something my sister suggested.

I didn't want to make the angel too terrifying though.

Angel Painting - "Dreaming"

"Dreaming"

8 x 6 inches, Oil on Raymar Canvas Board

Palette knife oil painting.

Available for purchase.

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

Artist of the Month

I've been given the title "Artist of the Month" on the I Love Grapevine Website.

YAY!!!!

Contemporary Landscape Abstract with Palette Knife

"Autumn"

6x6 inches, Oil on Gessoed Board

Are you lucky enough to live where the leaves change to brilliant colors? Here in North Texas we don't have the aspens or maples but there is a subtle change. The colors in this little painting reminds me of Autumn.

Thank you all for your title suggestions for the last abstract - I like all the titles and will use them for future paintings.

Small Abstract Oil Painting - Warmth

"Warmth"

6 x 6 x 3/4" inches, Oil on Stretched Canvas

This is a small painting I did a while back and had titled "turmoil" but now that some time has passed, I don't sense the turmoil I probably felt when I painted this. I think sometimes a feeling one has when painting translates to the painting and of course the titles. I wonder if I was feeling some angst when I gave this painting its title. Anyway I'm changing the title to "Warmth".

If you have any other suggestions, I'm open.

Contemporary Abstract with Palette Knife

"Watch Over Me"

20 x 20 x 1.5 inches, Oil on Gallery-wrapped Canvas

I love that song "Someone to Watch Over Me"...I think we all have someone who watches over us and I'm sure we watch over someone. Not literally but in thoughts, prayers and well-wishes.

I love getting emails and phone calls that start with "I was thinking about you...." I've got to remember to do that myself more often and let the people I care know that I think about them.

Thank you for watching over me. Have a beautiful weekend

Celebration - Palette Knife Painting of White Flowers

"Celebration"

14 x 14 x 3/4 inches, Oil on Canvas

Thick Palette knife Painting

I had painted a painting called "I Celebrate You" last year and was asked to do another, so here it is. The background colors are deeper and the vase is blue rather than the dark green of the first painting.

It's already November!! Daylight savings, fall back on the clocks...where does the time go? Driving around at 4 in the afternoon feels like it is late at night and I hurry to get home.

And yet it was warm enough today to wish I was wearing sandals!

Lakeshore - Abstract Lanscape Palette Knife Oil Painitng

"Lakeshore"

6 x 6 inches, Oil on board, Palette Knife

This abstract came about from playing with color. I'd actually wanted a more teal color instead of this intense blue but I think it works with the warm red. I use a limited palette when painting and for this one I used just Prussian Blue, Cad Yellow Pale, Cad Red and white. I find it fun to be able to come up with various combinations using the limited palette, but magenta is a hard one to mix.

Kicking Back with a Glass of Wine and Sunset

"Kicking Back"

6 x 6 inches, Oil on Board, Palette Knife Painting

A little while ago, fellow artist Manon Doyle visited Arizona and put a photo of her feet up on a table, a glass of wine and the sunset kissing her toes. It was such a cool photo I asked her if I could use it as a reference for a future painting. Well this is it - Manon's feet. Thank you Manon for the use of your photo!