When I was taking the photo of this guy the title for the painting just seemed appropriate. Wild week-end and facing a new work week...I showed my friend Nancy Medina 
Sleepless night produces paintings... : )
A client who had bought one of my previous angel asked that I try one of an angel sleeping. She says that even angels grow weary sometimes. I kept hearing the song (it's an oldie) by Bread, singing "sleep, silent angel, go to sleep....all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you"
Rosemary 
Rosemary and Me
Kristi, Ruth, Cheri and Judith
Sometimes the colors just feel right. This one felt right. And although there appears to be a lot of color - it just seemed "quiet"
This is another "Michael". Creating artwork as a career is a very solitary business. Many of you checking out my blog probably know what I mean. I am so fortunate to have a circle of artist friends who live near enough to get together for painting, for coffee, for a glass of wine, for brainstorming.
It was a goodbye and a hello...A hug
I finished this painting last week and having not come up with a good "catchy" title. Any suggestions? I might just call it what it is "Blue Trees". I look at the painting and the feeling I had when I painted it. It is not a lonely piece, though it has a lot of blues and dark colors. Since it is Monday today "Monday Morning"
So much to write about. I've taken a couple of pottery classes with Kim Norris but I haven't any photos to post. I'm covered with clay when I am finished and my pieces are lopsided... But Kim has started me with the wheel - when she touches the clay it's magic, when I touch it...ha!
Here is Nancy at her easel. She painted a beautiful Texas landscape with bluebonnets.
A customer who'd bought a 7x5 inch painting from me in the past asked if I had another small painting of "Distance" which was on my website to add to her small art collection. So I painted the smaller version. The reason I named it Distance was because although the couple sits together it just appeared that they were miles apart in thoughts and perhaps desires. They aren't even touching. So I'm not going to change the title of the smaller painting and am calling this one
A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. 
Painted this during our "kinda weekly painting night". It's good to get together with friends to catch up on what everyone's been up to, drink a little wine, nibble on crackers, get inspired, ask each other to critique and make suggestions and get a little paint on the canvas. 
"Heaven's Tears"
"An Angel Sings"
"Hark"
I painted this little house at about the same time I painted the green roof house below but could not come up with names. It's a house with a reddish roof and then my mind draws a blank, I could get no further. I was tempted to name it "house" and maybe I might use that as a title in the future. But for today I will call this little one:
"Teardrops From Heaven"
"An Angel Listens"If you'd like to hear some very pretty guitar playing - it's angelic, click on the widget on my sidebar that reads Swing Street Cafe. I love listening to it when I paint.
And please be an angel and feed the dogs and cats on my sidebar widget - it's fun.
"Joyeux"
"Joyeux Noel"7 x 5 inches, Oil on Board
"Noel"5 x 7 inches, Oil on Board
"Merry, Merry"
I think this is a title of a song; I'm not too sure, but I like the sound of it. I'm calling this painting "Dancing With My Heart" 
I've been following Linda Blondheim's blog lately. If you are reading this and are an artist I highly recommend her site. She gives wonderful advice on the business, marketing and techniques of ART. She's a Florida artist so my mind was going back to when I used to live in Key West and did this little painting of the Key West Lighthouse. 
I like painting Poinsettias. But taking photos of these are an ordeal. I just couldn't seem to get the glare off no matter where I placed them. The glare seems to catch every palette knife stroke. So, it's a little hard to tell exactly but the I toned the surface with black for these paintings which made the reds really "pop". 
A nice cup of coffee with the palette knife - did I drink too much coffee when painting this one? Can you remember the best coffee you've ever had? My first cups of coffee were when I was in grade school, my grandmother used to put instant coffee into warm milk with lots of sugar...
