I Heart You - Playful Palette Knife Painting

"I Heart You"

4" x  5", Oil on deep gallery-wrapped canvas - sides are painted

A few days ago I took my car into my dealer's service department to get routine maintenance done....and they give the car a complimentary car wash.  Oh my car loved it!  It looked so nice and shiny and happy...but not two days later it's sporting a yellow-green haze on it.

It sure is Spring and the pollen is in the air.  Thankfully I'm not prone to allergies so the pollen doesn't bother me except to have coated my car.  The good thing is, that everywhere I look everyone else's car is suffering the same predicament and has a sheen of yellow green.  But my, the trees are filling in with that sweet, fresh looking green and the farmer's markets are so colorful with flowers waiting to be planted in gardens.

I was having a little fun when painting this little canvas - a heart.  I heart you...

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Pinkie and the Killers, Tulip Palette Knife Painting

"Pinkie and the Killers"

8" x  8" x 1.5", Oil on Canvas

Odd title for a painting?  There was a singing group in Japan in the '70's called Pinky and the Killer - at least I think Pinky was spelled with a "y"....Female lead singer with 4 men backup - kind of like Gladys Knight and the Pips.  They often dress in tux's and a Top Hat with canes.....I might have been reminiscing because of all the news from Japan.

When I posted this painting on FB, several alumni from my high school in Japan commented that they remembered the group and liked the title.

Well it's officially Spring now and tulips just feel so Spring.  Although I don't know if I can name just one flower to that honor....blooming trees, daffodils, hyacinths, all feel like Spring.

Have a lovely day!

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Sunday Was a Good Day

"Sunday Was a Good Day"

8" x  8"x 1.5", Oil on Canvas

Ever think at the end of the day - today was a good day...

With all that is happening in my home country so many there not able to say that after the big earthquake that hit on Friday - I am so grateful for so many many things.

I'm grateful for my friends who have called these past few days to ask how my family are in Japan.  I'm grateful for the electricity, water, roads to drive my car, roof over my head, knowing the whereabout (generally) of the people I love, care about or know...

For me Sunday was a Good Day.  Hope you're having a good day.

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Weary - An Angel Palette Knife Painting

"Weary"

10" x 10", Oil on Board

Last week I visited the Muse & Co Fine Art Gallery in Roswell, GA. and left several paintings on a test run of a week.  I contacted them yesterday to tell them I'd be by the pick up my paintings and was told that two had sold this past week.  Stunned and happy!!  The above is one of the paintings that had sold and the other that sold is the painting in the previous post, "Quiet Talk".  I'm on my way in a little while to visit with the Gallery, maybe they might want to represent me?

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Quiet Talk, Angel Palette Knife Oil Painting

"Quiet Talk"

10" x  10", Oil on Board

I was looking at my recent inventory of paintings and was thinking,  "I sure have painted a few angel paintings lately".  I have been posting them on Facebook and it has been a pleasant surprise to receive comments and thumbs up on the paintings.  I think Facebook has it's place in seeing what is getting people's attention and what hasn't.  

Yesterday I met Isabelle Gautier, a Georgia Artist who blogs on the Daily Painters of Georgia site.  We'd only "met" virtually through emails so it was nice to put a face to a name.  We visited a few Galleries and then had lunch at a French restaurant.  Isabelle is from the Normandy area of France so it was nice going to a French restaurant, ordering wine for lunch.  We talked about our art, ideas on galleries, what venues work for selling art, etc.  It was nice brainstorming and making a new friend.

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All There Is - Abstract Figurative Painting

"All There Is"

6" x  6", Oil on Board

A small abstract painting of a person and a dog...Dogs are in many of my paintings lately...

I wanted to keep this abstract and free so I chose a color so different for the human figure.  I hope you'll agree that this works.

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You Make My Toes Curl!

"You Make My Toes Curl"

6" x  6", Oil on Board

Another fun feet painting ....having fun with this.  

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Where You've Been - Angel Palette Knife Painting

"Where You've Been"

14" x 11", Oil on Board

Long ago I heard a song by Kathy Mattea about a couple who'd been married for years and years - she wrote the song from something she heard her grandmother who had Alzheimer's had said and she had witnessed.  Her grandmother was in an assisted living, she'd been withdrawn and not speaking until they wheeled her grandfather into her room and she said "Where've you been?  I've looked for you for ever and a day". 

I wonder sometimes at how happy our pets seem when we leave them alone at the house for a few minutes/hours/days?  They seems so terribly happy to see us.  Almost as though they ask us where you've been?  I've looked for you for ever and a day!

Ok, I do have a soft spot for dogs.....!

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Ten Minutes More - Palette Knife Oil Painting

"Ten Minutes More"

6" x  6", Oil on Board

My "feet in bed" series.  Just having a little fun with these little pieces.  

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Darn It's A Snow Day and I'm Alone

"Darn It's a Snow Day and I'm Alone"

6" x  6", Oil on Board

So, last week we had 100 hours of below freezing temperatures here in North Texas!  So it started with a pair of feet sticking out of the bed sort of painting and when they started to announce school, businesses, and office closings, this little idea popped into my head....what if you had found yourself stuck in you house but didn't have anyone over that would have shared the snuggly moments in the morning, you'd be saying "Darn!"

This painting is available through The Dutch Art Gallery , www.dutchartusa.com

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