Pink Betty, 20 x 16, oil on cradled board
I love doing commissioned paintings that included old photos and memorabilia. The painting creates a very personal image of loved ones.
This photo used for this painting includes a Mother and daughter, a child’s drawing and a hand crocheted doily.
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Aces and Eights,12 x 9, oil on board.
Aces and Eights is known as the Dead Man’s Hand in a two-pair poker hand. The hand gets its name from the legend of it being the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder (August 2, 1876). It is accepted that the hand included the aces and eights of both the black suits. There is still debate about what the 5th card was.
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D is for Dog, 9″ x 12″, oil on board
I have a nice collection of vintage toys and figurines. I like painting the different textures and the reflection of light.
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Cordial Cherry , 9 x 12, oil on masonite.
I don’t know if I wanted to simply capture the beauty of the cordial cherry or if I was just looking for an excuse to buy myself a box of chocolates! Yum!
Read about the History of the Cordial Cherry Here and Here, too.
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I’m pleased to announce that my oil painting Singing Cat has been accepted into the Contemporary Realism Biennial at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art
The works were chosen from a field of 144 artists.
The exhibition will be in the Fort Wayne Museum of Art galleries September 20th– November 30th.
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Apples and Stripes is a continuation of my series of black and white striped paintings. It shows a group of apples in a silver bowl against a striped background with the stripes reflected in the silver.
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