Image from West Tisbury

This painting is from my mental image of the cliffs on the beach at West Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard. What a nice visit we had there thanks to our friends Corrine & John.

Ireland 2010: Ballycroy -Co. Mayo

I'm back from another visit to Ireland! This time I traveled with a study abroad group from Augusta State University. The group travelled from place to place by bus which was a new experience for me (I'm accustomed to setting my own itinerary!!). But, the trade-off was that I was able to visit some areas of Ireland I've never seen before...I've tried to capture the essence of some of these places in the artwork from the trip.

This pastel painting is a view of Ballycroy National Park in County Mayo....Ballycroy is an enormous bog (11,000 hectares to be specific) covering a vast uninhabited and unspoilt wilderness. In the distance is the Nephin Beg mountain range.

"Sweeeet!!"

Did this painting from a photo of Bill's corn from last year. He's in the process, right now, of getting the ground ready to plant this year's corn. Last year's crop will be hard to beat!

Token Male

Tho' the holidays aren't completely over I'm back in the studio working......

Bill and I have five hens and one rooster that we've had for going on two years now. The hens are great! We get plenty of fresh eggs from them and tho' the old rooster can be obnoxious with his crowing & carrying on, he's by far the prettiest bird in the chicken yard and winds up getting painted quite a bit........so here's another tribute to our 'Token Male'

"Family Portrait"

Still painting apples! This is another piece for our upcoming Women On Paper Show.

"Time to Makeup"

Another piece for our upcoming Women on Paper Show on Nov. 20th. As I studied these two apples while I painted them, they looked more & more like a couple who'd had a spat!

Quiet Time

Donated to The Gertrude Herbert Art Institute's annual fundraiser "Oysters on Telfair"