Schoolroom Mural

"Schoolroom Mural"

Acrylic

The orbs of light are in different locations on each photo I took, sometimes large and sometimes small. I have seen this before, in photos I have taken at church, so it thrills me to think the angels have been with us while we worked on this mural!


This is the mural that my students have been working on the past month or two. (Rebekah is 13 and Rachel is 8.) Luke, who is 3 years old, painted the little yellow flower off to the right of the tree while I guided his hand. This mural is in the home school room/ play room. While I have been painting murals on their bedroom walls, the kids have been coming out for a couple of hours once or twice a week. I have enjoyed this project tremendously.

They came up with the ideas, and the colors! Some of the apples have family member's names on them-- creating a very unique family tree. I have been helping them when things get a little too far off, and to clean up any mistakes. Don't you think they have done a great job making this room so colorful?

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Spring Thaw, Libby, Montana

"Spring Thaw, Libby, Montana"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on canvas

(painting continues on sides, framing is optional)

Just got back from Montana. Had a family reunion and memorial in honor of my grandmother who passed away a few months ago. Mixed emotions. It was great to be home, even though it was for a sad event.

I saw a huge bald eagle, so I included it here. I also saw deer, elk, wood ducks, and Canadian geese! so exciting.

All the creeks and streams are gushing with melting snow right now. Quite a muddy mess in some places. I still found it so very beautiful, and the cold mountain air is still invigorating.

I couldn't wait to get painting! This was done alla prima. It is the first of a series. Hopefully I will get to do quite a few more.

Please bare with me, with commissions and custom work on large canvases my small daily paintings have been on the back burner for now.

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Down Stream 2

"Down Stream 2"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

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This is a white ibis. They have long curved beaks and around here they are often mistakenly called curlew.

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Now I Lay Me Down

"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep"

Acrylic on canvas

20 x 24 inches

Made this one up quite some time ago. It was in reference to a night time prayer I used to say with my boys. I didn't like the whole prayer, so I changed it to a kinder version that left out "if I should die before I wake . . ."

"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, please keep us safe through the night, and bless us, dear Lord, with your morning light." Then we would ask God to bless each person we loved by name.

I do miss those sweet voices and tender prayers. So honest and true to listen to the heart of a child.

Enjoy!

(I will be out of town for a few days, so I won't be posting again until next week.)

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Over Flow

"Over Flow"

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on watercolor paper

Not Available

The rivers and streams often spill over and it reminds me of God's abundance.

God fills our cup with blessing upon blessings, and this is for us to be encouraged and content. But He also fills us to overflowing, and this is for us to reach out to others!

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Rain Rain Go Away, Plein Air

"Rain Rain Go Away"

12 x 24 inches

Acrylic on canvas

ready to frame

This is another older painting that I did on location a few years ago, before I started posting on line. I was really into thin layers of paint, then sealing them with a varnish. When all the craze came out with the watercolor canvases I moved on to something else.

It actually started raining off and on. I loved the effect it created in the background. As it dried I added the thicker layers of foliage over the top.

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Libby Creek

"Libby Creek"

6 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper

NOT AVAILABLE

This little painting is from a recent lesson I taught. It reminded me of Libby Creek in Montana. The water gets low in the fall, but during the summer, when I was 12 years old, my friends and I would float the creek on inner tubes, except the real shallow areas, then we had to get out and walk a ways or try to bounce along on the rocks! We would cry out "Bottoms up!!!"

The part I liked best was coming around a fast bend into deeper water. We tried bumping into each other because sometimes you could knock a person off of their tube! The water is ice cold, so it was funny to see them scramble in a hurry to get back on their tube. All of us had our share of getting dunked!

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Slow Passage, Morning Stream

"Slow Passage"

6 x 6 inches

Acrylic on canvas

NOT AVAILABLE

Just a fun little painting, thought I would try a limited palette this morning. It's alla prima. I started with different shades of blue. then added some yellow orange and tints of yellow, yielding many wonderful shades of green. Touches of purple went into some of the shadows. Finally, accents of red were used to set it all off! I love the feeling of atmosphere that the bluish hues convey.

I was thinking about how we slowly change, we slowly find the bright spots in life and see the wonders all around us. God just puts things in our path that encourages us to get beyond the negative thoughts and He leads us to His grace.

Nature has always been one of those things that brings me back to the positive thoughts and good memories in my life. Then I can be thankful again for the many good things in my life. Seems like we can easily let the hardships we have faced rob us of the joy that is ours for the taking.

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Beach Study

"Beach Study"

(with seagrapes)

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on watercolor paper

This was created from an art lesson I did with a couple of teenagers that have been hanging out with me once a month. We used a reference photo and moved things around and changed the colors. All three of our paintings turned out different. It was fun. I really like the lighting, reminds me of early morning. I love the sea-grape bushes too. I touched it up this morning and added some more detail. Then I decided it was good enough to post!

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Life and Death, texture study

"Life and Death"

24 x 32 inches

acrylic on Masonite

Not For Sale

This painting was a texture study in the beginning. My instructor at the university put all kinds of strange objects on a huge table. We were to create a composition that included simulated and actual textures. Of course I had to play up the contrasting colors. And before it was over I added the rain and the new growth that often comes when things die.

This is true of us as well. Often, when we finally die to something we find hard to let go of, something new and beautiful comes form the struggle and the death. This was the first of many paintings that I added rain which is symbolic of tears and trials.

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Luke's Tractor, completed mural

"Luke's Tractor"

Acrylic on a wall

Approximately 9 x 13 feet

Luke is in the tractor with an angel behind him.

Air plane in the sky, angel flying with it.


click on this one to see the doe and fawn in the middle ground.
Cows are in the distance, and hogs are in the mud.




Luke's dog is chasing a rabbit.

This mural just kept growing! I was so excited when the little boy in the tractor began to actually look like Luke! That took a few tries. Luke wanted the tractor stuck in the mud, but I liked it with the grass and didn't want to change it, so I added some mud on the tires.

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Celestial Shores

"Celestial Shores"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on canvas panel

Not available

Worked on this one for a few days, just love the greenish hues in the water. This reminds me of the crystal clear water in Montana. I used a reference photo (from a magazine of Canada) to help my student, Cindy, paint something similar, only she added flowers in the foreground. I loved the way hers turned out, so I started playing with a similar idea, changed the mountains and added the rocks and the pine tree. It was fun to get back to my Daily Paintings.

As I painted this I kept thinking about how clean and pure it all looks. I often think heaven must have mountains and crystal clear water. Living in Florida makes me long for that pure water.

ENJOY!

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Gardens Past, Plein air painting

"Gardens Past"

14 x 18 inches

Acrylic on canvas

(ready to frame)

$1,800.00

This is another older painting that never got to post because I painted it before I started blogging.
The sprinklers got turned on while I was painting this garden statue. Some of the paint ran and so I played it up and exaggerated the effect.

I am still working on murals, so my daily paintings are taking longer. I do still paint everyday, but I am not pushing myself to finish one everyday because I don't want to loose the quality I am used to achieving. I have a new small daily painting very close to being done. I worked on it this weekend, but I also had company, so I didn't get as many hours in as I would have liked.

The huge wall paintings are really kicking my butt! I am wonderfully exhausted. It is a mix of adrenaline, accomplishment, and sore achy body parts! "Luke's Tractor" should be done this week. I am getting paid extra to add lots of extra subject matter. I have even painted little Luke in the tractor! And his dog chasing a rabbit! Too much fun.

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Lily on Water

"Lily"

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

Not Available

This is an older painting. I took a picture of this water lily when I was out fishing on Lake Okeechobee. It broke loose and the stem floated up around the flower. I enhanced the colors as I painted it. It was both graceful, and interesting.

There has been a lot of theft and copyright infringement and now new laws are in the making that will not stop big companies from using any ones images, so I am beginning to implement watermarks on my images. Sorry if it is bothersome, but I would rather do this than stop posting altogether!

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Painted Bunting, Wildlife art

"Painted Bunting"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on canvas
SOLD

This is the male bunting that I got pictures of through the window. Very blurry pictures to work from! I love the way the sunlight made all of his colors so vibrant.

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Bunting, wildlife art

"Bunting"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on canvas

Not Available

I enjoyed taking pictures of this female bunting on our bird feeder, through the kitchen window! The photos leave a lot to be desired, but the painting turned out very nice.

This is not a great photo of the painting, tried three times, it really is much more vibrant in color.

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Forever Faithful, Great Blue Herons

"Forever Faithful"

24 x 36 inches

Acrylic on canvas

(Ready to frame)
$5,000.00

There are 2 manatee in the water, The young one is very hard to see as it is almost hidden by the grass. There is also the reflection of an anhinga up at the top. a hidden turtle, and a young alligator mostly sumerged were added for those who like to discover things not so obvious. This painting is symbolic for God's faithfulnes to us.

The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.
Psalms 145:9

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Luke's Tractor, mural in progress

"Luke's Tractor"

9 x 12 feet

Acrylic on a wall

Not Available

I brightened up the colors in the sky and began adding some details to the back ground. The tractor still needs attention. The trees on the sides will go up and out, becoming much larger.

Detail of the crop duster, mud, cows, and distant trees.

Added clouds, roughed in the tractor, and added the beginning of the border trees.

First lay in of large areas of base colors. The walls are a denim blue color.

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At the Lake Again, Bald Eagle,

"At The Lake Again"

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

While I was at the lake I saw this eagle on the shore. He was feasting on his catch and then he flew around for a while! I got a few pictures of him, most where blurry. But I wanted to capture the memory anyway.

I love the way the clouds are dancing around.

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A and D Ranch, 2, Plein Air

"A and D Ranch, 2"

6 x 8 inches

Acrylic on canvas panel

This painting will be available in a few weeks. This is another sample painting for a larger canvas later.

I enjoyed going out and taking in all the fresh air in the morning sun. It turned cold that morning with a cold wind, 50 degrees or so. For us that is chilly!

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Rebekah's Beach, Mural completed

Rebeka's Beach, Mural,

acrylic on a wall

(I blocked the glare from the window for a better photo, makes the sand look darker.)

An angel looks out from behind a cloud. Blends in nicely.



Two angels here. (Click the image to enlarge it.)



The volleyball and the net are in Gator colors (University of Florida).

Finished up Rebekah's Beach today. Approx 13 x 8 feet. I love the angel sitting on the cloud to the right of the sun. There are seagulls and seashells too. Wonderful bold colors! I think Rebekah will really like it. She plays volleyball and her team went to state competition! Way To Go, Rebekah!

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Sunset with Rocks, Daily Painting

"Sunset Rocks"

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

This is a study of the rocks. I was fascinated with all the reflected colors. The rocks looked blue and purple! I started out just painting the colors in bold broad strokes, and thought about just leaving it that way. Then I decided to refine it and add the details, which I absolutely love to do! I painted this from photos I took last week of Nubbin's Slough.

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This painting has been altered, please see "Sunset Rocks" on 12-5-11 for updated version. Added an angel and birds. ( Interesting : the photography here is done in cool, outdoor lighting, the photography on the updated painting is done indoors with warmer light.....quite a big difference.)

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