SUMMER TANAGER CELEBRATES SPRING

"Summer Tanager" 

5x7 oil on canvas. 

SOLD

This brilliant red tanager was a visitor of ours last fall. I am hoping he will be back this year. I had not ever seen this type of bird before so I felt so fortunate that he stuck around for a photo. He was the perfect subject to paint yesterday during the soggy, grey day we had in Charleston. 

I would love to hear about what you may know about this rare beauty! 

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SOUTHERN STROLL IV

"Southern Stroll IV"

10x10 oil on canvas.

Available for purchase. 

Where is your favorite place to go for a stroll? 

BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL!

Yesterday one of my persimmons paintings was featured on the blog Yellow Elm. Yellow Elm is full of romantics and vintage inspirations of all things fashionable. Stop by Elizabeth's Etsy shop for some springtime pick me up. You will find beautiful handmade headbands, broaches and even cards. Oh and did I mention Elizabeth is a fellow South Carolinian (or is it Carolinan or non of the above)? Anyway her headpieces are to cute and her blog if full of eye candy.

                                           Image: Yellow Elm

                                           Image: Yellow Elm

Thank you Elizabeth for this happy treasury!

'Bright & Cheerful' by YellowElm

Imagine That - 12" x 12... Makewells $90.00	SPECIAL SALE: 15% off any 2 ... LoftFullOfGood... $34.00
Decorative Pillow Cover, Pin... CottagePixie $20.00	Hand Embroidery Hoop - Groov... Moxiedoll $50.00
Lip Balm Addicts - You Choos... SymbolicImport... $12.00	Rain: vibrant blue garden pe... UrbanEarthBout... $35.00
Sharon Fruit Persimmons and ... marissavogl $47.00	Custom color ruffle rose pil... thatfunkybouti... $29.00
rosette headband, blue yourwishcake $12.00	Don't lose heart WindyDayGreeti... $5.00
Japanese Washi Tape MINI Sta... PrettyTape $14.00	Geology Ring: Rubies MaieDae $17.00
Vintage Sewing Pattern 1970&... patternshop $9.99	Available, 17 x 17, Distress... paintsquare $275.00
Handmade felt slippers made ... ing00te $68.00	ASTER in Lemon Chiffon // Ev... luckycann $52.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Violet, you're turning violet!

Southern Stroll III, 10x10

Oil on canvas.

Purple, violet, plum, lilac are all perfect words I could use to describe this painting. How much more obvious can I get? So not to bore you with painting lingo I'll tell you what I really see when I look at this painting...Violet, you're turning violet! Mrs. Beauregarde's (Missi Pyle) famous quote on her daughters unfortunate predicament on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My two year old toddler is crushing on Willy Wonka (Johhny Depp), making my life as a parent incredibly difficult. I find myself saying, sure you can watch Willy Wonka, again and again. Besides the fact I am allowing my daughter to watch Willy Wonka almost daily I am now using Willy Wonka as bribery. We brush our teeth like Willy Wonka does, we eat our veggies like him, we show him how Josie rides her trike and yes we even sit on the potty "like" Willy Wonka does. Josie asks for kisses from Willy Wonka and even wants to share her precious baby with him. Thank goodness I love this movie!

                                          video: YouTube

Southern Stroll II

"Southern Stroll II" 10x10

oil on canvas

This version is pretty saturated in hot colors, I must have overcompensated for the rainy gloomy day outside. It reminds me of an August evening in the South.

A ROMANTIC STROLL UNDER THIS OLD OAK

"Southern Stroll I"

10x10, oil on canvas

Last week we took our kiddos fishing off the local Greenway path which is right by our house. After untangling the mickey mouse push button pole and baiting it with some shrimp, Taj my 5 year old managed to pull up his first crab! He (the crab) fell off before we could pull it in but in the mind of a 5 year old it totally counts! On our walk back (fishless, crabless, and shrimpless) was this beautiful oak tree with the moon sitting pretty just above her. It was the perfect evening; an adventure for my children and a nice romantic walk with my man...awhhh.

Oak trees are incredibly challenging for me to paint so I think I will tackle this same composition a few more times. 

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Morning Palms

24x8, oil on canvas

In this painting I wanted to capture the warmth and the calmness of life on Johns Island, SC. I have been working hard on finding more depth in my paintings. Working with colors that I "grey down" in contrast to the more pure and vivid pigments, seems to be a combination that my eye enjoys. When placing a muted cool green next to a deep rich gold the eye automatically pushes the green to the background while the gold comes forward. I read somewhere that the eye does not see yellow at a distance. So it makes sense that warmer colors work well in the foreground of any painting. Next time you are taking in the landscape around you take notice of the colors you see far away. 

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