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Sketchy and Free 16 Aug 2013 | 05:25 am
White Sunday, 24 x 24 My kids (who live in Alaska) have been visiting in the past few weeks, and I've been painting with them, but not too much at my own easel! I did White Sunday, above, just befo...
Travels, Remembered and Recent 19 Jul 2013 | 06:11 am
Morning Light, Les Murets, 20 x 16 Dimanche, Paris, 16 x 20 Last Saturday evening, Huff Harrington Fine Art (in Atlanta) hosted their 8th annual Bastille Day festivities, with French-inspired painti...
Cure for the Summer Swoon 2 Jul 2013 | 08:21 am
Demo in progress, 1st day, Dahlonega, June 2013 Demo, Hydrangeas, 12 x 12 Demo, Pears, 8 x 16 Simple cure for my annual summer swoon, or the onset of the blahs - (perhaps due to high humidity, heat...
Fish Plate Makes a Comeback... and other thoughts 8 Jun 2013 | 01:10 am
Time to Change It Up Soon we leave to visit our kids in Alaska, and a few weeks later I head to Maine to paint with a friend who organized a painting retreat in a serene waterfront spot north of Port...
Recent Happenings 22 May 2013 | 04:16 pm
Study of Sarah, 12 x 10 Last weekend, I taught a really fun workshop at Atlanta Artists Center on Capturing the Essence...painting studies of children, or really, the figure - from photographs. My u...
Life is but a dream... 2 May 2013 | 07:35 am
Memories, 40 x 38, sold Busy, fun times abound. Last week, my exhibit at Huff Harrington Fine Art in Atlanta, called Franke, Foltz and Friends (featuring the wonderful painter Doug Foltz, along with...
Windows of Paris 29 Mar 2013 | 02:40 pm
Window Shopping, 10 x 7, Oil on Arches Rough Paper Oh, we have but two more nights in our little apartment. Yes, it is time to go back home, and yes, we are ready, but...what an experience, just to...
It's About the Butter 19 Mar 2013 | 12:59 am
After the Rain, 12 x 12 Well, it IS! We have been in Paris for a little over 2 weeks, enjoying all of everything on our one-month holiday here. Not a bad bite of food yet, and I have really gotten ...
Sweet Dreams 20 Feb 2013 | 04:36 am
Sweet Dreams, 12 x 9 Exciting times for me lately - I've been painting a LOT from life, some going easily, some taking (way) more time and thought. I always prefer the ones I can catch "alla prima,"...
Winter Possibilities 8 Feb 2013 | 07:18 am
Lake Morning, 20 x 10 The painting above, truly summer remembered, was fun to do at this time of year. Love painting the figure in all seasons - I try to keep it free, yet true, often a difficult li...
