Click Here to Purchase - $500 - 12x12in. - oil on panel If you're new to my work, I have a series of online tutorials available. I call them ArtBytes because they are bite-size tutorials, at reasonable prices. A few are free, so you can get a taste of what they're like. And if you pay for one and are disappointed, we have a money-back guarantee. Thanks for checking them out ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $400 - 10x10in. - oil on panel A while ago I saw an add for some cadmium-free paints (red & yellow) from Utrecht. I figured there would be compromises, but I finally bought some small tubes to try out. And after using them a few months, I am genuinely impressed! They are just as saturated as my cadmiums, and I can't see any chalkiness or other problems in any of my mixes. And if I can be just a little safer with my paint, I'm all for it. Have any of you tried them? I'd love to hear what you think. (btw, I am not sponsored by Utrecht ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $200 - 6x6in. - oil on panel I bought the little stripey cup on Temu. It's my only purchase using the site, and I wasn't crazy about it. But the cup is fine. It comes with a matching saucer, and I've tried painting them together several times, but it never works out. I'll get it eventually. Speaking of bad purchasing experiences, if you enjoy sewing and are considering purchasing patterns on Etsy, beware! Apparently there are a bunch of pattern scams, and I fell for one with my first purchase. After many frustrating hours, I realized the pattern was physical ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $300 - 6x12in. - oil on panel My husband built me a set of amazing shelves to hold all my still life "stuff". They take up an entire wall of my studio, and are shallow so that I can see everything at once (nothing is buried). They vary in height, but the ones for cups are short enough that the one above sometimes casts a shadow on the ones below. I have wanted to paint something like it for years. My easel is in a pretty fixed location (because of the light), so I recreated the scene in my shadow box, using my new stripey cup as part of the supporting cast ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $500 - 12x12in. - oil on panel I got completely obsessed with sewing the last few weeks and neglected painting entirely. Oopsie. Here's an oldie that I held onto because I really love it. Now it's prepared to find its forever home. Plus I'm home from visiting family for Christmas and ready to paint again. I hope you're all finding new inspiration too in the almost new year ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $200 - 6x6in. - oil on panel Recently I hosted a book group dinner at my house, and one of my friends brought me a bouquet of white mums. I decided I had to paint a few. Here's the first. Thank you, Colleen ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $700 - 16x16in. - oil on panel For this larger painting I used a 6x6 I loved as inspiration. I set up the composition again, but ended up changing it a bit in several ways: I added the spoon and an extra cup, and altered the colors of the paper. I'm learning so much from each one of these ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $700 - 16x16in. - oil on panel Here's another large painting that was quite challenging. Trying to get all the shapes right and everything leaning in the right directions (perspective) AND the value and color relationships ... but I like how it turned out in the end ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $200 - 6x6in. - oil on panel You might not know it, but when pears spend any amount of time in an art studio, they start asking all sorts of questions. Like, "What's at the bottom of that bowl?," and "What does it all mean?" It can be very distracting ..read more

  Click Here to Purchase - $200 - 6x6in. - oil on panel Seeing as it's cyber Monday and all, I put a few of my paintings on sale. You can see everything of mine that's currently available here. : ) As for this painting, in case you are confused, I put down the maroon-y paper first, then a big piece of glass, then the light pink paper, then everything else. I thought the reflection-y bits were really cool, but in hindsight I wonder if it might be confusing ..read more