Monday, December 31, 2007




This is my little granddaughter Morrigan. The portrait was commissioned by her other grandmother.

Saturday, December 29, 2007


SOLD

A friend alerted me to the fact that paintings of crows are very popular on Ebay; so of course, I was motivated to get on the bandwagon! So far, it's going so well, that I think I'll be painting crows for a while! Fun!

Monday, December 24, 2007


Another still life with with reflections and a colourful sphere......two of my favourite things to paint!

Saturday, December 22, 2007


With Christmas so close, I'm still thinking in "red and green"!

Thursday, December 20, 2007


I must be in the Christmas mood, painting such a red/green painting! This is what they call a Chinese pear in the grocery store. I love it's luscious colours! It tasted pretty good too!

Monday, December 17, 2007


This has been done in oil pastel on sanded pastel paper. Still loving my oil pastels, especially the Senneliers!

Saturday, December 15, 2007


This one doesn't really qualify as a new painting; I completed it about a month ago; but today I decided to change the colour of the background, and now I like it better...

Thursday, December 13, 2007

SOLD

I've certainly been eating a lot more fruit since I began doing still lifes from life!!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Saturday, December 8, 2007



Just a little ACEO for today..........

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

SOLD

More oranges today! This is an ACEO, so it measures a mere 2.5" by 3.5". My blue enamel pie plate is coming in very handy for my still life paintings!
This one is for sale in my shop at www.etsy.com. (Type joyart to find me there).

Tuesday, December 4, 2007



I'm still finding it a challenge to work with acrylics but I'm determined to keep at it! This is a quick study I did today; the masonite panel is a little rough around the edges, since I cut it with a razor knife...........I'd love to know where I can get ready-cut masonite in the 6" by 8" size range.