#56 green mountain

green mountain, originally uploaded by maggies farm.

oil on panel
4" x 6"

#55 spring front

spring front, originally uploaded by maggies farm.

oil on canvas
5" x 7"

#54 one

one, originally uploaded by maggies farm.

oil on panel
4" x 4"

#53 rainy day

rainy day, originally uploaded by maggies farm.

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

#52 spring morning

spring morning, originally uploaded by maggies farm.

oil on panel
4" x 6"

# 51 bright spring

bright spring, originally uploaded by maggies farm.

oil on panel
4" x 6"

#50 southeast

southeast, originally uploaded by maggies farm.

oil on canvas
5" x 7"

I've been so busy with so many things that I took my own spring break. It's good to be back in my routine.

I don't think I've ever painted 50 paintings in a year, much less 4 months.

#49 dawn

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

#48 egg

oil on panel
3 3/4" x 4"

sold

#47 violets

oil on panel
4" x 4"

#46 green

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

My life has been chaos. Spring is a busy time here with the gardens. I also substituted for a friend this week and had to prepare for 2 art history courses. Then there was the day spent on campus to teach. I'm not complaining. It rained all day and the grass is turning an intense, drunken, spring green.

#45 east, by northeast

oil on panel
6" x 8"

Life is getting in the way... This is Thursday's painting. I hope to be back on schedule tomorrow.

#44 north east

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

#43 fog

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

#42 little creek 3

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

hill

oil on canvas
30" x 40"

I'm learning quite a bit from the smaller paintings and have been putting it to use in the larger works. This is much larger than my daily paintings. The building up of layers is much more important in the larger works. It's a little like an excavation.

#41 little creek 2

oil on panel
4" x 6"

I am really liking the warm weather, even though the cold will return. I sat my chair out on the edge of the creek and painted. Life should always be so perfect.

#40 laundry day

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

sold

#39 first

oil on panel
4" x 4"

The first daffodil of the year has made it into my studio.

#38 bare trees

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

#37 hill and light

oil on panel
4" x 6"

#36 goldfish

oil on panel
4" x 4"

sold

#35 tracks and shadows

oil on panel
6" x 8"

sold

#34 lime

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

I loved the smell when I was painting this.

sold

#33 sophie study

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

I'm getting ready to do the annual Sophie portrait.

#32 bowl of eggs

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

sold

#31 cold bright morning

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

#30 late afternoon, east

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

#29 road cut

oil on canvas
4" x 6"

status report

I've been very busy with the gallery this week - preparing my space, framing, etc...
Today I'm headed into town to hang everything. So, hopefully by tomorrow, I'll be back in the studio doing what I should be doing.

#28 cloud lines

oil on canvas
4" x 6"


my new shipment of canvases finally arrived!

#27 cold morning colors

oil on canvas
5" x 7"

I've been very busy with larger paintings and gettting ready to move into a gallery!

#26 fields in snow

oil on panel
4" x 6"

It's the same view as the day before, only the weather changed!

#25 winter fields

oil on panel
4" x 6"

#24 east

oil on canvas
8" x 10"

#23 afternoon

oil on panel
4" x 6"

I'm falling behind because of computer glitches and feeling under the weather. The sunlight is helping.

#22 stand of pines and fog

oil on panel
4" x 6"

There was no light today, just a dull silver-grey.

#21 late afternoon foragers

oil on panel
4" x 6"

sold

#20 long shadows

oil on panel
4" x 6"

#19 snow day

oil on panel
4" x 6"

I was told a snow day is not a holiday. But I believe yesterday was (at least for me!).

#18 winter trees 4

oil on panel
4" x 6"

I can't wait to work on my "big" paintings. It's been so cold that the heater in the studio is barely keeping things above freezing. These little ones are giving me lots of ideas.

sold

#17 winter trees, morning

oil on panel
4" x 6"

sold

#16 winter fields through trees

oil on panel
4" x 6"

#15 Late Afternoon, January

oil on panel
4" x 6"

I finished as it was getting dark.

#14 Rabbit

watercolor on paper
5" x 7"

A portrait of The Monkey's bunny. Monkey has already claimed this for her own and commissioned another (with a pink background, of course).

Yesterday overwhelmed me and I never got to paint. It was freezing in the studio and I got busy with other things.

#13 clementine, deconstucted

oil on panel
4" x 6"
sold

#12 wind and rain

oil on canvas
5" x 7"


It's the same view as yesterday, only the weather is quite different.

#11 changing weather

oil on canvas
5" x 7"

Done plein-aire, because the weather is oh, so fine today.

#10 yellow eyed beans

oil on panel
4" x 6"

Happy New Year!

Today is a holiday. I thought I'd post an older painting. It's a portrait of The Monkey done in 2007. It's time to do a new one.




oil on canvas
18" x 24"