Monday, May 31, 2010

Maryland Corn Field

I forgot I had this painting! It was from a photo near Parkton Maryland, where my cousin lives. I had painted it in 2009. I love how the sunlight is on the corn field and how it meets the road.
14" x 18"   $250  SOLD

Morning Pond

My friend Nancy and I went out this morning and painted at this little local pond near our homes.
8" x 8"  $95  1" MDF board, will be framed   SOLD

Friday, May 28, 2010

Evening Blue

This little painting I did the other evening near where I live of a neighbor's driveway. The light was great, a very simple painting on canvas.  8" x 10" will be framed when it's dry.  $125  SOLD

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Afton Mountain, Virginia

I went back and relocated myself and easel to work on this painting that I wasn't happy with. It was the same time of day, and is on the Highland Farm off Ortman Road. Perhaps I need to make the road stand out a bit more. It is now framed in our standard Virginia cherry wood.
14" x 24"  $200.  SOLD

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Catterton Lane 1

My friend Nancy and I were painting out near Free Union this Saturday for a "Wet Paint" show.
8" x 10"  $125  framed  SOLD

Garden Shed

This was painted at a friends house in Greenwood, Virginia, down the road form my house. It is on 1" thick MDF board.  8" x 8"  $95  framed  SOLD

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Trees and Shadows


This was painted from a photograph that was taken years ago, somewhere in Virginia, I am afraid I can't remember. It was raining outside so this was a way to brighten up my day!
12" x 48"  $495  SOLD

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Fence and Bales

Here is a studio painting from a photo I did yesterday when it was raining outside.
8" x 10"  $125  

Neighbor's Pond, Crozet, Virginia

Went out painting today with my friend Karen, and went to the pond across the road from my house. You will see more from there, different locations around the pond. The mountains of Wintergreen are in the background.
12" x 16"   $200  framed   SOLD

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Highland County

Highland County is famous for it's ridge top meadows and this is an example of them. Painted in 2008 at Bear Mountain at my friends home in early Spring.
16" x 20"  $350

Friday, March 12, 2010

Shenandoah Valley Pond and Fields

This painting was done in the studio while the snow was blowing. It made me feel like Spring will be here soon, and now it is. It is also from over in the Shenandoah Valley, but farther north.
24" x 48"  $1,000  framed   SOLD

Monday, March 8, 2010

Capshall's Pond

 
This was painted on sight just before the leaves fell last Fall. I remember hurrying before I lost the sun and love the warm sky against the blues and greens.  18" x 24"  $350  framed  SOLD

Madison County with Bales

 
This painting was from a visit to a friend's farm in Madison County last year and was painted mostly from memory. The softness from the early evening light is what I love to try to capture.  28" x 46"  $1,300  framed  SOLD

Sunset Mountains


This painting was done after coming home and painting the sky from memory, after watching the sunset over the mountains across the street on our neighbors farm. My husband and I often walk there after dinner, and that evening I raced home and painted this. 20 " x 20"  $300. SOLD

Andrew & Audrey's painting

This weekend Andrew and Audrey came and bought their painting, thank you! It was a studio painting from a study over in the Shenandoah Valley.  My husband and I drove over there last Fall and enjoyed pulling over along the way for photographs. We travel the back roads with lunch in tow.
24" x 36"  SOLD

Shenandoah Valley

 
This was painted late fall 2009 from a photo across the mountain from my house, in the Shenandoah Valley.  The red roof has a nice pop to the soft colors around it.  The hay that is laying down was fun to paint too.  It is hanging in my dining room.
36" x 48"    $1,500   SOLD

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Road & Bales








This is from a photo in Crozet from last year's hay harvest. This is a wonderful size, great for landscape painters, fun to paint and can go over mantles or anywhere. All paintings come framed with Virginia grown cherry strip frames, unless indicated differently. This is available at my home in Crozet.
12" x 48"    $495  framed   SOLD

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Murray Pond


This painting was done plein-air this past Fall up in Afton, VA and I went back several times to complete it. There is a house tucked away to the right and the small log cabin on the pond. I was painting from the road and had a ton of fun doing it.  24" x 48"  $850 framed  SOLD

Sugar Hollow















Sugar Hollow is a reservoir for Charlottesville and this is a well known sycamore tree that many stop to photograph or paint. This was done last February on a warm sunny day, had been meaning to paint it for a while.  18" x 24"  $325 SOLD

Chiles Orchard, Crozet

Chile's Peach Orchard was painted this past Fall on site late in the afternoon and right before the leaves fell.  20" x 20" oil on canvas, framed   $350  SOLD

Winter View

This was painted from the studio after taking the photo from the stream up from my house after the 24 inches of snow we got!
16" x 20"  $225  framed  SOLD  Thanks Donna & Rex!