Evening Bales II

I have been working on this painting lately and it is almost finished so here is an up-dated view of it . . . 36" x 48" oil on canvas, framed . . .  SOLD, thanks Pat!

Beaver Creek Reservoir

The other day in the late afternoon I went out to paint over at the reservoir because it was sooo nice out! I plan to go back to do larger ones around the reservoir. 6" x 12" oil on MDF board, framed $125. SOLD

Winter Coming I

I am re-posting this because I changed it enough to be a different painting . . . the other one is GONE! 24" x 30" oil on canvas, framed   SOLD thanks Julie!

King Family Vineyard

Here is a painting for a wedding present to their daughter and son-in-law from their wedding at the King Family Vineyard. I started it on site and finished it in the studio, I live right down the road from here so I know it well. 16" x 40" oil on canvas, framed. Thanks Lee and Joe!

The Rotunda

Last week Polly, Eileen and I went up on the garage roof near the corner, to paint a "Charlottesville in 2 Dimensions" painting for a small show at McGuffey Art Center. It will be showing for the month of March through Art In Place http://www.artinplace.org/  and the opening reception is March 2, from 5:30 to 7:30. I will be away that week . . . we had fun painting but it was very windy so we had to really clamp down! 20" x 20" oil on canvas, framed, $400.  SOLD  thanks Mary and Mike!

Valley Floor

On Friday Elizabeth Sauder ( http://www.elizabethsauder.com/ ) came up from Lexington and we met on the Parkway. We had fun with a picnic too . . . and I painted this larger painting!

  16" x 40"  SOLD 

Mountain Study II

A small simple color study from the other day going up to the Blue Ridge Parkway with Elizabeth Sauder, will post the larger one tomorrow. This one is 12" x 4" x 2" and will not be framed but the sides are painted. $100, will be at C-ville Arts later this week  SOLD

Riverdale Farm II

Here is the second painting that was actually done first but I needed to touch up one part before posting. Very similar but some color changes and a bit different angle and view. Which do you like better?
11" x 14" oil on board, framed $200  SOLD

Riverdale Farm I

(I have been corrected, this is Riverdale Farm, which is right next door to Midway Farm, thanks Page!) . . . We painted outside today b/c it was 68 degrees! Eileen, Polly and I found this place on Garth Road that is very dramatic and was fun to paint . . . I did two and will show the other one tomorrow. 11" x 14" oil on canvas, framed $225  SOLD

The Valley

This is up on the ridge above Rockfish Valley that I started in the early fall with the farms down below. There are so many views in this area and places to paint, I never seam to run out of them! 12" x 48" oil on canvas, framed. $650 SOLD

Chile's Peach Orchard, Fall

This was a ton of fun to paint this fall and finish up recently from life. I went back up on the hill several times to this location which is very close to my home. The challenge was to keep it in the fall colors after the leaves fell but since I started it in the fall, and had made several color studies then, it was easier to do. This was a commission for our neighbors and friends what live just beyond the view on the righthand side of this painting. 22" x 54" oil on canvas framed. SOLD . . . Thanks Minda and Buzz!

Evening Coming

Happy New Year to all! I have taken a break as I usually do for the month of December and had a wonderful time with my family and friends through the holidays. Now back to work . . . I have four large commissions to do in the next two months plus some travel plans with my husband! I do hope to post a few smaller paintings along the way as I often start the day with some "warm up" paintings.
     This year I plan on having fewer shows and travel & paint more out of the area. Will post my 2012 schedule soon. Today I am about to go up on the hillside above the peach orchard to work on one of the commissions . . . it is near 60 degrees and I am thrilled! The painting above is NFS and lives in my studio, 16" x 20" oil on canvas.

Two Barns, White Hall

I re-worked this painting and am very happy with it now. I want to paint these two barns from the other side as well but need to find a safe place to park on this country road. 16" x 16" oil on canvas, SOLD

Blue Ridge Parkway III

This was painted Thanksgiving weekend and as you see below I was in a tank-top! It was 70 degrees and we were thrilled to be up on the Parkway and painting. Below is Barbara and Polly painting . . . this is 12" by 52" oil on canvas, framed $700  SOLD!

Thanksgiving Kale

How nice to be able to paint the day after Thanksgiving! . . . here is my husband's garden, the kale and bok choy we ate the day before! It was in 70 degrees that day! 8" x 10" oil on board, framed $145.

Nelson Farm II

This painting had been HIDING in someones storage space and is now showing at Hot Cakes until December 4th. I am delighted to have it back, just lost track of it . . . I LOVE this view in Nelson County, it represents everything that the county has, small farms & big mountains!  36" x 44"  oil on canvas, framed . . $1,600

Fall at Chile's Peach Orchard

It was so warm and beautiful this past Monday that I got out and painted this in the afternoon. I LOVE this red barn and want to paint it this winter too . . . . if I am brave enough to get out there! 16" x 20" oil on canvas framed, $350.

Jone's Barn

This painting is for the Jones who bought the raffle to have a "Painting of Any View" with the donations going to our local Crozet Park Pool. http://www.crozetparkpool.com/
This barn is in their backyard and they do have horses around it but none stayed still enough for me to paint them. 20" x 20" framed, Thanks Peter & Vicki!

Lexington Hillside 1

Here is one of the two other paintings I did with Elizabeth last week West of Lexington. The trees where wonderful and the day was warm, such fun!  8" x 10" oil on canvas, framed $145.

Kerrs Creek, Lexington

I went to Lextington last week and painted with a new painting friend, Elizabeth Sauder. She had permission to paint on a farm a few miles west of Lexington. I will post two other small paintings I did that day. This one was looking down on a complicated view but I LOVED the rhythm of the hillside. 12" x 12" oil on canvas, framed $200. SOLD

Nelson County II

Here is a large painting that I have just finished in the studio and will be hanging tonight at the show at Hot Cakes. Come by and check it out! 24" x 48" oil on canvas, framed $1,150. SOLD thanks Deborah!

Neighbor's Pond

On Wednesday, Polly, Barbara and I got out to this little pond down the road from me and painted for a few hours. We all agreed to come back again soon. 11" x 14" oil on treated paper, framed SOLD

Third Cutting

 Yesterday Polly, Eileen and I went out to paint right across from my home. This is my neighbor's farm which is on the market to be sold. They just had the third cutting done and will bale it this weekend. Hope to get out to paint the bales once that happens. 20" x 20" oil on canvas, framed $385. Hung at  C-ville Arts http://charlottesvillearts.com/

Blue Ridge Panaramic

Morning sky of the Blue Ridge Parkway as a slice of the horizon. What a lovely area that we live in . . . . and I get to paint. I am hanging this painting and several others at Hot Cakes on Sunday morning, so come out and have a cup of coffee with the Blue Ridge! 12" x 60" oil on canvas, framed $850. SOLD, thanks Sam!

Mirador Farm III

A commission for Frank for his birthday, Happy Birthday Frank! I LOVE painting this scene from the road of route 692 . . . but next time I will try another spot. So many places at Mirador to choose from . . . . I will take my camera and wonder around the out-skirts. 20" x 36" oil on canvas framed. Thanks Frank!

Rockfish Gap

This was painted from the 64 VDOT overlook last week. I have painted from here before and love to come back at different seasons. 16" x 40" oil on canvas framed, $600  SOLD

Crozet Field

I forgot to post this earlier . . . a small field near our home in Crozet, I don't know what they were planting here this summer . . . should go back and see! 6" x 8" oil on canvas framed, $85   SOLD

Afton Mountain

What a gorgeous day yesterday to paint! I went up to look out at Afton mountain from where route 691 and 692 meet at Plank Rd. I had been eying this spot for a while, just a pull-off on the road. 20" x 20" oil on canvas, framed $ 385. SOLD thanks Beth!

Evening Bales

Here is a painting I repainted the other day and I like it much better now that it has more of an evening feel to it. This is from one of our local farmers in Crozet. I often have to run out to paint the bales because they often move them the next day. 24" x 30" oil on canvas framed, $600.  SOLD

Henley's Barn

Henley's barn on route 811 is right north of Crozet and Henley's have a wonderful apple orchard that this barn is across from. I believe they have horses at this barn even though I didn't see them there.
11" x 14" oil on canvas, framed $225.

Molly's View

This is a commission for Molly and her family near Batesville, VA, not far from our home. I had invited three painting friends to come paint also and there where young children running around that made it all more fun. I need to tweak this a bit but close to being done. 30" x 40" oil on canvas. Thanks Molly!

Miller School Barn

My second painting from the Miller School Paint-Out last weekend, their abandoned barn in their upper meadow where the track team runs. Thanks to everyone who helped made this weekend successful! 11" x 14" oil on treated paper, framed $200.

Miller School Hillside

This is from the Paint-Out this past weekend up at Miller School here in Crozet. Several friends and I (below is Nancy, Eileen and Barbara in the back).  The painting is a bit more detailed than what I am used to. Will post a painting of the barn from this spot tomorrow.  The show will be hung soon with an opening next Monday October 24 from 6 to 7:30 and will be up till December 16th.  12" x 24" oil on canvas framed, $300. SOLD thanks Jane!

Tuscany I

I painted this a few years ago after Cary and I got back from 10 days in Tuscany. I didn't have my paints with me but next time for sure! I have one other that I will post soon also. (This was borrowed and in a Orange County B & B for over a year).  24" x 36" oil on canvas, framed, SOLD.

Mountain Study I

A small study of the mountain range up on The Blue Ridge Parkway, part of a larger painting I am working on. A good way of testing color choices and the lay of the land, so to speak! 6" x 12" oil on canvas, framed, $125  SOLD

Lone Barn I

Here is a little study of a barn near our place in Crozet. I have painted it before but is always a bit different on each day. 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" oil on board, framed $85. The Crozet Art Festival went well this past weekend and I will indicate what paintings sold . . . thanks to all that came out! . . .  SOLD - thanks Julia and Vignesh!

Mountain Pass

This is a small painting that is up at Skyline Parkway that I did recently.  6" x 12" oil on canvas, framed $125.  
SOLD going to Atlanta! Thanks Melissa!

Mirador Farm

This is painted for the Roesch's as a commission of Mirador Farm. I started this summer when I got permission to go out when they where baling hay one evening. I just finished it for the Crozet Show where they will come to pick it up. 24" x 36", oil on canvas. SOLD Thanks Anne!

Red Barn, Lexington

Eileen and I painted at Possum Hollow in Lexington on Saturday morning with the wind blowing steadily. This is a simple painting of the barn in the distance but loved the basic colors against each other. I did a small one as well  . . . both at C-ville Arts    16" x 20" oil on canvas, framed $325. SOLD - thanks Julia and Vignesh!

Garden Shed

Here is my neighbor's garden shed with her wheelbarrow . . . what a fun spot to paint! 10" x 13" oil on treated paper, framed $210. This is showing at C-ville Arts  http://charlottesvillearts.com/

Nelson Gallery Paint-Out

Eileen and I went to Lexington this weekend to do a two day Paint-Out at the Nelson Gallery with about 25 local painters. We had great fun and got to know several of the nice folks running the gallery and the painters . . . .  Above is one of Eileen's paintings of the Maury River and mine of Stonewall Jackson's Garden, with photo of the garden next to his house.

Blue Ridge Parkway III

I went up twice to paint at one of my favorite spots on the parkway and Polly came up with me the second time when I needed to go back. This is not at an official overlook but between two. I LOVE to paint from this spot in every season and have done all but the winter, perhaps this year I will bundle up and try. (A hold on this for Ryan till after the weekend.) 24" x 48" oil on canvas, framed SOLD!  thanks Ryan and Bethany!

Snowy Mountain III

We spent most of the day here on Hardscrabble Rd, off Laura Fork Rd in Bluegrass Valley. It was overcast most of the day and so enjoyed painting a large one that day. Snowy Mountain is well known in the area. 16" x 40" oil on canvas framed, SOLD thanks Sandy!

Fog Lifting

This was the first of the paintings on Saturday. We had scoped out this spot the day before (but did this small painting first before my Snowy Mountain one, which is coming next). We were so intrigued with the fog coming off the mountains, amazing to try to catch it! 8" x 8" oil on MDF board, framed, $95.  SOLD

New Hampden Mill

We painted right before our rum smoothies :-) and dinner, just in the neighborhood of New Hampden near Bluegrass. We were thrilled because the sun came out for the late afternoon. I don't know how long ago this mill was working but it is in very good shape and fun to paint! 8" x 8" oil on MDF board framed, $110  SOLD  (I did change this a bit before I sold it and didn't get a photo to replace this one, opps!)

Three Barns II

Here is the third painting from the same spot . . . . the sky was just clearing up a bit. This is looking West from High Town, but I didn't put in the house. It was these three buildings that caught my eye. It is the artist's choice to leave something out if the composition is better without it. 11' x 14" oil on canvas, framed, $195. SOLD thanks Sam!