Oh Deer

Oil on Masonite 11x14. This old deer skull lays around the Hutchinson Art Center and from time to time  makes it way into a still life. Here is mine.

Kent Road

Trees can really frustrate. All those leaves and branches. When I first started painting I would often just simplify the shapes like I did here. One of these paintings was juried into a show here in Kansas. I discovered this one that I had put aside and found I really liked it. So it is for sale on dailypaintworks.

Billi's bird

This oil was painted on a Masonite panel. I have the store cut them then I coat them with 3 layers of gesso. 

The rooster is our daughter-in-laws hatched from her incubator. They have a small acreage full of painting subjects which you will see from time to time. 

Cow In Blue

This was an experiment of painting with oil on clay board. It has a watercolor look which I like. It's an 8x10. 

Fall Fields

Salt Cedar Along the Rio Grande

My husband works hard to irradicate salt cedar from the environment but I really like to paint it. Salt cedar was introduced as an ornamental plant but has become very invasive. It drinks up lots of water and makes the soil salty. But the colors are wonderful to paint no wonder people thought it was pretty in their yard. 

The Rio Hondo Valley

This was painted for friends who also like to spend time in the Taos, NM area. It is a pallet knife painting in oil on a 12x24 canvas. Really like this size canvas because it fits well over a fireplace or behind a sofa. I also like the utrech canvas I order on line along with there oil paint.