"Farmyard Friends" painting selected to be part of Lake County Farm Foundation art show

I am pleased that one of my paintings, "Farmyard Friends"  has been juried into this annual farm-themed art show.  The show opens on Sunday August 24th and runs through November 4th at the Lake County Discovery Museum.  The opening reception is on August 24th from 1-3 p.m.

The painting is a pastel on pastel paper, although I started with some white gesso on the paper under the body of the rooster.  It was a fun painting  to work one.   I used one of my photos as a reference but changed the position of the chicken from the original photo to make it appear that they were greeting each other.

Stop by and see the show if you can.  If you think it will make a great addition to your kitchen, contact me as this painting is for sale.

Peony flower painting going to a new home

One of the gifts that the previous owners of our house left for us is a bed of peony plants which I have subsequently added to over the years.  Peonies' array of colors and their beautiful petals as they open up have inspired artists throughout centuries to reproduce their beauty in a painting.  I usually produce at least one floral painting each year, either of peonies by themselves or in a floral arrangement with lilacs.

The peonies in this painting were of flowers cut from my garden.  I started the painting using the flowers in the vase but used a photograph of them to help me finish up the painting a few days later.