"Beverly Beach" SOLD

Here's what I've been working on the past couple of weeks. It is finished at last. I've also been working on my house, my routines, and trying to get everything ready to start back up with my MFA classes. I'll be starting on Monday, so I guess I've been sleeping in a little, knowing that it is going to be back to the drawing board pretty intensely. I have three portrait commissions which I will be working on this week as well. I'll do my best to get as much done as I can before Monday, but we'll see how it goes.

"Black Eyed Susan"

In case you didn't know this about me, I get up early in the morning. In order to get painting time in, I get up before 5 am. I worked on this painting again this morning. I was hoping to have time today to do a smaller painting for the painting a day thing, but that didn't happen. It is now technically Saturday, and the middle of the night. I woke up with a fussy teething baby and since I am now awake, I decided to post what I accomplished today to keep the trend going. As in the last image of this painting, I had a hard time getting a clear image- something to do with trying to photograph it in a dingy basement studio in the middle of the night.

"Red Flowers on My Way Home"

This was a fun painting, but I was a little ambitious with the size. I'll probably work on it a little more. Tomorrow I'm doing another still life.

"Main Street" SOLD

Tough painting today. Good thing I had extra time. Yesterday I came across a concept that I really like. It is to use brushstrokes conservatively and even count them. I started to count, but lost track. This is downtown Annapolis.

"Bucket of Apples" SOLD

I took the photo for this painting some time during my undergrad years and I've painted it a few times. Its fitting that it is the opening painting for my new blog as it represents me getting serious about painting.