Redd in Annapolis

Vivo SOLD

The big winner! This weekend was Paint Annapolis, a juried plein air painting event. I wasn't in the main show, but I participated in the timed "Dueling Brushes" competition.

Honestly, I didn't think my painting stood a chance. There were tons of fabulous paintings.

But when they were announcing the winners, they called my name. I sold it too. A great day for painting!

Eastport Zinnias

I was hoping for something a little less messy :) This was painted on location. I walk by these flowers all the time and I love them.

The Fire Hydrant

Another Plein Air.

Church Circle

My first plein air painting of the season. Not great but yippee!

Napa Valley

I don't think I've actually ever seen a vineyard like this, so I don't know if this is what it would really look like. I was experimenting with a yellow analogous split-complimentary color scheme.

Dock Street Annapolis SOLD

Life Update

I've had several people checking out my blog lately, so I thought I'd better update a bit. So, last May my husband got orders to deploy. We moved out of our house, and then his orders got canceled. We had a fabulous summer, and I managed to finish two classes for my MFA while we were on the road. My fall semester started at the beginning of Sept. My third baby, Luke, was born on Halloween day (right at midterm). It was quite the whirlwind with getting settled, being pregnant, having a baby and then the holidays. Luke is now two months old, we've had some time to get things in order, and I'm ready to really get to work again (at least as much as possible with 3 kids :)
Here is some of the work I did last semester. The painting of the girl in a dress with flowers is a copy of a painting by Daniel Gerhartz called "Secret".

Daisy

Well, I am back in Annapolis. I've had the craziest two months of my life, but all is well and even better than when we left. My husband's orders to Afghanistan got canceled. We had already moved out of our house. We drove across the country to Utah, played with our families and made a marathon drive to come back for my husband to start work again. We had a great time house hunting, moving and figuring everything out. All the while I was trying to keep up with two summer term master's classes. I had my portable easel and a laptop all summer, so it all worked out. I didn't do as well on a couple of assignments, but in the end I'm really glad I did it.
Here is one of my last assignments for the class.

Christian- SOLD

Just a touch of Optimism

This is my last assignment for my classes this semester. I've had a really hard time focusing on painting. Nate got orders yesterday. He is going to be deployed to Afghanistan. He'll be away from us for 15 mo. He leaves really soon too- In about a month and a half. We're going to try and pack everything into storage by the end of this month and then we'll head to Utah. I'm going to move in with my parents.

This painting depicts my mood at the moment perfectly. I had painted a great flower before wilted and hung over like that, but i liked it better down- YOu can see where I wiped it out. I should have treated the background a little differently, but oh well.

You can tell I'm tired when I post something and don't put a title on it. Sometimes thinking of a title is more challenging than thinking of a painting. Any suggestions for any of my untitled work?