Wilt Farm Plein Air Study

5x7 inch 

oil on board

I was so excited to paint outside last Friday with my Chestnut friends. We painted at this beautiful farm with a 70 acre lake. It started as a rainy day, but the sun soon came out from behind the clouds. The hardest part for me was getting to the area to paint. The lake bank of the lake was a little wider than the width of the car and it was a drop down from there. I have a severe phobia of edges, so I just had to look straight ahead and think about being at the end. The Chestnut Group will have a show for the Duck River Conservatory in May, so I will be choosing my best plein air paintings for the show.

Proud Birds

 5x7 inch oil on panel

4x4 wrap around

Both available in my Etsy Shop.

SOLD

I think the peacock is one of the most beautiful birds. I can remember collecting feathers at my uncles home, so we had a vase full of them in our house. I find when painting birds there is a very fine line between too many details and not enough. Tried to keep the top painting from having too many details in the feathers, and kept scraping off and changing.

Spring Painting Giveaway!

Okay, I think it is time for a painting giveaway. My mood needs to be lifted, and there is nothing better to lift it than to give something away.
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The winner (could be you) will have a choice of the paintings above in this post, unless it sells during the month and then I will put another in its place. :) The drawing for the painting will be on Friday, April 20th. Good luck and thank you for visiting my blog!! You have brightened my day!
All 6x6 inch original oil paintings—except the owl is 4x6 inches.

Farm Girl

8x8 inch 

oil on linen canvas panel
Bid Here

I used to show Holstein cows in 4-H, and when I saw this face I knew I wanted to paint her. I used to get this look from a cow that would look at me out of the corner of her eye just before she would pull my 100 pound body around the show ring. 

Barnyard King

4x6 inch

Oil on linen canvas

SOLD 

I believe this is a Barred Plymouth Rock breed of chicken. What a beautiful little bird! Would love to have my own chickens in my backyard, but not so sure the neighbors would appreciate their new alarm clock. To the right is a cute little chicken coop I pinned on Pinterest— Available at Seattle farm supply (click on photo for link). I wonder if they would ship to Tennessee. :) Click on the Pinterest link to the right to follow me, it is such fun to discover new treasures every day!


Tidbit of Info—The Plymouth Rock was developed in New England in the middle of the 19th century and was first exhibited as a breed in 1869.

Spring Greens

6x6 inch

Purchase in My Etsy Shop

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Painted for the recent DPW Challenge. May have gotten carried away with the colors, but so loved adding the spring colors. Thanks Carol Marine for the opportunity to paint from your beautiful photo!

Iris Study

6x6 inch oil on board

Available in my Etsy shop.

Countdown to SPRING!! 

Let's Tiptoe!

6x6 inch oil on board

Available in my Etsy Shop.

Anticipating my tulips blooming and the temperature warming. 

Just finished an iris painting that this would look beautiful on the wall with.

Bunny Foo Foo

6x6 inch oil on board

GIFT

I decided to paint the same bunny I painted last year since this was the one my sister-in-law liked. This is the bunny she chose. :) She wanted a bunny with attitude, and I guess little bunny foo foo had one since he was boppin' field mice on the head. Kind of a violent song—poor field mice.

" Little Bunny Foo Foo "
Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping thru the forest,
Scooping up the field mice and boppin' 'em on the head.


(Click the song title to sing along to the whole song.)