This is an updated version of an earlier piece in a series of holiday settings. Had a lot of fun capturing the translucence of the red hurricane vase. I decided at the last minute to add a little life in the form of the purple ribbon.
Holiday spirit is starting to take over my thoughts. With decorating to do, entertaining to plan and helping Santa and his elves along the way, I felt this fit my mood perfectly! It's always nice to decorate for the holidays with something new - like, maybe a painting!
It's getting to be that time of year again for colorful falling leaves, cozy sweaters and crackling fires. Beer and Pretzels is an autumn themed still life with pumpkin ale, pretzels and mini pumpkins that suggests kicking back with friends while cheering on your favorite team.
This is a painting of my great-niece, Maddie, flying her kite. My nephew, Tim, who is a fantastic photographer took this with his phone camera. I had a great time creating this motion portrait of such a sweet little girl. I decided to add in the sweeps of color to add to the feeling of being in motion, and I'm very pleased with it.
It's funny how paintings can turn out. This is a floral abstract originally painted in vertical format. But when I turned it horizontally, the image reminded me of the infamous Monet's Water Lilies. So this is my interpretation of that painting. (Pardonnez-moi, s'il vous plait, Monsieur Monet...).
This cute little 7x5 painting will be a fond remembrance of all of the lush flowering plants that grace our home. Between the two of us, my husband, Dieter, is the avid gardener. I lost any chance of that title when a few years ago I was pulling what I believed to be weeds... only to hear, "What did you do?! Those aren't weeds, they're flowers coming up!" Oops...
This was an exceptionally fun painting for me. I love the combination of turquoise, brown and a touch of gold. It has a southwestern feel to it. Don't know if that comes across online. It was one of the very few paintings that I came away energized when it was finished.
This is an abstract of my actual painting palette. I will be doing a series of these as I go along. I find it rather freeing at the end of the day to just Break Free and see what emerges on the palette! P.S, there are days when my palatte really looks like this without even trying! But that's a whole 'nother story...
This was small study of Pines Lake. I wanted to do a painting for an online challenge of primary colors and this worked out perfectly with these being the actual colors of the boats across the lake!
This is the hole where my husband, Dieter Baars, made a Hole in One on July 4, 2011. I am so proud of him.
I've been working and focusing on this for several weeks without starting any other paintings. It time I get back to work on both my painting and my golf game...!
This is a tree next door to us that just grabbed my attention and wouldn't let go. I think it was because I LOVE the color pink. I intentionally left the background clean in order to really let the tree shine.