Sun "Storm" for the Winter Solstice

Storm
6"x6" on Archival Board
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 I've been in a creative Funk!
Partly because the days are short and my energy is low.
Partly because I've been
learning/teaching myself to paint glass and
none are suitable for viewing yet.

When I am in a Really BIG creative Funk I turn to painting the Sun.
I don't know what it is about the Sun?
But it is the one thing that I can sit down and start off the same
way every time and just let them flow out of me.
Each one comes out in it's own unique way and I never have
a clue as to what it is really going to look like
until the muse says to me I am finished.
They don't take me very long to do and they are quite relaxing to paint.
I Love their fiery color and the wonderful texture they get
due to my use of the palette knife.

As we get closer to the winter solstice
and deep in the dark of the longest night.
Sing to the newborn Sun
and may this fiery Sun Storm warm you from within.

Please feel free to hang out in the warmth and fiery energy of this sun 
and then pass it along to someone else
who might be in the need of it's energy as well. 

Hang Time

Hang Time
6"x6" Oil on Archival Board
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Hang Time,
makes me think of a surfer trying to
Hang onto a wave.
This little Sun Jelly
is doing it's own version of
Hang Time.
Just Hanging out waiting for the next
Ebb or Flow of the surf
to move it along.

I just love painting these Sun Jellies!
There's just something so relaxing and serene
about them, yet they are full
of life and color.
Makes me just want to sit there for hours and watch a whole tank full
of them just floating around.

Please feel free to take a few moments and
hang out with Hang Time.
Enjoy.

Cocky in CA

Cocky
6"x6" oil on archival board
beautifully framed
$150
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Every artist clamors to get a painting into
the Famous
6 Inch Squared show at the
Randy Higbee Gallery
in Costa Mesa Ca
and this year I was lucky enough to have
Cocky
chosen to hang in this prestigious show!
I feel humbled and honored 
for one of my paintings to by hanging
amongst some very well known artist.  
All of the paintings are available
for viewing and purchase
online

Dreaming in SunFlowers, Original Oil Painting

Dreaming in SunFlowers

The Space Between
16"x16"x1.5"
Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Available $350
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As the Shortest day of the Year approaches

I start to Dream in 

SunFlowers. 

Must have something to do with 

only seeing the sun 

for a few hours each day.  

To me, the Sun is Mecca, something I desperately need 

on a daily basis

 The sun gives me Energy and Life.  

With the short days upon us,

I need the 

Happiness and Cheer 

these wonderful sunny flowers bring to me. 

My own Personal Pick Me Up. 

Fall Foliage

Fall Foliage
6"x6"  Original Oil on Board, Palette Knife Painting
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Looking
back on painting these
Palm Trees
in non-traditional colors
I think my New England heritage
was making an
Appearance.
Though I may be living in the desert
these days my heart
will always be in New England
in the Fall.
So I guess it was only natural
for me to combine
my fascination with the Palm Trees of my current surrondings
with my love for the colors of
New England in the fall.

OffSpring

OffSpring

OffSpring
8"x16" Oil on Canvas
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To date this is my one and only

"Jelly" that is 

Not 

painted in Yellows,

As well as,

the only one that has company 

on the canvas.  

It also has a couple of other

Differences 

that all the other "JellyFish" don't have.  

Can you see any of the other differences?

Hermaphroditie

Hermaphroditie

"Hermaphroditie"
10"x10"x1.5" Oil on Canvas
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Part Male, Part Female

100% Sensual

I consider this "entity" to be of the JellyFish realm

however, 

I am see it both

floating in Outer Space 

as well as

floating in the Deep Sea. 

I also see the JellyFish 

as both

Embracing itself 

and 

Unraveling it's tendrils

in search of it's next

Adventure

Ferdinand ~ All Proceeds to go to Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund

All Proceed from the Winner Bidder will be Donated to the

Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund. 

Bidding ends Sunday 11.4.12 at 6pm EST

Ferdinand
8" x 8" oil with Palette Knife on Board
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Ferdinand would 

LOVE

to be able to 

Help out and Make a Difference. 

A small gesture but one that comes from the heart.  

Thank you in advance for

helping me help others.

ThreeSome

ThreeSome ~ Twisting and Tangled

"ThreeSome"
12"x24" Oil on Canvas with Palette Knife
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'ThreeSome" is one of my "vision" paintings.
They Twist, Turn and get Entangled with each other.
They Flow Up and Down
and All Around.
I Love all the Curves these morphing "Jellies" have.
They
 Mesmerize me for hours,
your not sure where one Jelly finishes and the next one starts?
They must be from the Era of
Free Love?
Do you Agree? 

Thank you for viewing.

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Pasadena Palm Tree Studies

Which do you prefer?  More Traditional or Loose and Non-Traditional?

Pasadena Palm ~ Traditional Study
6"x6" Oil, Palette Knife on Canvas
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Pasadena Palm ~ Non-Traditional Study
8"x8" Oil, Palette Knife on Canvas
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Been having a little love affair with Palm Trees as of late.  

Love the easy breezy relaxed way they have about them.

Their graceful sway,

The I don't have a care in the world sound.

Just makes you want to sit under one and enjoy a coconut cocktail.

So I decided it might be fun to play with some Palm Trees in the studio.

There's the more traditional palm, 

colors and style.

And

The less traditional with loose free knife strokes

using purple and pink colors. 

Do you have a Favorite??

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Descent

Descent into the Deep Dark Abyss

"Descent"
8"x16" Oil on Canvas
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Descent

Not plunging nor taking it's sweet time, 

just a continuous slow falling down, down, down 

into the Deep Dark Abyss

Descent is part of my "Sun Jelly" series

Radiating like the Sun with the movements and grace of a JellyFish

Though it is your choice whether this Sun Jelly is floating around in Deep Space or in the Depths of the Ocean? 

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Wish I Were Here

"Wish I Were Here"
Oil on Canvas
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Not quite my usual subject or genre but I loved painting
 it.  I went with a more impressionistic feel with this painting by not  painting as much detail as I normally do which was both refreshing and freeing.  The piece is called "Wish I Were Here" because the ocean calls to me.  There is nothing like the energy of the ocean to wash over you and take all the tension of the world away for a moment in time.  The sounds, smell and feel of the ocean is equal to nothing else on this earth for me. 

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This Rooster Needs a Name, Suggestions?

"Rooster"
Oil on Board 8"x8"
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I Need Help Naming this Rooster

I went to my first painting workshop a few weeks back in CA and one of our exercises was to paint a Rooster.  I had actually never painted a rooster before.  Quite surprising I know.  I found that I really enjoyed painting the rooster, especially with the palette knife.  I could create these wonderful stroke marks and have a nice build up of paint as I added color.  I LOVED painting the Rooster so much that when I returned home I just had to paint another.  So here he is.  I sadly do not have a name for him, suggestions anyone?  

Tumbling Series, the Last Two

Tumbling, like a jellyfish caught in a water current tumbling carelessly and freely head over heels. 

Tumbling 3 from the Tumbling Series of 4 Paintings
Each piece is 12"x12" Oil on Canvas
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Tumbling 4 from the Tumbling Series of 4 Paintings
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Here are the last 2 of my Tumbling Series.  Tumbling 3 & 4, I think number 4 was the most fun and easiest to paint probably due to the fact that this one just flowed freely as I painted it.  Though they were all enjoyable to create.  And yes, I will go on record as saying these paintings when hung together are my favorite paintings at the moment.  That does tend to change over time and as I paint more.  After talking with a good friend, she asked if I was going to sell the 4 paintings individually or keep them as a group.  I've thought about this a lot and know in my heart they need to be kept together as they were created to be together.  So they are being sold at a 4 piece set.  I hope you have enjoyed this series as much as loved painting them. 

 Tumbling Series of 4 Paintings
Each piece is 12"x12" Oil on Canvas
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Tumbling Series, A Closer Look

Tumbling 2 from the Tumbling Series of 4
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Tumbling 2 is actually the First of the 4 that I painted.  If you compare the bodies of the 4 this one has more "speckles" as are #3 and #4 then #1.  Number 2's body is slightly larger then the rest.  Again, I am not sure why?  But somewhere deep inside the muse just guides me intuitively and that's the way it comes out on the canvas.  I can never paint something the same way twice which is fine as each "jellyfish" is different and has it's own unique personality.  
Yes, I do refer to them as jellyfish though they started out as a vision in my head and have morphed over time.  I actually see them as residing in both the Ocean and Deep Space.  You are welcome to see them as something else and somewhere else. 

You may ask, why did I name this one number 2?  To me, it just feels like it's follows number 1 and is starting to tumble head over heels from there.  What do you think?

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Tumbling Series, A Closer Look

Tumbling 1 from the Tumbling Series of 4
Each piece is 12"x12" Oil on Canvas
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Technically, Tumbling 1 is actually the last of the 4 that I painted.  If you compare the bodies of the 4 this one has a less "speckled" effect.  I am not sure why?  But somewhere deep inside the muse just guides me intuitively and that's the way it appears on the canvas.  I can never paint something the same way twice which is fine as each "jellyfish" is different and has it's own unique personality.  
Yes, I do refer to them as jellyfish though they started out as a vision in my head and have morphed over time.  I actually see them to reside both in the Ocean and Deep Space.  Though you are welcome to see them as something else and somewhere else. 

You may ask, why did I name this one number 1?  To me, it just feels like it's the One that is starting the tumbling and goes head over heels from there.  What do you think?

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Tumbling Series

Tumbling 1, 2, 3 & 4
Each painting is 12"x12" Oil on Canvas
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Tumbling, like a jellyfish caught in a water current tumbling carelessly and freely head over heels. 

I had not planned on these paintings to be their own series.  I started with Tumbling 1 to go with a series I had started previously.  Once number 1 was done I kept rotating it 90 degrees to see which way I liked it and asked my muse (aka my husband) and he said to me, "what if you did a study with each one going in a different direction.  Up, down, right and left?  I thought to myself, well that's a thought.  I got out 3 more canvas's and went to work.  Each one was started pretty much the same way but as with all my tendrils they take on a life of their own and intuitively show me how they want to be.  Each painting also decided which direction it ultimately wanted to be in.