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 Lionel Messi - The Goat

                           

Grace in Action!

Happy Holidays

 Hope the season brings you Joy!

Small Works Show

Stone Soup Gallery

Small Works Show will be up all through December.  Just in time for holiday gift giving.

Late Afternoon Light

5x7 colored pencil plein air drawing 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving

Pumpkins and Hay 

8x10 plein air oil

The Kirkwood Farmers Market

Always a good place to get in the holiday spirit!

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Recent Drawings

 Fall Drawings on Site

The House at Queeny park

5x7 pastel on toned paper

The House at Jefferson Barracks Park

5x7 colored pencil on toned paper

Early November

 

The leaves are glorious for such a short time.

Backlit maples at Jefferson Barracks ( 5x7 oil)

Will be showing at Stone Soup Gallery in Chesterfield, Mo.

Small Art Big Show Nov. 13- Jan. 6

More Gouache practice

 A couple of gouache landscapes.

Suson Park 5x7 gouache

Mini Ha Ha Park 5x7 gouache

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Late summer

A couple more gouache paintings 

Sunny day

Zinnias 

Summer Backyard

 Sun and Shade

I love towering, large trees for the wonderful light and shadows they create. A hot summer day in a friend's backyard gave this scene as well as a welcome soft breeze!

5x7 Gouache

"Sunny"

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5x7 Gouache

"Shady"

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Watercolors from the Past!

Watercolor Paintings

Maeystown Park

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Curious Cows by the Fence

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 Two small watercolor paintings from several years ago!   I remember painting at the Maeystown Park and what a beautiful day it was.   The cows were at Mom's farm, and I loved how they were always curious and would come as close as they could to see what I was doing! 

Prairie flowers in June

Plein Air Painting

6x8 oil

"Restoration"

 The prairie restoration at the Cliff Cave Park was the subject of this little painting.

You can see this work and many others on display at the Heartland Art Club gallery in Kirkwood, Mo. located directly across from the train station.

Wapapello Lake

Chocolate drop point. 

 A watercolor from many years ago. I always liked this view. Memories of a fun vacation. 

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June sky

 Last year at this time painting at Jefferson barracks park and watched the sky change from colorful to stormy. Just stopped painting at the glowing stage. 

This painting is currently on display at Grafica gallery. Big Bend road in Webster Groves!

Drawing the figure

 

Mini chairs

 Drawings of mini chairs

SPRING

 Forsythia 

First signs of spring! Cheerful forsythias promises warmer days ahead!

Painted at Bee Tree park!

Powder Valley Nature Center

 On the Spot Painters

An exhibit by Mary Drastal, Sandy Haynes and Judy Stroup is showing for the month of April at the Powder Valley Nature Center. Lanscapes celebrating nature is the theme of the show. Stop in and enjoy the show!

Drawing at the museum

 Winter drawing practice at the Art Museum is coming to an end this month. Practicing ellipses was my focus much of the time. Painting outside is in the forecast starting in April! Spring is here!

Winter Afternoon

 A winter walk shows the soft colors of the afternoon.  A small (5x7) watercolor from a drawing I did on site.     

Late Afternoon Light

Small works show at Webster Groves Library

sponsored by the Webster Arts!

You can see this painting in the Webster Arts small works xv show at the Webster Groves Library 

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A warm Day

Along the Grant Trail

 Took advantage of a warm day to get out and paint. I used watercolor for a change. It’s been a long time and I struggled but I feel like I captured the scene. 

5x7 watercolor