The Flamingo

12 x 16 o/c $125.00

I have paintings in several shops in the area and I have wildlife, sealife, fish etc.... This is one of my favorites The colors of the flamingo are so beautiful and I loved painting the feathers.

Carrie II

9 x 12 o/c sold

I have painted quite a few paintings of Carrie and I love painting her. She is so graceful and easy to work with.

Raegan

9x12 o/c sold

This was a friend's little girl who posed for me. She has the sassiest hair so I wanted to make this the main focal point. I loved the energy in this painting. It fit her personality so well.

Grace and Christina

9 x 12 o/c 175.00

These two ballerinas posed for me and I loved the contrast in their coloring. I also loved painting the dresses as one as well. It just all seemed to flow.

The Recital

16 x 20 o/c $250.00

I started a series on ballerinas and went to a ballet recital of the Methodist Church of Winter Park. The girl's were so darling and they were so serious about ballet. This was my favorite composition and I just enjoyed it so much.

Portrait Study II

16 x 20 o/c $75.00

This was another of my studies of the same girl. She was beautiful and so fun to apint.

Portrait Study

16 x 20 o/c $75.00

I have not been on my blog in several days because our whole family has been sick with the flu. We are coming out of it and it is so nice to be back. I painted today and now I am working on my blog so things are getting back.

I took a portrait class and really enjoyed this live model. It was one of my first portraits and I was rather pleased.

Nude Study VIII

18 x 24 Watercolor $75.oo

Nude Study VII

18 x 24 watercolor on canvas $75.00

nude Study IV

18 x 24 watercolor $75.00

Nude Study V

18 x 24 watercolor $75.00

This is one of my favorite poses from the model. I loved the colors and the shadow to her right.

Nude Study VI

Waterccolor Sold

This was my favorite post out of all of the nudes. The pose was so different and I love the fluidness of it.

Nude Study III

18 x 24 watercolor $75.00

This was another in my watercolor series. I love using watercolor because it is just so light. The feel is just so soft.

Still Life II

6 x 8 O/C 45.00

I love doing the still life paintings in pairs. This was the second in the series.

Still Life with Fruit

6 x 8 oil on canvas 45.00

It has been so long since I have done a still life. I am so used to doing the bright children on the beach and I had some paint left over so I decided to do two small still life paintings. I really enjoyed it. I especially love the yellow craduating to a deep crimson red as it gets darker. There is nothing prettier to me.

Tucker and Peter Stone

18 x 24 O/C Sold

This painting I did for a national contest and it was a finalist. The subject was tomatoes. My sister's little boys were eating tomatoes in the patch and I just loved the composition!!! It was so fun to apint it.

Evie

8 x 10 O/C Sold

This was one of my favorite paintings to paint. This is a good friend and such a beautiful little girl. I loved the way she was standing and her dress was gorgeous!!!!

Nude Study II

18 x 24 watercolor $75.00

This was my second painting in the series. I love the two together.

Nude Study 1

18 x 24 watercolor and pencil $75.00

I worked on a series of nudes and really enjoyed watercolor. It just has such a light feel to it. I love painting the figure.

Carrie II

16 x 20 oil on canvas $200.00

Ballerinas are my favorite subject to paint. I especially love to paint Carrie. She is so beautiful and everything she does is so graceful. I am going to hang this in the dance room at the Methodist church.

Lyman Avenue

8 x 10 oil on canvas sold

I just had to paint this man who is on the corner of Park Avenue and Lyman everyday. He sits out and people watches and relaxes all day. I know there is a story about him.

Blue Heron

12 x 16 oil on canvas $85.00

This was the second painting in the wildlife series. It reminded me of South Carolina when I painted it.

The Flamingo

12 x 16 oil on canvas $85.00

I painted a series of sea life and wild life for some local shops here and loved painting this flamingo. It was so much more casual than the earlier paintings and it was fun to experiment with.

Winter Park Methodist Church

8 x 10 oil on canvas $125.00

All of my children have attended the Methodist School and our family attends the church. It is just so special to us and I think it is absolutely beautiful!!!!

Lila

16 x 20 oil on canvas $175.00

This was my first palette knife painting. I did a little brush work but the majority is palette knife. It was so fun just getting thick paint and spreading over the canvas without haveing to be exact.

Playing in the Sand

12 x 16 oil on board sold

This was one of my favorite commissions. I just loved the colors in the bathing suits and it was such a beautiful composition. This was a Christmas present for her husband and I loved doing it.

Siblings

18 x 24 oil on canvas sold

For Christmas I wanted to paint a special painting of the kids for my Christmas card. I painted this painting at the Maitland Art Center by the little pond. Lila was so small I actually had to bring her home and snap some pictures of her in the yard and then paint her in. She definately would have jumped in.

McKenna

11 x 14 oil on canvas sold

This is one of the first portraits that I have done. I loved doing McKenna because she first is beautiful but I love her hair and her coloring. Her mother took some pictures for me and she just hit the nail on the head with one. I was so happy with the way it turned out.

The Picnic

O/C Sold

One of my best friends and I happened to have babies one week apart (not planned). We got together for her middle child's birthday party and I caught this picture of them. They just looked so sweet, I had to paint it. Lila will cherish this forever!!!

Park Avenue

8 x 10 o/c $125.00

There is so much history with the Colony. I just loved the colors in this one and the way it fills up the canvas.

Rollins College

8x10 o/c $125.00

This was the second painting I did in my Winter Park series. There are so many beautiful weddings there, I just had to include it.

Park Plaza Gardens $200.00
9 x 12 framed oil on canvas

This summer I ventured out on Park Avenue to take pictures of Winter Park scenes to paint. We are so lucky to live in this beautiful little town and I can't believe it took me so long. This was one of my first in this series and was a painting that was selected to be in the Crealde School of Art show.

5 x 5 oil on canvas $45.00

After visiting South Carolina I could not wait to paint this little painting. It was one of the first abstract paintings that I have done and it was so fun to not think about any rules. I could just be in the moment.

Day at New Smyrna Beach

8 x 10 oil on canvas $85.00

This was one of those days when everything was perfect. School was almost out and the children were so excited. The weather was just right and the tide was low enough for the kids to go out forever and still only come up to there knees.

After I completed this painting with thick paint it still needed a little edge so I used the palette knife. Loved it.