This scene just drew me in right away. When I took the photo, I just knew it would make a great painting. The warm early morning light was just intensifying all those colors. The ‘Kids Don’t float’ program here in Juneau donates life jackets for children to use free of charge in order to assure that there is never an excuse for children to be unprotected near the water.
These are just updated photos that I wanted to post here. These are painted on wood.
These are 2 commissions I just finished for Christmas. Animals are fun to do!
This is the 4th piece in my State series. It is a painting of the path that leads to the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau. One unique thing about it is that it is an evening light. I don’t usually get to the Glacier in the evening so the lighting here is the opposite of most of my pictures. And I really like the extreme low light effect.
These new paintings are on a nice grade of plywood, each cut out by my husband. They are approximately 12×12 in the body of the state. They will be going to the Juneau Artists Gallery in a few days. I’m excited to see how they will be received. Do you have a favorite?
This is another 10×8 oil of Mendenhall Glacier. I love this view from a large stream up the road as you approach the Glacier. There is often fog here and sometimes you can only catch a glimpse of the glacier itself, but it is very interesting to me when it is like this. There are always wonderful reflections in the areas of water around the glacier and this is one in particular that I like because of all the dead trees in the water, giving it a nice textural quality. As a note though, I find these trees extremely difficult to paint. I have found them very challenging. So in order to overcome this, I will be painting them quite a lot for practice ( =
These are a couple more of my miniature landscapes of Juneau, AK. The one on the left is of a portion of the Mendenhall River. There is a trail to hike by here. Very pretty hike. And the painting on the right is of buoy called George’s Rock and the beautiful Chilkat Mt. Range in the background.
I have decided to try selling some mini paintings. These are very difficult to photograph clearly but I did my best at this point. Each of these are 2×4 inches. I do not plan to frame them because they are stretched canvas and I painted around the edges. I do plan to add some sort of ribbon or hanger to show how they c
ould be used as ornaments. They also look really cute on the mini easels that are available.
This is another shaggy dog portrait. The first time that I attempted to paint one of these shaggy dogs I was perplexed at just how to go about it. It seems that as I have gotten more experience, I am beginning to see all the wonderful colors of light cast upon the individual hairs as well as beginning to better understand how light works as it falls on its subject. One thing I am learning is that no matter how many times you paint a picture, it will come out a bit different each time. It’s pretty interesting to consider this.
On this foggy morning, I was just struck by the beauty of the layers and the lifting fog. Then when I got closer, to see these beautiful colors just beginning to peak through the fog…what a treat! It is a beautiful place for sure.
Art with my Coffee 