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Fall Leaves Fall ~ another iPad image

This is based on a photo of our front yard after our wonderful Japanese maple has done its Fall drop.  It only lasts a day or so, but what a show!! Maple Leave Fall. iPad.  

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Paint the Kitchen Table. Paint the Kitchen Sky.

Yesterday I read an interesting post by Daniel Gerhartz about the hubris of ‘needing’ to paint a grandiose image, while neglecting the “profound, staggering elegance of the subject right before my...

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Painting/Padding the Neighbors’ Weeping Cherry Again

Beautiful Memorial Day weekend, leisurely breakfast at the kitchen table, spotting a bird flitting away from the weeping cherry next door. Just had to do a quick celebratory iPad painting of the tree —...

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Upcoming Juried Exhibit – Second Year Selected

I’m honored to have been selected again for inclusion in the second annual Hill Center Regional Juried Exhibition.  The judge this year is Philip Kennicott, Art and Architecture Critic for The...

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A Second Painting for the Writers Center Exhibit

Here’s another of my paintings to be featured at the Writers Center exhibit, opening in late June.  A ‘plein air’ painting (done in the great outdoors) painted along S Street, NW, DC, in a workshop...

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Catching Up on Recent Paintings ~ Somber House

View from my back door, painted ‘live’.  Oil on Arches Oil Paper. I’m kind of a housebody (take after my grandmother Ceci), so I don’t often paint ‘plein air’.  While my art buddies were out painting...

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Biloxiana ~~ Misty Morning Pines ~~ A New Series of iPad Images

Misty island morning, with pines.  original iPad painting. I’ve begun a new series of iPad paintings to reflect scenes of my native Biloxi, Mississippi and surrounds.  This one is based on a photo made...

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Biloxiana Sketches ~ Nesting on Horn Island

Nesting on Horn Island.  original iPad painting. This iPad sketch is also based on one of the lovely Horn Island photos my niece Ceci made.  She’s got a real eye, doesn’t she.

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Biloxiana Sketches ~ Majesty on Jackson Avenue

Jackson Avenue cedar. original iPad painting. Of course we have to include Ocean Springs, when we’re talking Biloxi.  And here’s a beauty right near the beach on Jackson Avenue.  Thanks to my sister...

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Biloxiana Sketches ~ Island, Taken From the Top

Take It From the Top, one of our beautiful barriers.  original iPad painting. This iPad sketch is based on a satellite image of one of the islands offshore of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  I think it’s...

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Our Kentlands Exhibit is Featured in Today’s Washington Post!

Today’s Maryland edition of the Washington Post showcases our new Kentlands Exhibit in its Going Out Guide.  Congrats to Nancy Butler on the use of her beautiful painting, Difficult Run, to represent...

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New Exhibit of Selected iPad Art in Medical Offices

I am delighted that my neighbor, Dr. Charlotte Jensen, has invited me to exhibit some of my paintings in her offices, C2M Chiropractic, in North Bethesda, MD. Dr. Jensen is displaying some of my iPad...

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More Good News ~ My Painting Selected for Annual Friends of the Yellow Barn...

I learned yesterday that my entry was juried into the annual Friends of the Yellow Barn exhibit at Glen Echo Park.  The show opens today and runs through December 18.  The public reception begins at 4...

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New Exhibit Starting ~~ Gallery B in Downtown Bethesda ~~ January 2017

Some of my painting pals and I (aka ‘the 7 Palettes’) applied awhile back to exhibit our art at Gallery B in downtown Bethesda, MD.  We were honored to be selected for a month-long exhibit at this...

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Another New Painting for Gallery B

Here’s another new painting for the Gallery B show.  Also inspired by the C & O Canal — late afternoon with the sun raking low across the tree tops. C & O Face-off. Oil on Linen. 8 x 10. I did...

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We ‘Seven Palettes’ had a great opening reception yesterday!

The day was cold and icy, but that didn’t deter our lively guests from traveling to Gallery B in Bethesda to celebrate the opening of our month-long art exhibit.  Thanks to all of our friends and...

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Bethesda UP Publicizes Our Exhibit and Next Reception!

Here’s the news blurb Bethesda Urban Partnership circulated today about the Seven Palettes’ ongoing art exhibit in downtown Bethesda. We’re having another reception for our ‘Local Color‘ show this...

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Visit Me at Gallery B & Learn Some iPad Art Techniques!

We Seven Palettes are taking turns ‘sitting the gallery’ during our art exhibit this month at Gallery B.  I’m scheduled for more duty on Jan. 21, and 25, from 3pm to 6pm. If you’d like to explore...

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Last Few Days of Gallery B Exhibit ~~ Wednesday through Saturday Afternoons

The Bethesda Urban Partnership sent out their weekly newsletter and one of my paintings (‘C&O Canal Faceoff’) was showcased in the ad about Gallery B.  Cool. Reminder, I’m scheduled to be at the...

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Water Babes I

A papa and son at the wading pool . . . . with mama looking on in the background. Father and Son at the Wading Pool.  Original iPad Painting. 1:1 aspect ratio.  2017 SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave...

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