"Texas Church"

this little church is close to Manor, Tx.....it can be seen for miles on this little rise, because the landscape is so flat......painting is on display at Dogwood Gallery in Tyrone, Ga.

"Backside of Daddy's Barn"

the backside of the previous barn

"Daddy's Barn"

this was painted for another dear friend of my mother....this was the barn her father built many years ago...just outside Rockdale, TX.

Afternoon Snack

My new and dear friend Leah drove me around in the pasture so I could take some pics of cattle ....this was one of my favorite ones to capture in oil on canvas panel.....5x7....125.00

In Memory of Mary Lucretia Hairston

Before my mother passed away, she ask me to paint this little cattle feeder for a dear friend.

TEXAS SMOKEHOUSE

5X7 oil on canvas panel...100.00.....this is located on hwy 79 outside Taylor, TX....also, for those of you that have posted a comment on the blog, I have not been able to answer....computer problems???

VIEW TO THE EAST OF CAMPER

VIEW TO THE WEST OF CAMPER

VIEW TO THE SOUTH OF CAMPER

VIEW TO THE NORTH OF CAMPER

MY NEW HOME

Hello!!!!! Is anyone there....I guess not since I have not posted since Nov. 2010....my precious mother passed away Dec. 3rd 2010 and I have been living in this camper taking care of my Dad since that time. He has been in the hospital 3 times and it is not a good time to try and move him to our home .......In the mean time I have not been able to paint of course.....not until recently.....I am in central Texas....the landscape is a little different than Ga. of course.....I will post some more pics of my surroundings and some new paintings soon

#112 "cotton pickin barn"

11x14 oil on canvas panel....attempt at change....this is a scrape down(which i hear some artist are incorporating into their approach, but i did not see the demo) of semi finished painting.... am not sure of where this will take me....but i do know it is fun and satisfies the yearning to explore new creative avenues....this may be worked on some more tomorrow unless i get some feed back as to otherwise....this was plein air at the "cotton pickin" fair grounds in gay, ga. thanks to David Boyd for inviting us to paint with him and giving us a tour of the area.... it was beautiful and great fun

#111 " lake reflection"

11x14 oil on canvas panel....i cannot decide if i am finished with this....i may work on this tomorrow and come out victorious or chunk it in the lake.....i welcome any constructive input....good or bad.....this was painted on a red toned canvas which was left to peek through here and there

#110 " old red barn"

11x14 oil on canvas panel....475.00....2nd plein air painting at the opa paint out.....i found the shady side of the barn a challenge in capturing the extreme contrast in values

#109 "red barn"

plein air at the opa paint out in georgia which was held at the millie gosch farm....8x10 oil on cnvas panel....375.00

#108 "barn on bear creek rd"

8x10 oil on canvas panel....275.00....plein air painting created during Elsa Sibley workshop....she is an awesome artist and teacher!

#107 "newnan, ga. clock tower"

11x14 oil on canvas panel....SOLD....plein air on the square in newnan at the celebration of the newly renovated courthouse

#106 "everything spring"

5x7 oil on canvas panel...100.0...plein air

#105 "texas trees"

5x7 oil on canvas panel...100.00...

#104 "georgia trees"

5x7 oil oncanvas panel...100.00...plein air

# 103 " sandy banks "

11x14 oil on canvas board....595.00....we battled some mean bugs for this one!

# 102 " court of law newnan, ga "

11x14 oil on canvas panel.....SOLD