Paintings Delivered to Galleries...Oil Paintings to NOLA

LeJardin/Adorn Galleries 610 and 612 Royal St.

Rue Royale Galerie 813 Royal St.

 

Last week was a busy one!  I got paintings delivered to my two galleries in New Orleans, and got to celebrate my mom's birthday with her there!

 

I spent the other part of the week getting organized after returning from Shreveport.  This week I start on some commissions that are pending.  But first I get to go wrap a painting up and send it to a new home.  Another repeat customer wants something she saw at the Revel.  : )

 

I love this painting.  It may be my favorite church I have ever done.  I just love the louvered part on the steeple.  And the long tall arched window.  But I can't keep them all....so I'm glad this one is going to a good home.  And it already has a sibling there!  lol

New Work...Scenes of the South....Oil Paintings

I leave on Friday for the Red River Revel in Shreveport, La.  It is an amazing 8-day outdoor festival that is an ingrained part of the Shreveport community. Each day leading up to the start of the show, I will post some of my new work that I have been working on for the fall.  Plus, I will highlight one great thing about the Revel itself.  

Today I want to mention my repeat customers.  I have several avid collectors that have now become friends.  This will be my sixth year to do this festival, plus I have done three wine festivals there.  I love having the same folks come back and visit and or buy something year after year. 

 

Today's paintings feature scenes of the south...

8x24

Everywhere you look in the south you see quaint little white churches.  And on Sunday they're surrounded by cars.  Lots of cars.

9x9

 

The south would not be the south without it's myriad cottonfields. 

10x20

 Fishin' and huntin'.  Its what we do down here.

24x36

 Ok, in the interest of  full disclosure, this is not really a shack in the south.  But it so looks like one that I can, without guilt, include it in this category.  It's actually a shack in Maui, Hawaii.

10x20

 Another quaint church.

8x16

Another great thing about the south.  Great music. 

Little Chapel.....Oil Painting

 

10x20.....oil on canvas

 

This is a little church I took a photo of somewhere in south Louisiana.  I love to photograph and paint churches.  Especially the little white ones.  It is a secret desire of mine to do a show one day made up entirely of the churches I have photographed in my travels.  



Little Chapel...oil painting....#15 of 30 paintings in 30 days...

 

8x16...oil on canvas...$$150

 

I love this little painting.  It has the energy and the vibe that I want all my paintings to have.  what better way to celebrate a fine Sunday in September than with a painting of a happening little church.

 

I guess you see we are half-way there!  15 paintings in 15 days.....so far!

Southern Scenes....Oil paintings

I love living in the south.  It is really funny to me how many transplants we have here....people that come down here and decide to stay or return permanently.  The south, and particularly Mississippi, has such a bad reputation in other parts of the country.   But people that come here and really give it a chance find out that it is a wonderful place to be.  The food, the culture, the kindness of the people.  I wouldn't live anywhere else.