Branch Of Cotton on Deep Red.......oil painting

Cotton Branch........10x20

I like the vertical format of this one.  It's about as southern as it gets.  

Shore 'Nuff.............Oil painting of shore bird

8x16......"Shore 'Nuff"

This is from a photo that I took from one of our vacations on Dauphin Island in Alabama.  We have been there 4 years in a row and have made plans to go back next year.  This guy definitely does not mind sharing his home with us.  He has been quite friendly.

10x30......Egret I

10x30.....Egret II

These birds we painted from photos in my collection of shorebirds and then I made up the backgrounds so that they would fit together.  I didn't use to have the confidence to just make stuff up like that, but I do it every now and then since I have gotten more miles of painting behind me.

Very Large, Very Red Abstract......oil painting

24x36.....Oil Painting

This is a very interesting painting.  I painted it straight from my gut.  I let the paint tell me what to do.  When I was done I stood back and looked.  I don't know if it was because it was around Valentine's day or what, but it looked like a heartbeat on one of those machine readouts.  Interestingly I said this to a medical person that was viewing the painting and he said, "if this was a heart rhythm, this person would be in trouble!"  lol

 

Then I took the painting down to one of the galleries in New Orleans that represents me.  I just took it in and gave them no preconceived notion of what it was.  It is now hanging vertically and is entitled "The River".

That's what I love about abstracts....Everyone is entitled to see what they see.

T*basco Trio.....Oil Paintings

8x24

8x24

12x24

These are some of the more popular subjects that I paint.  I have sold as many of 6 of these types of paintings at ONE show.  They are always a "hot item", so to speak.

ATumble of Tomatoes...Oil Painting

 

8x24.....oil on canvas.....$230

 

I never get tired of painting red on turquoise.  I has such an impact!  I can just see these little tomatoes rolling out of my shopping bag onto the counter.

Tomato Trio....oil painting....#28 of 30 paintings in 30 days....

 

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

 

A fellow artist gave me some advice that someone had given her one time.  We both come regularly to the Red River Revel in Shreveport.  She said that it is good to always have something new going on in your tent when the people come back....the ones that visit you every year.  It's not good to have the same old same old.  Well tomatoes are one of my normal things that I sell regularly and I love to paint them.  So for a different twist I decided to combine them with another one of my favorite elements....the black and white checkerboard pattern.  It give them a really different vibe I think.

Lake in Lecco, Italy......oil painting.....#26 of 30 paintings in 30 days...

 

18x36.....oil painting.....$775

 

This is a little place in the Lake District in Italy...a little town called Lecco.  This is where we stayed our first two night of our trip in 2010.  We had traveled by ferry to Bellagio on this day and as we returned and were walking back to our hotel, the light was just so gorgeous!  I took many pictures along the way and lagged way behind my fellow travelers.....as usual.  lol

Jalapeno.......oil painting......#24 of 30 paintings in 30 days...

8x24.....oil on canvas....$230

 

This is a companion piece (or not) to the red pepper that I painted yesterday.  You can tell it is a jalapeño because the tip is fatter than the red pepper.  These paintings would look great together or can stand alone.  Either way they'll be hot.  Did I just say that?