Category Archives: Art

Dave’s Last Sunset

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“Dave’s Last Sunset” 18 x24” Acrylic on stretched canvas

Accepted to the McCullough Hyde Healing Arts Exhibit

Artist Statement

My husband Dave loved to watch the sunset over Lake Michigan. For over 30 years we returned to the lake in the summer, and watched in awe of the dramatic sky and peaceful rhythm of the waves. This time would be the last. The following winter, he passed away just before the pandemic took hold. While sheltering in place, it brought me peace to paint the bold color and fleeting light of time passing, remembering Dave’s life well lived.

While I Stayed Home! Part 1

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While “Sheltering in Place” I felt like venturing into a more playful state of painting! I got out my palette knives and loaded my palette, and mixed my favorite colors, and spread paint like frosting to my heart’s content!

6×6”stretched canvas, 1.5”depth

More to come!

New 6×6 Exhibit

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6×6” Acrylic on Canvas entered at Oxford Community Art Center through October.

3 of them were SOLD at the reception.

Landscapes from Indiana

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This Fall I visited Indiana.

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The light changed during the time I was painting this one, from partly sunny to cloudy. I was standing on sand bars, but as I painted I kept adding more white water.

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“Windy Fields” Plein Air

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8×10” acrylic and canvas panel.

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It was cloudy and still but what we see is just a starting point. Sometimes unexpected result come from Plein Air painting. This photo shows how I embellished the scene. Mainly I added a field beyond the horizon for more interest, more elements that are simplified in the foreground. I waited for a sky I wanted to paint, I normally do that first.

Lake Michigan Sunset

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I saw a fabulous sunset this summer on our trip to Michigan. I had to paint it! I’ve rarely painted anything like this. I want to paint a bigger one, this one is 9×12” on canvas board. I sold the painting on Facebook to an old friend who grew up appreciating the Lake Michigan Sunset.