12×16 Oil Pastel
I’m trying out some more detailed oil pastels…they have a very different feel that the soft pastels. I like the smoothness and it is nice to switch up the techniques.

Southern Exposure
11×14 Soft Pastel

This picture evokes a lot of feelings for me. I called it Southern Exposure because you can’t look at it without feeling something about the South, it’s history, it’s conflicts…I hope it will expose feelings that have been ignored and remind us that we are all human.

So I’ve been a terrible daily painter, but I did recently win Best of Show at the Shelby County Arts Council Juried Show! Hooray!
Copy and paste the link below to see the article in the local paper about my winning piece “Rhythmic Shoreline.” Daily Paintings soon to follow…

http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/news/2009/sep/09/artists-put-egos-line/

“Introvert” 5×5 Soft Pastel

“Extrovert” 5×5 Soft Pastel

I am working on a new series…”Cotton Fields”…exploring my Southern roots, reminding us of the past, the present, that things don’t always come easily…larger field scenes to come. I thought these two cotton bolls had some good expressions.

In the Brush, 5 1/2 x 3 Soft Pastel
After a month long hiatus due to moving, I am finally back to my much-missed art. I started back up with my sheep…more to come.

Figs, 12×12 Acrylic Paintings

I did this pair for a design warehouse in Birmingham. I was aiming for a more abstract style and enjoyed the change to painting from my usual pastels.

Rhythmic Shoreline
24×36 Soft Pastel
I love the challenge of the splashing ocean waves on the rocks in soft pastel…this piece will be displayed in the Birmingham Art Association’s summer show during the month of July at Birmingham-Southern College.

Tuscan Hillside
9×12 Oil Pastel
I took a jump from my usual realistic soft pastel paintings and out came a series of bright oil pastel paintings. I based them off memories from my travels to Italy and Jamaica, as well as other places I’d like to visit.

Highland Dune
11×14 Soft Pastel
I got behind posting my pieces online, so here are 3 most recents to catch up.
I enjoyed the expressive sky, sweeping sands and scrubby grasses of this simple scene.

Pecking Order
3×4 Soft Pastel
This is a very tiny piece, but I thought this chicken has a lot of attitude.