Welcome Spring!!

Spring has finally appeared on the calendar, just not necessarily in your neck of the woods friends. Here in sunny Florida we’re enjoying a beautiful start to the season and art shows and exhibits are in full swing. My show at the Highlands Museum of the Arts in Sebring, FL is winding down to a close on March 29. I don’t have another show planned till November this year which leaves lots of time to create new work.

I’ve been painting away on smaller works the past couple months using an oil and cold wax method and really loving the results. These paintings are created by applying many layers oil paint mixed with a cold wax medium (made with bees wax) and then removing some of the layers to reveal the underlying paint layers. It’s kind of like excavating a painting to find its history.

Here are just a few of the new paintings created with this method.

There is a certain luminosity with the oil paints that I don’t find with acrylics. Acrylics are still my go to for painting, but it’s great to have a second set of tools in my tool box.

If you’d like more information on these paintings, or any of my others, I invite you to visit my website. And, don’t forget I offer complimentary US shipping and convenient payment plans can be set up anytime. I love to make it easy for my art to find their forever homes.

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Thank you for your continued support friends. If you know of someone who might enjoy my artwork, I would be honored if you shared this blog with them. And, if your friend makes a purchase from your referral, there will be a little something in it for you!!

May 2019 continue to brighten your lives with color.

Your artist friend, Mary

Are you having a case of Spring Fever too? I am, but I've been so busy in the studio that I've been neglecting my garden. The first few months of 2016 have been non-stop shows and exhibits for my art. I am so happy as I never thought I'd be this busy so early in my new "career". If you've been following me you might remember that I only started painting two years ago. Being in my late 50's, I feel there is a lot of catching up I need to do. This has left my poor garden unattended.

Nothing like a garden tour at your home in May to force me back to reality and get my garden back in shape. My garden club chooses a member each year to visit their garden for a meeting. I'm sure I could have postponed mine until next year, but I'm not a quitter! Good thing I have a few weekends left in the month. My garden shed has been featured on the cover of national publications. This is a lot of pressure LOL.

I'm also late announcing the "Steal of the Month". I've selected the very sweet Four Daisies for this month. This piece is so lovely with an impasto style technique for the flower petals. I know you'll love it.

Just click here to make an offer on this painting.

Have a wonderful rest of the month friends. Thanks so much for your wonderful support and comments. I love hearing from you so don't be shy. I also love it when you share my art with your friends. Now, I'm off to do a little weeding.

Happy gardening, Mary