Yellow Lab, 8 x 8, oil on panel

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Tie, oil on panel, 8 x 8

I pet sit for this little guy sometimes. He's sooo sweet. And not too camera shy either. Click here to purchase.

Daisy

Time to loosen up. Been away from the blog a while. Had to catch up on larger paintings. Just completed a 36 x 48. Pictures soon. Thanks for hanging in there and for all your well wishes!
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Fishing Sheds, oil on panel, 4 x 6

Hey all! Trying to get back to doing what I do. Thanks for sticking around.

Dear Art Lovers

I know this is supposed to be a painting blog. I try to paint often - it is my job - my source of income. But being a daughter has trumped everything else.

It hasn't been a year since I had my mother's caregiver arrested in the driveway. Since that time my father's health went on the decline without explanation. I took him and Mom to the hospital to have tests run - to have a plan of action to improve their health. While there, Dad seemed to have given up completely and Monday night my brother and I discontinued all treatment and let him go. It was mercifully quick and what he said he always wanted if the situation presented itself.

Now we are working to find a facility to take care of Mom. Just like when the felon took my parents for all that money, this all has been seat of the pants stuff. Touring "skilled facilities", dealing with funeral homes and talking to scores of doctors about Dad on the hospital's first floor and Mom on the 4th floor. Today we'll be taking Mom to her new "home". There is so much to know about this and no time to pour over volumes of self help books. The best aids we've had were the Elder Law Attorneys we hired when the fraud went down and the 100+ page booklet the funeral home gave us.

I tell you all this because there may very well be a time when each of us has to face this. I hope to save some from all the crazy running around we've had to do. Feel free to contact me if you want benefit of my experience. I would be happy to help anyone - I mean it.

Thank you for subscribing to my blog (I hope you won't give up on me and my painting)...and for the opportunity to vent. My hope is to post paintings very soon. I haven't painted in a month and have no income coming in. What's more I have been chosen for Federal Jury Duty starting Tuesday - 2 weeks more of no painting. But I guess I'll use the jury time to catch up on sleep : )

Geor

"Beach House", ACEO, daily painting, oil on board

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Hey all. I've gone on a trip that I planned a year ago. A bunch of us are staying in a beach house in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Today there are storms and wind gusts up to 30mph. Still I painted from the covered deck. But the easel kept shaking and the wind would make my brush not land where I planned. The detail isn't nearly as exacting as I wanted. Since I miss painting so much, I persevered, and will likely go out again. So good to go back to painting!

By the way, thanks so much for your words of encouragement. I go back to all that stuff on Thursday. Gotta enjoy the here and now.

Life again

Sorry everyone.
I have been consumed with trying to get my parents back to good health. It is incredible how infuriating it is to deal with health care and add to it the confines of Medicare.
I have been learning a lot this past year. I had the felon arrested on June 30th and have been learning a lot about the court system. Now it is Medicare and caregivers. Wow. There is a mint to be made if anyone can find a way to teach the ins and outs of this health thing. Problem is, when it comes up, it comes up fast! And you get so worn out from the day to day that you can't think. And the whole thing is money driven - surprise, surprise. Meanwhile, I'm not making any money because I can't be around to paint.
I know I don't have it bad, I'm lucky I can take off and drive up and put out fires. A dear friend is taking care of both her parents 24/7.But for me, it didn't have to be this hard! Here are some important points I can take from all this thus far.
1) If you suspect anyone, even a family member, is taking advantage of someone in their charge - do something! You're not going to get your things back - ever! Ask forgiveness if you wrongly accuse someone.
2) Use the 40/70 rule. If you're 40 or your parents are 70, have talks about legal papers, wills, options to take for health assistance, etc. There won't be time to discuss it when the need arises.

There - had to get that out. Thanks. I hope everyone is doing well and please know that I will be posting every chance I get! I really love blogging and can't wait to get back to a routine. I hope you won't give up on me.
Georgia

"Hilton Head Beach", oil on paper, ACEO, daily painting

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"Pond", ACEO, oil on paper, daily painting

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"Cattails", ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5, oil on paper

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"Erskine's yard", oil on panel, 6 x 8

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"Lake Path", oil on panel, 6 x 8, daily painting

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"Nature Center" , ACEO, original oil on paper

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"Farm Road", ACEO, oil on paper, 2.5 x 3.5

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"Rainy Edisto", ACEO, oil on paper

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"Gravel Road", oil on paper, 2.5 x 3.5, ACEO, landscape

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"Valley Stream", ACEO, oil on paper, 2.5 x 3.5

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Ocean Sundown, oil on panel, 5 x 10

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Low Country 5 x 10

Sorry, I've been away a while. And boy did I miss painting. But I'm back and happy to be in the studio again.
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Cow, 50 x 60, oil on canvas

Here is the companion piece to go with the goats I posted recently. Both are nearly finished. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. I painted a lot and took a lot of breaks outside in the beautiful weather we're having here. More later....

Jack Russell 3, ACEO, oil on paper

Jack Russell 2, oil on paper, 2.5 x 3.5

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Jack Russell, oil on paper, ACEO 2.5 x 3.5

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Goats in Progress, oil on canvas, 50 x 60

See! I can do bigger stuff, too. This is one of a pair of large canvases headed to Bennett street Gallery when done. The other is of a cow. Neither is finished yet. just wanted you to see what I've been working on. Well, I've also been working on taxes, but trust me...you don't want to see that!

Hillside, 2.5 x 3.5, oil on paper

A view out the car window. Typical North Georgia scene in fall.
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Sheeps, oil on paper, 2.5 x 3.5

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Nantucket Sunset, ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5, oil on paper

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My Favorite Glimpse, ACEO, oil on paper, 2.5 x 3.5

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There is a spot on I-75 coming back to Atlanta from Macon where I love to look over. I don't think I've ever failed to do it. There is this one break in the trees and the field seems to go on forever. This is it in the late afternoon sun. that's the guardrail in the foreground.

Roadside Cows, 2.5 x 3.5, oil on paper

You know, I was thinking about this ACEO business. These art trading cards are pretty cool, just bought one the other day. And I was thinking, if someone were to be invited to a dinner party, instead of taking the host a bottle of wine, take one of these paintings. Pretty much the same price and the painting is forever. An original work of art. And no headache the next morning. Hmmm.

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Charlie, 10 x 10, original oil painting on paper

Summer Creek, ACEO, oil on paper, 2.5" x 3.5"

Path, ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5, oil on paper

SOLD
Another of the little fellers. I am quite enjoying this. Helps me not get bogged down in detail but keep it interesting enough that the paint doesn't look like it simply landed there from a dropped brush.

ACEO's, oil on paper, 2.5 x 3.5

Peachtree DeKalb Airport in Atlanta.



A factory in Columbia, S.C. called Adluh.

ACEO, oil on paper, Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower


SOLD Coastal Evening



Hilton Head

Skyline, ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5, oil on paper original

My good friend Nick Orban has been doing these for a while now. This is my first ACEO but I rather enjoyed it. I've been down with the flu or something and so very small paintings are about all I'm up to right now.
This is done from a photo I took around the time of the '96 Olympics. Can't you just feel the Atlanta humidity? The buildings are not really that far away, it is just the haze.

Late in the Evening, oil on panel, 8 x 10

Ramp to Beach, oil on panel, 8 x 10

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Well, I wanted to loosen up and I think I have. I wonder if you'd know what this was without the title. Not that it would matter. I want to like the juiciness of the paint, the movement, the brushwork. Still...my point that I wanted to make is that in order to loosen up a little, I think it will be easier to loosen up a lot and then ratchet back to a point I can be ok with.
This is a ramp leading down to the beach in Kiawah. It was sunset and January - the light and colors there are wonderful in the winter!

Black and White, 20 x 20, oil on canvas

This darling critter is back from the Southern Accents Showhouse. It and 3 others the same size are at Bennett Street Gallery.

"Ma and Pa", 6 x 8, oil on panel

So here's another painting I've done from an old photo I found in a thrift store. (see the reference photo below) I am trying after all these years to loosen up my painting style...back beyond how loose I was long ago. I am told by some very well respected artists that it is very difficult to do after having spent so much time doing pretty representational work. I am inclined to agree - fervently : ). But I am all about hitting my head against a brick wall. That is probably what I am best known for.

Atlanta, 8 x 10, oil on panel

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From a photo taken while driving back to Atlanta from south of town.

A Pedestrian Painting, oil on panel, 8 x 10

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I liked how awkward the woman in the sweater looked walking through the parking lot. She really seemed out of her element. The other woman, by contrast, was quite used to waiting for the bus right there - or so it seemed to me.
In addition to having to attend 2 funerals since Christmas, I've also had the flu. Thought 2009 was gonna be fine?

Coming At You, 8 x 10, oil on panel, 8 x 10

Still unable to paint with any regularity because of life. C'est la vie. But when I can I hope to post more than one piece as I am tonight.


In the Weeds. Oil on panel, 8 x 8

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Little Kid, daily painting, oil, 8 x 10

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He's so cute! The goats I've been painting have moved so I have to find some more somewhere. This little guy was all wobbly and innocent - I wanted to take him home which might have been a good idea since we have a kudzu problem. We have a problem because our neighbors ignore their kudzu. Don't get me started.

Blue Goat, oil on board, 8 x 10

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I'm having fun loosening up these days. I feel great with the new year. Funny how one day, just a Thursday can change my whole outlook on things. Oh yeah, I am going to make a lot of these daily paintings bigger. This one is 8 x 10!

Being Forward, daily painting, 6 x 8

Good to start having a routine again and feel as though I am once again driving my life instead of the other way around. Sometimes during the holidays I feel like a leaf in the wind.

Boo Cow, daily painting, oil on paper, 6 x 8

OK, here I go again with determination to keep up with this blog and really start this New Year right. Not that I did anything wrong last year but let's put that stuff behind us. I would really like to see it be "Fine in '09". Hope all of you are well and enjoying the start of this new year.