In Step

"In Step"
4x4 Oil on Gessoboard
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This is another piece from my NYC series. This was a great little daschund who was walking with his owner at one of the riverside parks on the Upper East Side. I've enjoyed painting a couple of dogs in action, but they're so difficult to get good photos of them. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do that?

Flower Study I

"Flower Study I"
4x4 Oil on Panel
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This little plumeria was a lovely break from all the shophouses and landscapes I had been doing. It was so interesting to focus entirely on different shapes and volume from what I am used to. I never realized how tough flowers can be compositionally - and that is before you ever try to paint them! Whoa. I especially love this flower because it reminds me of Hawai'i and the girls with flowers in their hair.

I'll be taking some time this week to get the business side of my art in order. The majority of the house is unpacked, which is nice, but I need to attend to some projects with my art that I've been putting off. If only we could just paint without worrying about the details! But one of the projects I'm working on you will notice today in the email. I'm updating the daily email newsletter and also starting on a quarterly one for more major updates. Things are moving and shaking this summer!

Palms Away

"Palms Away!"
4"x4" Oil on Panel
$35 Unframed
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Palms Away! That pretty aptly describes my state of mind right now. Enough said!

Cloud Study III

"Cloud Study III"
4x4 Oil on Panel
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This is another little 4x4 study that I did. I just love the sailboats on the intracoastal waterway. I didn't get nearly enough time on HHI. I didn't even see the beach there!

Wow, finally back in the saddle at the easel. Well, sort of. I'm very much looking forward to getting life pulled back together here in Singapore. While I was in the US my husband moved us out of temporary housing into our regular apartment. I've decided that having packers pack your things is great, until they unpack. Because they insist on unpacking for damage and insurance purposes. So instead of being able to ignore certain boxes pushed against a wall, I walked into a house that had piles of stuff all over. My husband did a fantastic job of starting the process of getting settled in, but he's been working 7 days a week. So in the meantime, I get to walk in circles putting away piles of things ;)... 

Cloud Study II

"Cloud Study II"
4"x4" Oil on Gessoboard
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Today is a good day, which is why I painted this. This was another photo I snapped while in the passenger seat on my way to my parents house from the airport. See, you can do painting reconnaissance at any time!

As I'm typing this, I'm enjoying one last sunset at our apartment balcony before the movers show up first thing tomorrow morning. We had our first round of house shopping this afternoon, and it sounds like round two will be tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully we'll get something locked down by this weekend. I am amazed at how quickly everything is going. Pretty much a break-neck speed, but somehow I think we'll get it all (even the dog!).

Sunday Brunch - SOLD

"Sunday Brunch"
30"x40" Oil on Canvas
Private Collection
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This was a commission for a private collector here in Singapore. One of his fondest memories of Singapore is the Sunday brunches. They are these very elaborate affairs with huge cheese bars, oysters from all over the world, not to mention the free-flowing champagne (or house drinks) and the impressive spread of desserts. Really, it is an incredibly decadent affair. Most of the major hotels here sponsor them, but none of them can match the ambience that you have at the Raffles Hotel in the Billiards room, which is the one this collector chose to show. I wound up having such a great time with this piece; the perspective was lots of fun to work with, although quite the challenge!

Telok Ayer Prism

"Telok Ayer Prism"
6x16 Oil on Gessoboard
$395 Unframed
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Wow, I had gotten so good about posting and painting. But then we were thrown a wonderful and fantastic curveball. My husband has accepted a new job here in Singapore. This will be a fantastic move for him and us, it just means that I have to have the house packed and moved by next Friday! So, instead of getting another 2 weeks to paint before going to the US, I have about 1 painting day left. And who even knows if we will have our permanent housing situation figured out by the time I get back. It's going to be a wild ride for a bit. I'm definitely packing my tabletop easel and my paints for the temporary housing!

Cloud Study I

"Cloud Study I"
4"x4" Oil on Gessoboard
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I've had these little 4x4 panels for forever - almost a year. I think I bought 80 of them the last time I was in the US, and they have been primed and painted and ready to go since. For some reason in the last week, as I've been a little restless to experiment, I decided to pull them out and start sifting through all my reference photos for things to paint that I haven't really tried before. Clouds are totally under this list. I've painted very few before, so this is a great chance to try my hand at them. This little scene is from last year after my mother picked me up from the airport. The sky was just beautiful. All the way from Savannah to HHI, it was blue, blue sky and big puffy clouds. This scene was as we were on the bridge over the intracoastal waterway to Hilton Head. The clouds reflecting in the water, I'll always love that view. Makes me miss home.

Zebra Crossing

"Zebra Crossing"
4"x4" Oil on Gessoboard
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This was a scene I saw while I was exploring around the Wall Street area. Two people were crossing the crosswalk, and I noticed the really cool shadows they were casting on the ground. The title of the painting is a little east meets west, because over here they call cross walks zebra crossing. Don't worry, the only actual zebras here are at the zoo!

Paper Trained

"Paper Trained"
4"x4" Oil on Gessoboard
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I saw this guy when I was walking around Chelsea taking photos. He just looked too happy carrying his master's paper around. It made me smile. Happy Friday!