Day #33

Walking on Thin Ice

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #33

sold

Can we stop global warming in time?

Day #32

Sidewalk Sundae

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #32

$100.00

How about a sweet, refreshing walk today?

50/50 Show at the Sanchez Art Center

Last Friday many artists of the 50/50 Show got together to share our pieces, and discuss the process of making 50 pieces in 50 days. It was great to see the variety of work and hear about the spirit behind each artist's inspiration. This show is a great fundraiser for the the Sanchez Art Center that offers classes, exhibitions and studio space, so buying work at this show is really a win/win event and the work is offered at very affordable prices.

Please come to Pacifica for the Preview (a ticket event) or the Grand Opening for first choice on art. Buyers are allowed to take the work home as soon as they purchase it, so be there early for first dibs!

Day #31

Walk Like An Egyptian

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #31

$100.00

Day #30

Power Walk

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #30

$100.00

Here is some inspiration to keep fit.

Day #29

Seniors Walk

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #29

$100.00

A walk a day keeps you healthy and strong.

Day #28

Street Walker

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #28

$100.00

Day #27

Jesus Walking On Water

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #27

$100.00

Day #26

Learning to Walk

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #26

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Here is the cutest little boy I know learning to walk. This still isn't perfect, but is looking closer to the real boy.

Day #25- the 1/2 way point!

Dog Walk at the Quarry

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #25

$100.00

This was actually my first painting and I got it finished only to discover I didn't orient the painting to the hanging hole on the back, so I painted a second painting for Day #1. I decided to drill a new hole in the proper place so I can use this painting for #25 today. Meanwhile, I finished tomorrow's painting since I will be unable to paint. Stay tuned!

Day #24

Black Cat Crossing Your Path

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #24

$100.00

Superstitious anyone? This black cat looked like a very cool wild panther. Now, is that bad luck?

Day #23

Walking the Dog: Yo-Yo Style

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #23

$100.00

There are great video clips of the best yo-yo-ing on the net. There's even a world yo-yo championship coming up in Florida in August. Who could have known? You'd better start practicing now as this has really turned into an x-event!

Day #22

Walking the Dog (with style) on Mori Point

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #22

$100.00

This pair was the cutest and most stylish of walkers on Mori Point this particular day.

50/50 3 weeks completed!

Above are my first 21 paintings - 3 weeks complete and just four weeks to go.

Day #21

Walkman: Vintage 1979

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #21

$100.00

We've come a long way since this walk!

Day #20

Luke Skywalker

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #20

$100.00

Day #19

Walking Yosemite Country

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #19

$100.00

Day #18

Tennessee Walking Horse

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #18

$100.00

After dreaming about a horse or rollerskates doing airborn flips with dirt bikers two nights ago, I was compelled to paint this piece – a horse walking on his own 2 feet.

Day #17

Colette Walks Jack and Malia

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #17

$100.00

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This is dedicated to Colette who loves all her animals with a generous heart. She is mourning the loss of Frank, her Corgi who passed this week.

Day #16

Tightrope Walker
6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #16
$100.00

Do you ever feel like you are walking a tightrope?

Day #15

Pigeon-toed

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #15

$100.00

Today I began my third row of 7 paintings with "Pigeon-toed", and put up another 2 week's worth of nails for hanging.

First 14 paintings

Today I began my third row of 7 paintings, and put up another 2 week's worth of nails for hanging. My collection of 50 is shaping up. Pictured below are the first 14 paintings of my group as displayed in my studio.

Day #14

Boardwalk: Monopoly

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #14

$100.00

Painting the colors of the game board me think about what a visually oriented game Monopoly is. I always liked to collect particular colors.

Day #13

Engineer Walking along the Train

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #13

$100.00

Ever since I was a little girl I loved trains. I had my own train set, and had a ride on the train with my Grandma. Was I the only girl in Santa Clara Valley (before there was such a thing as Silicon Valley) that was disappointed to learn that her dad who was an engineer did not work on a train?

Day #12

Crosswalk

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #12

$100.00

Day #11

Wok

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #11

$100.00

Day #10

Old Mori Point Road

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #10

$100.00

This is a lovely walk that lots of people enjoy.

Day #9

Walking in Molokai

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #9

$100.00

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Would you rather be riding a mule in Molokai - or hiking this trail, as my brother did shown here? It looks pretty inviting to me.

Day #8

Walkie Talkie

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #8

$100.00

This reminds me of playing with those green plastic Army Men in the dichondra on the side of the house as a child in the 50's. Some carried these walkie talkies.

Day #7

Firewalker

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #7

$100.00

Day #6

Walk Signal

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #6

$100.00

Who could have guessed how difficult a simple sign could be?!!

Day #5

The Moon Walk

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #5

$100.00

For some moon walking fun check out this link: http://www.eternalmoonwalk.com

Day #4

Baby Elephant Walk

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #4

$100.00

Today I painted into the early evening to complete Baby Elephant Walk.

I always remember the fun of doing the elephant walk in Kindergarten . . . E-lump, e-lump, e-lump, e-lump. I am an elephant swinging my trunk.

Day #3

1969 - Man Walks on the Moon

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #3

sold

Day #2

Black-Necked Stilt

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #2

$100.00

Day #1

Surfer

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Painting #1

$100.00

Ready to go!

I'm all set up and ready to start painting my first of 50 paintings. The theme of my series is 50 Walks. Check every day for a new painting.

Preparing 50 Panels

I've been preparing my panels for my artwork for the 50/50 show. I begin painting on Monday and want to have as many panels prepared as possible. Ideally I wanted all 50 completed before I began painting, but that seems unrealistic at this point. I have cut unprimed canvas that I am gluing onto each panel, wrapping the sides, then am priming each panel. I 'm experimenting with some high grade house paint primer as gesso. I'll let you know how that works out. I have real gesso that I may use for a second coat.

Seascape - phase 2

I'm back in the studio reworking this painting. See 1st sitting from my February 22nd post.

Daddy•Dancing•Donna

Today I put the finishing touches on this painting for the Roots Exhibit. I call it Daddy•Dancing•Donna. It is a 20" x 20" oil on canvas painting. It portrays me as a baby and at age 18, just about year younger than my daddy holding me as a baby.

Daddy•Dancing•Donna

I've been wading through family photos and sorting through ideas for a piece for the upcoming "Roots" show. After lots of thought and exploration, I found one of the few photos I have of including my father and isolated the two of us and found it so compelling that I could think of nothing else. I'm combining it with another image of myself that represents me well. This piece is coming along nicely.

Windblown Gulls

On this rainy afternoon, I completed this painting, "Windblown Gulls". This was from a scene at Rockaway Beach on a stormy day. I began this 16" x 20" painting back in November, and recently got back to it.

Pillar Point II

Today I completed "Pillar Point Wetlands II"- a 16" x 12" painting. It felt good to load up a palette with fresh paint and really get into it. Yesterday I worked with leftovers, and I was not having a good time! It pays to prepare properly.

Next I need to finish the gull painting. As a birder, I always joked about saving gulls for old age because they were difficult to identify. They are difficult to paint well too and I've been procrastinating!

I'm Back! Painting from Pillar Point

I did this 12" x 9" painting today of the "Pillar Point Wetlands" at Princeton Harbor. Meanwhile I have been refining my gull painting, and finishing up my orchid painting.