"Cumberland Island Study"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

I'm off to the lake, have a great weekend!

"Muddy"

NFS    6" x 8" oil on panel

My painting a day time today was for a pet portrait commission, birthday present for a friend from her husband. 

"From the Biltmore Estate"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

After visiting the beach, now I am yearning for the mountains. Maybe I will get up there and post a few PADs from NC this summer! In the meantime, I dug up some old photos to use as a reference from the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, my father's home town, in memory of my dad this Father's Day weekend. (How do you like this landscape?)

I am participating in the Riverside Arts Market this Saturday, June 20 in the very middle row with my black tent. Also I am excited that "Sweet Grass Dairy" will be there so I can buy some more of their delicious award winning artisan cow and goat cheese from their organic dairy farm in South GA. Worth the trip to RAM just for the cheese!

"Tulips in Sunlight"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

I am officially backing off the five (or four...) day a week PAD schedule (whew!) and will aim to post three quality "A Painting a Day" blog paintings a week. The painting goes quickly but deciding what to paint does not always go so fast and doing it every day is keeping me from spending as much time as I should on my larger work. I do plan on posting an image of any new large work whenever completed along with a PAD posting. I've enjoyed the challenge of painting well over 100 since starting this in mid November with more than three fourths of them SOLD!

"Beach Dog"

BEING DONATED TO ART UNLEASHED  4 1/2" x 7 1/4" oil on panel

Still in a beach frame of mind, I decided to paint a scene from my weekend at the ocean. Tucker Hawthorne, here, loves to swim after throw toys. 

Art Unleashed, July 10th, at Bella Sera in Avondale, is a juried pet inspired art show and silent auction with food, cocktails and live music to benefit the spay/neuter programs of First Coast No More Homeless Pets.

"Sunkist Lemons"

SOLD 6" x 8 oil on panel

This is one of those still lifes where I crop out a small section to paint out of a much larger set up. I have several view finders in different sizes to help me crop.

(I'm heading to the beach Friday, I will be back painting next week. Maybe I'll get some new subject matter!))

"Queen Conch"

AVAILABLE, $100, email me to purchase, kartstark@bellsouth.net    7" x 7" oil on panel

I've painted this shell before and sometimes I find it is a good exercise to revisit a subject. My intention was to paint it fast with loose brushstrokes. I used a #8 flat brush only. It was fun to paint.

"Orchid Blooms"

SOLD    6" x 8" oil on panel

Enjoy!

"Ragtime Corner"

SOLD   4 3/4" x 12" oil on panel

Here is the finished painting, lots of correct guesses today on where the progression was going, Atlantic Blvd and Ocean Blvd, Atlantic Beach. Because of the two day posting I raised the starting bid to $150.

Two Parter: Guess the Location...

Here is a progression of photos of a two day PAD I'll finish this Thursday (and post the name of the location...)

"Gladiolus Still Life"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

This was one of the unchosen set ups I did for a commissioned painting several years ago. I like the idea of this as a large watercolor one day.

(I forgot to provide the link to eBay for yesterday's palm post but it is functioning on the blog now.)

"Cumberland Dune Palms"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 12" oil on panel

Being out of town part of last week and busy the rest of the week made for only one painting posted. I hope to be better this week!