"Black Lab"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

My dog PADs are popular and some people have wondered if I can paint something other than a golden retriever. It is hard not to paint a golden ...but how about a labrador retriever! This is Teal Krueger at the lake.

"Pink Hydrangea"

SOLD   7" x 7" oil on panel

I went to visit a gardener's garden in Deerwood Monday before all of the rain and painted this hydrangea. I haven't seen too many pink ones before. Enjoy! 

"Guana Lake Shoreline"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

Here is another landscape from a kayaking trip to Guana Lake. Enjoy!

"Speared Fish Study"

SOLD

Some of you may recognize this one as part of a larger earlier painting from a trip to the Caribbean years ago. I just felt (late this afternoon after being rained in all day) like painting this section again looser than previously painted.

"Blue and Yellow Study"

SOLD   6" x 8" oil on panel

I love painting lemons and they look great with this blue and white china.

(This one is one of those that looks better in person.)

"View of the Cummer Garden"

SOLD   6" x 8" oil on panel

Here is another one from my visit to the Cummer Museum and Gardens several weeks ago.

I am not painting and posting a PAD Friday so I can get ready for the Riverside Arts Market this Saturday. I have booth space 406 again, come visit me there!

"Keukenoff Tulips II"

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

I decided to paint a companion painting for the one I did yesterday. I like the way tulips are sometimes planted with a shorter bed of flowers underneath.

"Keukenoff Tulips"

SOLD   4 3/4" x 12" oil on panel

The friends I was kidsitting for brought me back a disc full of photos of flowers from their trip to the Netherlands. These tulips are from Keukenoff Gardens. Enjoy!

"Bolles Hall"

SOLD   6" x 8" oil on panel

I unintentionally took a break from PAD painting for the past ten days. I was kidsitting three great active boys for my good friend Susan Brodeur and with other projects and a show at First Guaranty bank last week I just didn't paint and post!

This is Bolles Hall at the Bolles School in Jacksonville which was originally built as the San Jose Hotel in the early 20's.

This Thursday I am participating in a fundraising event, "Taste of Talent" benefiting the Riverside Fine Arts Association for a night of live music, food and wine from local restaurants and ... local art! The artists are me, Jim Draper, Tom Hager, Jesse Wright, John Bunker, Billie McCray, Emmy Cervany, Nadine Terk, Bunny Morgan, David Lauderdale, Paul Riley, Alison Watson, Barre Barrett and Danile Wynn. The musicians are Bella Voce Caberet, Sue Carmichael, harp, Andy Clarke, organ, Rodney Cleveland, organ, Nick Curry, cello, Philip Pan, violin, Riverside Guitar Quartet, Gary and Marilyn Smart, piano/soprano, Tony Smotherman, guitar, Randy Tinnin, trumpet, Von Barlow Jazz Trio, Scott Watkins, piano and  Kyle Wehner, violin, all performed on multiple stages in the courtyard, sanctuary and parish hall of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Tickets are $60 and will be available at the door. I hope to see you there!

"Santa Fe Pass, South Bank"

SOLD  4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

I haven't been to the lake since March, I miss it so I painted it! Enjoy!

"Lemon Slices"

SOLD 6" X 8" oil on panel

"Delphinium at the Cummer"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

A flower power Monday, enjoy!

"Little Girl in Gramma's Garden" - My 100th Blog Painting!

NFS  4 1/2" x 8 1/2" oil on panel

To celebrate my 100th (!!!) PAD blog painting I thought I would paint a 'self-portrait' of sorts. For years I've been wanting to paint from this old photograph of me standing in my grandmother's flower garden in Wilmington, NC. Like my knobby knees?!?

I started this PAD blog in mid November as a way to help me get through this tough economy. I've sold over two thirds of them. Thanks everyone!

I hope you continue to enjoy them as I go for another 100!

"Squirrel Watching"

SOLD  7" x 7" oil on panel

My dog, Talley and her friend, Gracie, love to camp out on my bed and watch the squirrels in the backyard. Talley takes many a nap there with her muzzle resting on the open window sill.

"Hanna Park Palm"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

"Dad's Toy Truck"

AVAILABLE, $75, email me to purchase, kartstark@bellsouth.net 4 1/2" x 8 1/2" oil on panel

This is my dad's toy truck from his childhood and sits on display on top of my TV armoire. It is an 'antique' that's been through a lot of play. It's been calling my name to be painted for awhile...

"White Lilies"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

Time for some flowers, enjoy!

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part Three of Three, Complete

SOLD   6 1/2" x 21 1/2" oil on three panels, $300 start bid

This is one of those that looks better in person and could be a much larger painting some other time. (You can click on the image to see it larger.) Enjoy!

I will be at the Riverside Arts Market Saturday from 10 am until 4 pm (with this triptych). The next time I am scheduled to show at the Market is May 16.

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part Two of Three

Another day, another section!

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part One of Three

Sometimes it gets frustrating to start and finish a painting in one day so I decided to paint this skyline as a triptych and post photos of it's progression as I work on it today/Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. While three separate panels it could be framed together as shown or framed with an inch or so in between each panel.