Ultramarine Splash

Blue and yellow are opposites on the color wheel.  This makes for a complimentary color scheme.

Orange Splash

I enjoy blending the warm colors in harmony with an asymmetrical composition.

David and Doug on the 4th of July

David and Douglas standing on the wall with the Bristol harbor in the background.  My Greatgrandparents lived in Bristol for many years and I went to elementary school there.  What fond memories I have of the Bristol 4th of July Parade!

Skye

My Goldendoodle dog, her name is Skye...

When she is not a puppy I'll take her out on "plein air painting excursions" that means painting outdoors.  After all that is one of the reasons we named her Skye, after mother nature.  She is a nature lover! 

Watermelon Splash

With a lot of my paintings I try to create "chiaroscuro" a contrast between light and dark. 

Lime Splash

A new chapter...

Painting is like reading!

Lemon Splash

Painting is like reading...
Every time you change the subject matter in a painting your onto a new story.
When I study a new set of objects or places or people it is like opening a new book.
I look forward to every new adventure.

Even "still life" objects are interesting and dynamic! 

View from Beavertail

This is a photo that I took the day of my brothers wedding, I will turn this into an oil painting.  A feast for the eyes, that calms the soul.

View from Beavertail in Jamestown RI.

November Flowers

This still life was painted outdoors, the flowers are set in a coral colored vase that sits on top of a picnic table in my backyard.  The month was November and this was the last warm day.

Shane

This painting was a gift for my nephew Shane, he is the first person in our family to receive a baseball scholarship to college.  He is attending the University of New Haven in CT.  Congratulations Shane!

Love,

Auntie Dawn

White Flowers in a Cobalt Vase

I lose track of time when I paint, I remember feeling totaly focused on the moment while I painted this still life.

Red Rose with Green Apple

Love Affair with Painting

This was when my "love affair with painting" started.  I love to paint!

November Flowers

Every year around the holidays I tend to feel melancholy over the loss of my beloved mother.  These flowers were sent to me from my husbands mother to cheer me, and they did.

Mexican Bowl in Backyard

This bowl is from one of our trips to Mexico, viva Mexico!

Backyard Solace

Tire Swing

Thank-you Glenn Lonardo for attaching  rope to the highest tree branch in Cranston!  The children of the neighborhood have a lifetime of memories on this tire swing!

Isabelle

North Kingstown Beach 4

North Kingstown Beach 3

This is a "Forever Favorite" of mine, all the children in the neighborhood, Davey, Dougie, and our beloved dog Daisy.

Birdbath at Roger Williams Park

Painted outside this fall at Roger Williams Park what a glorious day!

Rise oil on canvas

This is an oil painting I painted many years ago at Rhode Island College under the instruction of Sam Ames. I never tire of looking at this white rose in a blue vase.

4th of July Bristol RI acrylic on canvas

Mexican bowl with oranges 8x10 acrylic on canvas

Pansies

Got Mail

End of Summer Acrylic on masonite