Sold Works Archive | Jill Banks

• Tidewater Glam

  Oil, linen panel, 8" x 6". I painted this piece in the Tidewater Inn during Plein Air Easton for Small Works Sunday -- on sale at the show headquarters on July 19. Chances are good that it will be spoken for then but co…

• Real Rooster

  Oil, linen panel, 6" x 6". Framed size: 10.5" x 10.5"

• Fair in the Square

  Oil, linen panel, 16" x 12". Painted during the Rittenhouse Square June show from my booth.

• Roses At The Gate (Druid Hills Country Club)

  Oil, linen panel, 12" x 16". Painted during the Olmsted Plein Air Invitational 2025 Quick Draw

• Night and Day

  Oil, linen panel, 9" x 12". Painted during Olmsted Plein Air Invitational 2025. It started as a nocturne -- but that looked too crazy in the morning. Thus, this.

• Snow Village

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". I just couldn't resist painting this scene from the Great Falls Village Centre (Great Falls VA). The urge was so great that I put up with the cold and dressed up like a marshmallow to ca…

• A Bit of Blue

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". Painted on January 8, 2025 as part of an annual challenge to paint from life every day of the month (and post on Instagram @jillbanks1). It's a sweet one -- I enjoyed painting from begi…

• Sunflower and Apple

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 6". Gallery quality frame and free shipping within the Continental US are included in the price (that is true throughout my site unless otherwise indicated). Frame size: 12.5" x 10.5"

• Lotus Among Us

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". Enjoyed the day with many fellow Washington Society of Landscape Painters at Kenilworth Gardens. This was a real challenge for me as I couldn't escape some serious dappled light on my…

• Up On The Rooftop

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". This took me four nights to have the right conditions and timing to complete en plein air at the North Carolina Plein Air competition. On Sunday night -- the first evening we could pai…

• Mitchell's (New Bern NC)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16

• The Chancery

  Oil, linen, 30" x 30". This is one of two church interior paintings created during Artists on Location in Knoxville. I have never tackled anything this size - painted in one very long day -- on location. It should have…

• Boughs of Blossoms

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". For September/October 2024 --- Boughs of Blossoms is hanging at the Old Brogue Irish Pub's Snuggery Dining Room/Katie's Coffee. Please contact me at [email protected] if interested in…

• Could Be Frank

  Oil, linen, 24" x 36". I painted this plein air over three long afternoons. It ties with the largest piece I've ever accomplished on location, outdoors en plein air. The gardens are spectacular but my time to capture th…

• Low On Steam

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". The Quick Draw (two-hour timed painting competition) for Mountain Maryland got off to a bumpy start. It was supposed to be the first day the steam locomotive was running for the season…

• The Garden Party

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". I painted The Garden Party en plein air during the Celebrate Great Falls special event "Between Two Gardens" at L'Auberge Chez Francois. I had spent a very full weekend at the Northern…

• Night Spires

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 12. Painted during Mountain Maryland Plein Air 2023 on our first painting day. Little did I know how much this scene would change the very next day.

• Drinks at Sunset

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12"

• Sweet River Morn

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12"

• On The Square

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12"

• After The Race

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12"

• Rooster Treats

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". A new, welcomed addition to Key West is this great food truck -- Rooster Treats -- offering donuts and ice cream. Randy and I passed it multiple times every day ... and my big decision…

• Palms Pool

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". Painted plein air during my December 2022 Key West trip ... finished up during my January 2023 return. This pool makes me happy ... and brings me back to this same spot again and again…

• Piece of Paradise

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". Painted plein air at the Southernmost Beach Resort pool in Key West - Day 10 in the 31-day January 2023 painting challenge. I'd been eyeing this scene as a great potential painting spo…

• Nine One Five

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". Painted plein air in Key West during my personal painting trip to this slice of heaven. The night was filled with good cheer and neat conversations with lots of other fine folks. Great…

• Like Home

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". When participating in the Shadyside Art Festival in Pittsburgh, we stay at the Inn at Negley -- a luxury that helps balance the huge amount of physical and mental work that goes into exh…

• The River Seine

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". The painting doesn't look quite like this now ... but it sold before a new photo was taken. That happens. Painted during sunset while standing on the Alexander III bridge in Paris. Doe…

• Rainy Rue (Rue de Montorgueil, Paris)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 18". The wonderful view out of the apartment window. I sat on the windowsill and painted my heart out.

• Medici Fountain

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18" x 24". I'm painting in Paris! One of my first locations visited on this personal painting trip was Luxembourg Gardens -- to paint this on the closest I could get to being out there in the mor…

• Blue Kimono

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". Sometimes I have to take advantage of having a wonderful model sit for my class. Snuck this one in between visiting students at their easels. I loved the set up and pose. Very prim and…

• Back At The Bar

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". I painted inside the Sheridan Bar during Telluride Plein Air 2022. It's a favorite place to capture -- with tall ceilings, beautiful lights, great atmosphere and spot for friends to ga…

• Time Passages

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16"

• Doggies In The Window

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". Who could possibly resist these three? I was setting up my easel during Telluride Plein Air - thinking about which view to capture and this trio was staring at me through the window. E…

• Poppy Corner

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". Painted in Telluride Plein Air 2022. I had been eyeing this open lot and those wonderful poppies when scouting out painting locations during Telluride Plein Air in 2021. This year, the…

• Tennessee Lights

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24". Painted plein air over three long afternoon sessions during Knoxville Artists on Location plein air competition 2022. I wanted to capture one particular time of day -- when some of the lights came…

• Barnyard Bird

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6"

• Kayaking Home

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". New or revived add to my bucket list is to live right by the water at least part of each year ... some day. A visit to Wickford RI for their annual art festival made me want to be around…

• Right On Track

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". During Mountain Maryland Plein Air, I was determined to spend some time around trains - a symbol of the place for me. There's a draw of those tracks and trains. Turns out this CSX area…

• Little Fisherboy

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". One of my paintings from Artists on Location sponsored by the Knoxville Museum of Art. What a wonderful week!

• Daffodils And Grapes

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". I had such a blast painting "Daffodils and Grapes" - pulling into use every tool to just go for it from beginning to end. See what happens when I'm left to my own devices for too long?…

• Food Truck

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Serendipity strikes again. When I saw this cool truck ... en route to my intended painting destination ... it was time to use my own brakes. Painting time! This food truck (named Sprout…

• Working Together - January 27, 2021

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". My Dad, Ken Johnson, passed away peacefully on this day - January 27, 2021. I painted "Working Together" during the afternoon in their apartment. My Dad played a huge role in almost eve…

• Mom's French Table

  Pastel, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Painted right after dinner with my Mom and Randy. The table and chairs were my grandparents - my Mom's parents. Perhaps this is where the inspiration came for my mini series of Frenc…

• Fancy Pants

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". The main subject - the carousel horse - was borrowed from my parents' apartment. It's been a featured object in their many homes ... among so many treasures. Borrowing other people's t…

• Well Wishes

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Finished on Christmas Day 2020. The bouquet brings well wishes twice. Once when the flowers were fresh. (They did their job well then.) Now when they bloom on canvas. To be used however…

• The Gathering

  Oil, linen, 24" x 30". "The Gathering" is the result of a major splurge, one fun, quick trip to the store to take advantage of Fall's bounty. All I knew of what was chosen is the colors and shapes made me happy. The flo…

• Barre Belle (Ballerina)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". These 6x6s have been a gift to you (and me) this whole crazy year. I'm offering them temporarily for $200 unframed. "Bar Belle" is based on photos I took while invited to look on, sketch…

• Cafe Colors

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Creating "Cafe Colors" (6" x 6") was like playing with a wonderful big box of crayons ... only instead it was oil paint, brushes and palette knives. I love this scene. Wish to be there b…

• Rooster Dance

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Available for a limited time only for $200 unframed. This guy is from Giverny. Special feet.

• Mainly Blonde (Rooster)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". There's a small series of 6" x 6"s percolating in my studio for the holidays. Offered for a limited time only at $200 unframed to help with your ho, ho, ho.

• Alpine Street

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". During Telluride Plein Air in September, I spent multiple afternoons painting on this corner in Telluride - taking the view in up this street and to the right of it, capturing another…

• Autumn Waters

  Oil, 12" x 24". I felt so lucky to have found this beautiful cove in Annapolis Maryland where there were three views compelling to capture. This is the one that won out. I was reminded of how difficult boats are to pain…

• Park Play

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". 10.25" x 10.25" framed A little one from Telluride Plein Air - although I'm sure there are plenty of spots that look just like this. Still, the red building houses Gnar, a really good ta…

• 6 O'Clock At the Brogue

  Oil, 12" x 24". This is NOT one of my two entries for Paint Great Falls 2020 - the annual plein air competition, show and sale that's operating a little differently this year. I painted three pieces with only two to be…

• Hometown Market

  Oil, 16" x 20". Currently On exhibit at the Old Brogue Irish Pub January/February 2021 Sales through me. Local purchasers will get a Brogue gift certificate worth 25% of the purchase price of pieces in the exhibit. Awar…

• Fruits et Legumes (Provence Market)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 24. I painted this plein air last summer in the daily market in Place Richelme in Aix-en-Provence. I only speak English so conversing with those nice people who stopped by my easel wasn't al…

• Free Range Rooster

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Includes frame (as do almost all of my paintings) -- framed size 103/8"x 10-3/8"

• Great Goat

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 10". During a super quick trip to Oklahoma, Randy and I visited with my brother and sister-in-law at their extraordinary Nubian goat farm, Castlekeep. The day was hot, flies were thick (I he…

• Out on the Lake

  Oil, 24 x 36

• Fishing

  Oil, 40 x 30

• Copper Kettle, Silky Blues (Persimmons and Flowers)

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24". I started this during the First Friday Art Walk in the Village at the Artists' Atelier in Great Falls VA. Check out my Instagram page at jillbanks1 for a few short videos of the painting in progre…

• Farm Flock

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". I spent part of all three days of Paint Great Falls at Laura's farm, enjoying every minute there hanging out with the chickens, seeing goats and a sheep to the left and listening to gu…

• Sunshine Beach (Long Beach Island NJ)

  linen-lined panel, 24 x -

• Late Night on Light Street (Baltimore)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 12. "Late Night on Light Street" was a part of the 8th Annual Summer Plein Air Show at Crystal Moll Gallery in Baltimore MD. "Late Night on Light Street" was painted plein air from the walki…

• Island Nest

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12". This was the last painting squeezed in before heading home from LBI. Juried artists had from June to August 31 to complete their work before shipping for the exhibit. This was painted…

• Moonlighting

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". There may be one nocturne in every 100 daylight scene ... at least in my repertoire. Spending every ounce of energy leaves setting up a new painting past daylight highly unlikely. So h…

• Making Memories (Lincoln Park, Falls Church VA)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12". Painted plein air at my easel in front of this wonderful park in a warm, friendly neighborhood. This place sure seemed to be full of magic and memories ... past and to be made.

• Date Night, Little City (Dogwood Tavern, Falls Church VA)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". First Place Winner, Falls Church "Scenes in the City" Plein Air Competition, awarded by Glen Kessler, Founder and Director of the Compass Atelier. Painted plein air over two long after…

• Back In Time

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". This was almost finished plein air in Bologna, Italy in 2017 -- and I've used it as a reference for studio pieces capturing that Italian feel and light. Decided it needed finishing tou…

• Spring Blooms, Window Seat

  Oil, linen, 24" x 36". Please inquire about pricing and availability. I finally finished a very large still life that was set up on the window seat in the Artists' Atelier - my studio -- in Great Falls VA. I started pai…

• Wild Ride (Knoxville Zoo)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18 x 24. Painted during Artists on Location: A Knoxville Plein Air Event where I was one of 30 artists selected to paint the town this week. I spent the day at the Knoxville Zoo painting the merr…

• Heart of the Market

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". I started this during the Paint Great Falls 2018 plein air competition but it soon became apparent that this piece would need to be finished later with some help from photography. It w…

• Ladies' Lunch - At the Brogue in Great Falls VA

  Oil, linen, 16 x 20. Mom enjoyed lunch with one of her (she has two that I know of) birthday groups at the Snuggery/Katie's Coffee at the Old Brogue while my exhibit hung there. I started this on site with my easel set…

• Two Kittens

  Oil, linen, 30 x 40. Another large-scale still life set up by my Dad, this brings together objects from my in-laws and parents, with plenty of fruits and vegetables thrown into the mix. The oriental rug making its first…

• One of a Kind (Oriental NC)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 18. This was so much fun to see and paint. During North Carolina Plein Air, all the artists needed to commit to painting in Oriental NC either on Tuesday or Thursday. I picked Thursday which…

• Palms Pool II

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Painted plein air at our favorite spot in Key West. I think I spent more time on this 6" x 6" than any other -- but perhaps because we were also doing plenty of socializing simultaneousl…

• Kitchen Stuff

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Painted at our favorite motel in Key West. Love everything about it ... including its mid-century charm.

• Late Bloomer

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12"

• King Strut

  Oil, Paper, 6" x 6"

• Front Row Seat

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24". During a February special opening at the Artists' Atelier in Great Falls VA, I offered a free public demo - spending about an hour-and-a-half working on this piece. (I spent many hours figuring ou…

• Sky Drama

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24". Painted at Bucks County Plein Air 2018 -- "Sky Drama" was painted in New Hope PA right before the train tracks across from the Art Center on the main drag. 24" x 24" felt HUGE! A lot to paint whil…

• Fishing Pier

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Above price is framed. Also available unframed f0r $250. Painted plein air upon arrival at Gloucester Point Beach in Gloucester VA. I was warming up for the Gloucester Plein Air Invitati…

• Snow City (NYC)

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 6. In January, Randy and I took a trip to NYC for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Benefit Reception for the opening of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club exhibit (where my piece, "Night Cafe" was on exhib…

• Sea Whispers

  Oil, Panel, 6" x 6"

• Golden Girl

  Oil, Panel, 6" x 6"

• Ships In The Blue, Blue Sea (Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France - Cote d'Azur)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Painted plein air in Villefranche-Sur-Mer this August. Couldn't believe how gorgeous this spot ... and every place around it was.

• St. Patrick's Day

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. I started painting this plein air behind the Old Brogue Irish Pub in Great Falls, VA -- on St. Patrick's Day. Fun day!

• Seaside Seat

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Seaside Seat was painted plein air during my personal painting trip in December to Florida. I liked the empty lounge chair ... sort of like an invitation to sit and enjoy the view? The…

• Where Boats Are Born

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12

• Better Tomorrow

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Painted at our favorite motel in Key West ... after a very difficult travel day. A knew it truly would be a better day ... tomorrow.

• Behind The Band

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". During the Concerts on the Green over Labor Day weekend, I set up my easel behind the band on the Village Centre Green to take in the community celebrating together. It was the largest…

• Wind in Their Sails

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16"

• Feathered in Black And White

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Another little chicken painting. Above price is framed. Also available unframed f0r $250.

• Mom's Doll In Blue

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Just titling it "Mom's Doll" wouldn't be enough. She has quite the collection, all tied to beautiful memories. This was painted in my parent's condo in January.

• Music Makers

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". Captured to the music of the Bluegrass Jam during Telluride Plein Air. So much fun!

• Starry Night (Knoxville Tennessee Graffiti Alley)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. I painted this plein air in Knoxville TN during the Artists on Location competition that benefited the Knoxville Museum of Art. It was the second time that I used a Revelite light attach…

• The Snuggery

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18 x 24. Some familiar and unfamiliar faces at the Old Brogue's Snuggery in Great Falls, VA

• Picking Up Dinner

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6"

• Stepping Out

  Oil, linen, 30" x 24". I am thrilled that this painting was chosen by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine's Editor Peter Trippi for the Today's Masters Portfolio Article, "The Timeless Appeal of Horses," pp. 76-83 in the July…

• Salsa Nights (Havana 1957 - Miami)

  Oil, linen, 36" x 24". During a quick trip to Miami's South Beach for warmer painting weather, we enjoyed a great dinner at Havana 1957 at the Lincoln Mall. Food was great, complemented by music that kept everybody movi…

• Elephant

  Oil, 6 x 6

• On Stilts

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". $350 is the framed price. $295 unframed. Framed:

• There Sat A Bear

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12". What a day! On Day 26 of my 31-Day Painting Challenge - most of it was spent catching up with myself, taking not particularly good photos, processing them, putting them up on my websit…

• Lost Dollar And Flowers

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12"

• Moon Glow Again - At the Brogue in Great Falls VA

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". Underneath "Moon Glow Again" is a darker version of "Moon Glow." This was one of those rare times that I had too much light on my easel while painting a nocturne. It threw me for a loo…

• Just Picked

  Oil, linen, 30" x 40". "Just Picked" was created in my studio ... actually with an audience during one of my Facebook Live events (you can watch it take shape on Facebook at JillBanksStudio - click on the f symbol on th…

• Fishing Time

  Oil, 6" x 6"

• Garden Spirits (L'Auberge Chez Francois)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". I had the pleasure of painting plein air in the garden at L'Auberge Chez Francois, a piece of Alsace in Great Falls, VA. It took three long afternoons into early evening to capture the…

• Purple Dance

  Oil, linen panel, 6” x 6”

• Swimmers

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". Painted plein air on January 2, 2024 in Hilton Head, SC. You are kicking off the year right when it is spent with family and combining that with painting. We spent a few days with grand…

• New Guy In Town

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". $325 is the framed price. $255 unframed.

• La Grille

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". I painted this brasserie that was right outside the airbnb we were staying in. It required two session plein air there and more in the studio since it was hot and there were other pain…

• Bird Tree (New Bern NC)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 6

• Old Time Saloon

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". This new painting is of the New Sheridan Bar in Telluride CO - created in my studio. I love the light fixtures and very Western, old time feel of the place ... and get a kick out of it…

• Day 8 - Follow The Sun

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 16"

• Courthouse Sunset

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12"

• Blue Blossoms

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8"

• Cafe Chat

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". I've been interested in painting this pair enjoying tea or coffee at a corner cafe in Paris ... for awhile. Not sure that they are out of my system yet.

• Quiet Cove

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". I painted "Quiet Cove" at the end of the dock in Annapolis. Boats and paddleboarders did go by but not nearly at the frequency of the prior day. One visitor came too early to make it i…

• Popcorn Row

  Oil, 12" x 9"

• Boat Row (Cassis)

  Oil, Panel, 6" x 6". I painted plein air in Cassis - absolutely loving the place. It's been fun returning to these favorite spots at my easel these days.

• Blushing Pink Peonies

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12". I changed around this painting from the version created during my Still Life Stories demo in May ... now with a fresh set of peonies and completely revamped background. The previous ba…

• Beach Flowers

  Oil, 11 x 14. "Beach Flowers" was painted plein air on Long Beach Island, NJ in Barnegat Light. There were so many great views to capture of this Landscaping and Flower Center. I went for the shadiest spot on a hot day…

• Tea Cart Café

  Oil, linen panel, 6" x 6". Painted plein air at the Devon Horse Show (PA) ... in between capturing the horses and riders. I love how there can be a café set up anywhere. We are all ready to enjoy it.

• Sweet Roses

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". Sweet Roses was accepted into the American Impressionist Society's 24th National Exhibition being held at the Somerville Manning Gallery in Greenville Delaware (in the Brandywine Valle…

• Where Rainbows Land

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16"

• Blue Eyes

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". The doll was a special gift from my parents upon returning from a European anniversary trip (a major celebration). I think she hails from Italy but will confirm. I paint these 6x6 in. pi…

• A Bear

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". This was almost completed during my Fall term Still Life Plus class demo with some finishing touches to follow. I'd purchased this and another super soft stuffed animal for my two gran…

• Red Truck

  Oil, 6 x 6. Above price is framed. Also available unframed f0r $250.

• She Loves the Sea

  Oil, linen panel, 6” x 6”. Okay ... so this could definitely be me staring out to sea. I cannot imagine anything quite as enchanting as the sight and sound of the sea.I painted this mini (6" x 6" canvas size) during my…

• Lavender and Cotton Balls

  Oil, linen panel, 12" x 9". I spent a good deal of time as a kid ... lying in the grass and looking up. Imagining all sorts of beings in the clouds above. Not a whole lot has changed other than now knowing how to paint…

• Gentle Waves

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". In September, I visited Rockport Massachusetts to attend the opening weekend of the American Impressionist Society National Exhibit ... and to paint. It was an incredibly inspiring few…

• Ready for Sunday

  Oil, linen, 20" x 20". During Artists on Location 2024, I painted two pieces inside the church in Knoxville. The first one had already been spoken for, but I secured an invitation back inside and painted this one the da…

• Market Square (Aix-en-Provence, France)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". This was my first painting of the markets in Aix-en-Provence. It took awhile to figure out where it was possible to set up my easel without disturbing shoppers, vendors and vehicles ..…

• French Table

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. This is the first painting of my art adventure in Provence ... the beautiful eating area at our airbnb, definitely a home away from home. I spent a LOT of days figuring out where we woul…

• Show Girls

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 20. Two still lifes set up for my last day of class for the Spring term were combined into one in my studio. I simply love peonies and my trek over to the studio the night before class inclu…

• La Proscuitteria (Bologna, Italy)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". "La Proscuitteria" has been accepted into the Oil Painters of America Virtual Online Salon Show 2020 - on exhibit online from August 13-October 3. Because this is an online exhbition,…

• Fini?

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". I painted this from the window of the Paris airbnb -- that I chose for its wonderful views. It was on the corner with a cafe below on each side. LOVED it.

• Viareggio Boats

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". We took a one-day trip from Lucca to Viareggio - a wonderful beach town suggested by the owner of our airbnb "home away from home." Eventually, that day will lead to many more paintings…

• Twasn't Me

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 6". Created on Day 8 #stradaeasel 31 day challenge 2021 “Twasn't Me” Considering its size, it was a bear!!!!

• Quatre Dauphins

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Recently finished in the studio ... but started plein air in Aix-en-Provence this past summer. Aix is full of fountains and I managed to paint two of them - "Quatre Dauphins" and "Chanc…

• Bay Watch (Wickford RI)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Painted plein air by the side of my booth at the Wickford Fine Art Festival in RI. I was fascinated by all who looked out to the water at the bridge and loved the shift in light from m…

• Irish Pub (Full Bar)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18 x 24. A different view of a familiar subject -- the bar at the Old Brogue in Great Falls, VA. Close-up of "Irish Pub"

• Honey and Grapes

  Oil, linen panel, 6" x 6". Honey and Grapes was painted as part of my January 31-Day Challenge to paint from life and post every day throughout the month. A few objects were rearranged on my sweet kitchen shelves. A spo…

• Sugar Plum Fairy

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Even ornaments of ballerinas are beautiful. That was my muse. Framed size: 10.5" x 10.5" Price includes frame, ready to hang

• Night At The Diner

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 10"

• Lemon Fresh

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". Day 1 of the January Strada Easel Challenge - painted January 1, 2022. The challenge is to paint from life every day of the month and post a photo of the piece on Instagram and/or Faceb…

• Tart Ones

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". "Tart Ones" was painted on Day 14 of the Strada Easel 31 Day Challenge on January 14, 2021. I loved painting this. Different subject. I'd eaten half of the half of the grapefruit. (Okay…

• Yellow House

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". I loved the pure simplicity of this scene ... that made it irresistible at the end of a very long painting day. The effort was well worth it. Not sure exactly what makes this piece so a…

• Water Toys

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". $200 Unframed

• After Hours

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 24. I had been looking forward to painting this scene since being in it. Bars fascinate me because that sense of all those "private" conversations and encounters going on all around you is intensified…

• Light Rain, London

  Oil, linen, 24 x 36. This is a commissioned landscape for a wonderful couple we met at the Rittenhouse Square Art Show this September. On the Saturday night of the show, Randy and I brought over many of my paintings, in…

• On Top Of Telluride

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 18". Started plein air from our Telluride host's gorgeous rooftop deck. Neat to be among the treetops and to have a bird's-eye view.

• Strawberry And Jam

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". A demo from my Still Life Plus class from the Winter term. Spring classes start April 10. See my classes page on my website to find out more. Only a couple of spots left!

• Real Flamingo

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Chicken Shop

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". I started "The Chicken Shop" on location in Lucca, Italy a few years ago. It's been a favorite in my unfinished pile. It was past time to move it to finished and framed state. That sum…

• My French Table

  Oil, linen, 24 x 24. Welcome to my favorite spot in our home. Before "My French Table" came "French Table." Randy and I traveled last summer to the South of France, staying first at an airbnb in St. Paul-de-Vence. I'd p…

• Saturday Night with the Gold Kings (playing at the Phoenix Bean) - 2019

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". I'm painting in Telluride for the fourth time this year! Yay! All paintings shown here are available for sale with 40% of proceeds going to the Sheridan Opera House. Official sale days…

• Gazebo Girl

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 6"

• Parade's Back In Town II

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Painted plein air during (and after) the 4th of July parade from my Telluride booth in 2019. My curiosity is peaked by the backs of people ... wondering what the scene is in front of t…

• Colorado Colors

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". I am SO looking forward to returning to Telluride Plein Air 2021 - held the week of July 4th. It's wonderful to discover new places but also looking at now familiar spots from a fresh…

• King of the Roost

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 12. An escapee from the coop at Kidwell Farm in Herndon, VA. This guy kept everyone running ... including me with my easel.

• Tulips and Orange

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". Day 31 - January 31-day challenge In order to paint from life every day of January, I had to employ a bit of multi-tasking. "Tulips and Orange" was my demo painting for the first day of…

• Tea For Thee

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8"

• Storybook Friends

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Painted over two sessions - one during a virtual plein air Sunday with the Washington Society of Landscape Painters and then indoors working on finishing up the gingerbread house (made…

• White Lily

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6" x 6". Had to paint these before they faded completely. Birthday flowers.

• Coffee Time - 2019

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". Telluride Plein Air 2019 - contact my husband Randy at 703.403.8820 or [email protected] for purchase info.

• Baked In Telluride - 2019

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". Telluride Plein Air 2019 - contact my husband Randy at 703.403.8820 or [email protected] for purchase info.

• Colorado Days

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". Painted during Telluride Plein Air 2019 - Proud that it was chosen for exhibit in the Women Artists of the West (WAOW) 50th Jubilee Anniversary National Exhibition and Sale - March 27…

• Love by the Sea

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". This was SO much fun to paint. A rooster kept me company for hours. Waves from the Atlantic Ocean were almost at my feet. And, people that wandered in and out of my scene were sharing…

• Among Lotuses And Lilies

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". Spent a lovely Sunday painting with fellow Washington Society of Landscape Painters in the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in DC. We were the invited special guests as part of the DC State…

• Bunnies and Blossoms

  Oil, linen, 30" x 24". "Bunnies and Blossoms" has another bunny painting below ... but shhh. That can be our secret, right? I have a love for rabbits perhaps because they remain purely cute to me. (No stealing out of th…

• Splish Splash Color

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16"

• Zoofari

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". Zoofari was painted plein air at the Knoxville Zoo during the Artists on Location competition 2024. By far, the biggest challenge in creating this is that the merry go round never stop…

• Melons

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9"

• Watermelon and Whites

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Day 22 of the Strada Easel 31-day challenge was rather extraordinarily packed ... so I'm very relieved this one looks like something. You never know. Price includes beautiful gallery fr…

• Theatre Night (Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville TN)

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24". Painted day one and two of Artists on Location: A Knoxville Plein Air Event - with my easel set up on Gay Street across from the popular Tennessee Theatre. Day one included Brit Floyd and the musi…

• Le Soleil D'Or

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". Le Soleil D'Or is the fourth painting of my trip, created plein air on Saturday, August 11. With all the beauty around me in Paris, I was still struggling that day in choosing what to…

• What A Turkey!

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Little Garden, Tuileries

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 10"

• Waiting For The Next Run (University of Tennessee Gardens)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24"

• Flags On The Line

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12". This is one of my favorite spots to capture in Telluride - Ghost Town - plus its allure was increased for this year's Quick Draw subject as I could stand under an awning while painting…

• Ayres Hall Sunset (University of Tennessee)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". This may have been the fastest I've ever painted. After spending all day painting "Waiting for the Next Run" of the well-worn Chevrolet in the University of Tennessee Gardens, with abo…

• Christmas Village

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Painting of the Christmas Village set up under the tree by son Sam - a tradition in his house that carries on one set by my Dad. It has been quite a production each year ... and I'm so…

• Dinner Rush

  Oil, linen, 24" x 36". This could be found many places throughout Europe ... but the inspiration for "Dinner Rush" was in Bologna, Italy where there really is no desire or need to rush. Loved this market and picked up d…

• First Friday Flowers

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16

• Seal-ed with a Kiss

  Oil, linen-lined panel

• Bunnies

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 12. One slightly warmer day -- right before snow was due -- I set up my easel at Kidwell Farm, a working dairy farm as park in Herndon, VA. Many of the animals were huddled together. Slightl…

• The Painter

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 14" x 11". Day 5 #stradaeasel 31-day challenge. "The Painter" will be given away free to one lucky raffle winner. To try to ensure consistently squeezing in painting time to start 2021 off "right…

• Trio in Turquoise

  Oil, 10” x 8”. Just painted on Key West

• Bright 'Brellas

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Contact my husband Randy at 703.403.8820 if interested in purchasing. Up until July 4, 40% of proceeds benefit the Sheridan Opera House. Sale going on today (7/3) and tomorrow (7/4) at…

• Candy Stripe Café (Paris)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 18". This was the scene I almost painted plein air in Paris last summer ... but ended up placing my easel in a different spot to capture this cafe from another angle. As I was beginning to…

• Out And About

  Oil, linen, 36" x 24". I painted my way through parts of Italy last Summer ... but with many of the narrow streets prohibiting setting up right here. But the rhythms and magic of those days were clearly with me in the s…

• Garden Way

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". I painted this scene during an outing of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters (I'm a juried member) to River Farm in Alexandria VA. The property at River Farm was owned by Georg…

• Venezia Market II

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18 x 24. This is the third time I revisited this painting -- and it IS the charm! I loved the scene, colors, backdrop but it didn't quite have the atmosphere/aura intended. Now it has the sparkle…

• The Way Out

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". During the Gloucester Plein Air Invitational, we were asked to paint during the Brews & Brine gathering. It was a hot, humid day (I'd been caught in a torrential downpour for an hour be…

• Hippie Days

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Randy and I took a spur of the moment overnight "trip" to Old Town Alexandria VA to allow for some special painting and living time. A nocturne right outside the hotel preceded this and…

• Market Pals

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". The farmer's market in Telluride is a favorite - to enjoy and paint en plein air and this year was no different. The two little girls were so excited to see each other - with both bear…

• O Christmas Tree

  Oil, 16" x 8"

• Fiesta

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18" x 24". Countering the grays of Winter with a major burst of color. The primary subjects of "Fiesta" are dancers at a Day of the Dad festival.

• A New Day

  Oil, 24" x 12". "A New Day" was painted on Laura's farm - home of PigPen Pottery that's supplied pretty much all of what's in my cupboards. On Laura's plates (and bowls and cups and platters) are chickens and guinea hen…

• Rabbits and Ranunculus

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". Hidden under Rabbits and Ranunculus is another bunny painting. I kept the bunny, added another and changed pretty much everything else. The colors of the previous painting were underst…

• The Glow at Day's End

  Oil, linen panel, 16" x 8". Please contact me via email or phone 703.403.7435 if interested in purchasing (or to check availability). Painted January 29, 2026 during my 31-Day challenge (to paint from life and post each…

• Picnic In Paris

  Oil, linen, 18 x 24. I'd painted "Picnic in Paris" plein air in a shady elevated park at the Louvre in Paris last summer. It was almost completed on location during that one long afternoon but there was still more I wan…

• Fifth Floor View

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Randy and I had been staying in an airbnb in Paris for the summer's painting adventure. The balcony was super narrow. I've at least got a problem with heights, if not a solid fear. But…

• Watering Hole

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". I started this painting over two afternoons on location in the balcony of the bar. Loved the view from my perch but the painting still benefited from a major studio redo. Please contac…

• Gingerbread House

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 9" x 12"

• Flag Cafe

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12"

• Yellow House On The Hill

  Oil, linen, 70" x 26". This gorgeous place is the home and garden of wonderful collectors and friends. Many of my paintings are hanging inside including a commission of their back garden. I've walked around the house of…

• Fiddlin' Around

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painting to the sound of music.

• Station No. 12

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12". Painted plein air during the Paint Great Falls Plein Air competition. It poured rain all day ... so I headed to the fire station to get some "open air" painting in with a roof overhead…

• Old Vessels

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 6". Day 23 #stradaeasel 31 Day Challenge "Old Vessels," oil on linen-lined panel, 8" x 6", $400 framed. Considering it is a still life, if anyone wasn't cooperating (subject or painter), it'…

• Cat House

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". In Telluride Colorado, dogs seem to outnumber people, two to one. They are everywhere. While conversing with a visitor at my easel, I was shown a photo she'd taken the day before of Gh…

• Lunch at Lawson's

  Oil, linen panel, 12" x 16". This was painted on a hot, hot, hot day during the North Carolina Plein Air Festival. Before the event started, Randy and I had lunch here at Lawson's on the Creek in New Bern, NC. The food…

• Round We Go

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". I started this painting plein air in the Tuileries during a summer trip to Paris. I loved discovering this elaborate merry go round ... during my third painting trip to Paris. (How did…

• Birthday Party

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 8". Balloons really move. Included in the "must-have" decor for this "birthday party" is a ty beanie baby pink flamingo - a favorite of granddaughter Madelyn's. Whenever she calls (actually…

• Sands of Summer

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". "Sands of Summer" was created for the Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus juried painting competition over two mornings. With reportedly a 0% chance of rain, a sudden downpour dropped out…

• Pink Flamingo

  Oil

• Platypus

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Angel Wings

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". Painted plein air this past Spring. The angel was already appealing ... watching out over her well-tended garden. Then she received her hydrangea bouquet with pink ribbon and that meant…

• Sit for a Spell

  Oil, linen, 24” x 24”. I painted my living room during the January 2026 31-day Strada Easel Challenge (to paint from life and post every day of the month). This one took three of those 31-days -- and you can take a look…

• Five Thirty View

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 8"

• Old Market

  Oil, linen, 24" x 36". The Old Market is set in Bologna, Italy ... in the Quadrilatero, a place too crowded and narrow for me to paint in plein air. (Although I wanted to.)

• Caramel-Colored Cow

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Among Myrtles

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Painted during the Easton Quick Draw 2019 in about 100 degree heat. Thus, not too many people about. My subject is a combination of all the women who passed down the path from before t…

• Village Centre Walk (With Pat, Reed and Timber)

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24". "Village Centre Walk" ... without the Portugese Water Dog (Timber) and two sidewalk inhabitants (Pat and Reed Neuman) ... was donated by me for a fundraiser for the Walker Road Streetscape Project…

• City Sparkle

  Oil, linen, 30 x 40. Randy and I were in NYC for two consecutive weekends this January, enjoying the extraordinary Michelangelo exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Museum and taking in receptions at the…

• Seaside Cafe (Key West)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". This is what happens when you pick the perfect spot. I was wandering around trying to select my place to paint. That means pacing all over to check every vantage point. Seeing what the…

• Beary Christmas

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". A teddy bear and dolls from Mom and Dad's collection made their way onto a canvas for Christmas.

• Alta Quality

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. A market day shopper and vendor in San Gimignano.

• Together At Sunset

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 9" x 12". Painted over the afternoon to evening hours at Cappahosic Beach in Gloucester VA. It was a struggle to decide whether to paint the family at the beach (with a very energetic, constantly…

• First Snow

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Continuing on ... with day 4 of the Strada Easel January 2022 challenge. I'm not good in the cold so it was in and out and back again to warm up between short painting sessions. Just ha…

• Picture Window

  Oil, 12" x 9". Welcome to my dining room.

• Mountain Station (Telluride CO)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 18". Started on location, I finished "Mountain Station" in my studio. If we weren't leaving Telluride the following day, I would have returned to the same spot and completed it there. Often…

• Lavender Memories

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 6". After all of my lavender paintings from the South of France were snatched up by purchasers, I painted this piece in my studio based on my plein air work. It's a combination of several pi…

• Garden Party

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". Painted during the Gloucester Plein Air Invitational at the Cocktails in the Garden Party. Had to capture fellow plein air painter David Heath standing among the daylilies. Each of us a…

• Bootmaker's Shop

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". This painting was started alla prima - from life - during a plein air competition. I'd been wandering around this alley trying to figure out a scene that best appealed to me. Thankfull…

• Sunday Marché

  linen, 24 x 36. With each major painting trip, I come home with one piece that hasn't yet made it to my easel ... waiting for time in my home studio for it to dance its way out of my head. For many reasons, Sunday March…

• Tlaquepaque Fountain

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". In Sedona, there's a beautiful area of shops and restaurants called Tlaquepaque which looks and feels ancient and Old World. Love it. I painted this on location during the Sedona Plein…

• County Court House

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". Painted plein air in Telluride, Colorado from Elk's Park over the 4th of July.

• Dawn Rising

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18" x 24". Our first stop in the South of France/Provence trip was to an incredible airbnb outside of St. Paul-de-Vence. Inspiration was everywhere ... from the inside ... and it was toasty (very…

• L'Appartamento

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". This is home away from home in Italy. It's getting close to the time to say goodbye and I'm sure that mustering turning in the keys is going to be difficult. This is the second of two i…

• Night Cafe (The Hill Cafe in Richmond VA)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 18". Painted plein air -- one night and afternoon -- during Plein Air Richmond 2017. It was a daunting task with literally no light on my palette. Lots of good guessing going on. I was attr…

• The Regatta (Luxembourg Garden, Paris)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". This is the third painting of my Paris adventure, but the first photographed and ready to show. After landing in Paris and checking into our home away from home, it was rest time and t…

• The Blue Hour

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted plein air in Wickford, Rhode Island ... right before setting up my booth for the Wickford Fine Art Festival. Quite a view.

• Snow Lilies

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. Painted when six or seven more inches of snow covered the ground outside ... Warm in my dining room looking out (and painting).

• Fall Fields

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". I painted "Fall Fields" on a blustery late October day -- as a guest artist with the Washington Society of Landscape Painters -- at Sky Meadows State Park in Virginia. This was the "en…

• Scarecrow

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". On view with eight other paintings in my "Farm To Table" solo show at the Old Brogue Irish Pub (in the Katie's Coffee/Snuggery) section of the restaurant through October 31 at 760 Walke…

• Another #1

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 8". In September, I took a short trip to Rockport MA to attend the opening of the American Impressionist Society's National Exhibition in which one of my pieces was included. But really ...…

• Neighbors

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". "Neighbors" was created for the Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus juried painting competition on my last day there this Summer. A "backyard" view. Three paintings created in 2016 on Lon…

• An Evening In

  Oil, 24" x 12"

• Lone Tree Cemetery

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". This is one of two commissions painted for Telluride Plein Air. While the family that purchased it had been almost set on a painting already completed, the husband encouraged his wife…

• Tidal Basin Pinks (Cherry Blossoms in DC)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". On Thursday, March 28, I enjoyed one gorgeous day sitting on a bench at the Tidal Basin capturing cherry blossoms and monuments in DC. I met plenty of super nice people and also had a…

• Arched View (Reader and the Red Rocks)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". One of our official paintouts at the Sedona Plein Air Festival was at the Seven Canyons Resort. The views were spectacular and it took a good while to figure out my choice of subject.…

• Porch Light On

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". "Porch Light On" took me two evenings ... plus living/observation time ... to paint. The unusual note is that those two evenings were a year apart. The scene was the Inn on Negley in S…

• Fontana Del Nettuno

  Oil, linen, 30" x 40". My major goal in painting is to have you right by my side - enjoying the view. I hope you feel that sense of stepping through the frame with me here in Piazza Navona in Rome.

• Memory Lane

  Oil, linen, 36" x 24". As I plan and embark on new journeys, my thoughts and painting returns to memories of those past. I hope this painting transports you to one of yours.

• Back In Telluride

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". "Back In Telluride" is one of thirteen paintings -- created the first week in July during Telluride Plein Air. I spent three afternoons, seated, capturing this scene. Next to the build…

• Chance Of Sprinkles

  Oil, linen panel, 20" x 16". Painted plein air in Aix-en-Provence (South of France). I had a little trouble when a truck parked in between me and my subject -- and then stayed for a good bit. I work to avoid those troub…

• Grass Lunch

  Oil, linen, 18 x 24. Okay, I love painting everywhere. But painting at the farm, around the animals going about their business is so peaceful. “Grass Lunch” evolved over three pretty short sessions. I’d arrive in the af…

• 18th Street

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". "18th Street" was painted plein air from my booth at the Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show in Philadelphia PA. I wasn't in my usual spot for the show but was excited to have a view of t…

• Growing Stuff

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12". Growing Stuff was painted during the inaugural Plein Air at the Arboretum - Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce VA. I was chosen as a Featured Artist and the Quick Draw judge for this mu…

• Lunch By The Caboose

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 11" x 14". Painted plein air in Vienna, VA as the area was just opening back up a little. The caboose is a wonderful fixture in the town but it was enhanced by the addition of tables and umbrella…

• Piano Al Fresco

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. Painted during the Plein Air Brandywine Valley's competition on the Cox property in Marshalton, PA. I loved the quirkiness of the entire site. An artist's hand and heart appeared everywh…

• Red Lights

  Oil, linen, 40" x 30". Twilight in New York City.

• Hot Wheels

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". This is one of my plein air pieces from an incredible painting trip to Key West this December. I haven't had that much fun for SO long. I loved meeting a lot of great people while ther…

• What's For Dinner?

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". This is an oops that turned out okay in the end. I'd signed up for a plein air competition - the Falls Church "Scenes from the City" two years ago - although my full schedule only allo…

• Red Cupcake

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8

• White Rabbit

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. Spring sprung right outside my front door captured en plein air. A treat!

• Sandy Banks Boutique

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". I painted this boutique in August for the Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus painting competition. The name of the shop is Sandy Banks Boutique and with my last name being Banks, I took…

• Back In Town (Telluride) - 2020

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". Framed size: 22.5"h x 26.5"w

• Market Day Telluride

  Oil, Panel, 24" x 12"

• Blue House

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". Painted plein air in Knoxville during the Artists on Location competition. I have been looking at this row of brightly colored houses that sit atop the hill near the Knoxville Museum o…

• Golden Lights

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24". Painting of my favorite room in the house. The picture window is the perfect place to catch the sunsets. That's what you are getting here. Bet you could have guessed that! Studio/Gallery at the Ar…

• Yard Sale

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20"

• Night at the Symphony

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 11" x 14". Painted the Virginia Symphony Orchestra performing under the stars during the Gloucester Arts Festival. Tough to get much more fun than this. The Gloucester Plein Air Invitational Judg…

• Flamenco

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 12

• Painted Alley

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Painted plein air during Knoxville's Artists on Location competition. I was down to my two last possible evenings to capture this alleyway. While out there painting, I was told that th…

• Light Traffic

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 15" x 8". "Light Traffic" was started and almost completed on location in Italy ... although it took me a long time to choose my "spot" that afternoon. Thus, it was dusk before I knew it. It is e…

• State (State Theater, Falls Church VA)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". "State" has been chosen as a semifinalist in the 17th Annual "Best of Plein Air" Art Show of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LAPAPA) - online exhibition and sale - March 8-1…

• Around Town

  Oil, linen, 40" x 30". The painting is a featured artwork on the Fine Art Connoisseur web site for the month of March 2018 and in the March/April 2018 print edition of the magazine. In Around Town, city skyscrapers are…

• Toward Heaven

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24". Fresh paint! I absolutely loved painting this one ... and think it shows. Took me two full days painting in the middle of the main street in Telluride - Colorado Avenue. Carefully considered my va…

• Parked On Colorado (in Telluride CO)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". How can a day be so enjoyable and exhausting? I'm now hanging out in Telluride Colorado for the Telluride Plein Air Festival which officially begins on Friday but artists are welcome t…

• On The Town (Georgetown)

  Oil, linen, 36" x 48". A plein air painting day in late November in Georgetown inspired this piece ... though it has gone through iteration after iteration. This is the second time I've worked this large outside of a co…

• Early Birds

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". Painted plein air in the Antiteatro (ancient Roman theatre) in Lucca, Italy. This was the first time during my extended Italy trip that showing up at the "wrong time" turned out to be…

• Egret And Crane

  Oil, 12 x 24. "Egret and Crane" presented many challenges ... with a working site that changed drastically each day. The painting changed with the scene.

• Ready To Go

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". I snuck this painting in while in the midst of capturing "Autumn Waters." There had been lots of comings and goings at the dock and this one was too much of a storytelling vessel to ign…

• Cloudy Water

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". This is one of five paintings completed during Bucks County Plein Air 2018. This was my first painting of the week, and the colors in the water and flowers beside it were enchanting.

• Friday Night Lights

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". Painted plein air of the State Theatre in Falls Church VA

• The Sunflower Garden

  Oil, Linen, 24" x 36". This is one of the gorgeous spots I took my plein air class. I so wanted to paint it ... and took my chance at the first opportunity. (The next day.) So this piece is not available but there are p…

• Daily Special

  Oil, linen, 24 x 18 x 1. Every time I travel, there seems to be that one painting-to-be held in brain waiting for the right time to put on canvas once home. "Daily Special" was it for the trip to Monterey, California al…

• Lamp Light

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". This is being raffled off - free painting with the drawing on February 26, 2022. The raffle is a thank you for helping me reach 6000+ followers on Instagram (jillbanks1). (My Instagram…

• Where Roosters Roam

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16” x 12”. Painted plein air in Key West. Couldn’t leave without painting some of those roosters that rule the town. Right? On hold until mid-February 2021. Please inquire if interested in purcha…

• La Cucina Due

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". This may just be my favorite spot from this Summer's Italy trip. It's the kitchen at the apartment we stayed at for one full week and we kept it filled with beautiful plates of food and…

• China Cove (Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, CA)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 6. A plein air study created in one incredible place. Here's an excerpt from my blog post the day I painted "China Cove" (June 17, 2016): "Serendipity reigned yesterday. First up, I tried to…

• Sweetest Day - Winner Best in Show at Knoxville

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8" x 10". "Sweetest Day" was awarded Best in Show in the Knoxville Artists on Location Plein Air Competition by judge Kathie Odom. Now ... THAT is something! I was so touched by Kathie's words an…

• Table On The Green

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted plein air in the Great Falls Village Centre (Great Falls, VA).

• Garden Girl

  Oil, linen, 42 x 36. After an eight-day painting marathon -- this is the largest still life -- and the most complex subject matter -- I've yet accomplished. Since the flowers, tomatoes, plants, strawberries and mangoes…

• Wisteria Walk

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". Spring fever drove me to make a quick trip to Charleston SC for weather warm enough to paint en plein air. (Home in the Washington DC area got 4 inches of snow.) Everyone stopped to sm…

• Riverside View

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 12. I went exploring around Old Town Alexandria, VA ... in search of a spot to set up my easel. So many possibilities! This is the gorgeous "backyard view" for some of the townhomes in Ford'…

• To The Tower

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Started plein air with my easel tight against a corner in the narrow streets of Lucca, Italy. Loved the bicycle and the light ... and the people ... and the place. It was during this o…

• Too Hot to Trot

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". I painted "Too Hot to Trot" on a day that should be titled "Too Hot to Paint." It was toasty enough to pass out ... but thankfully, that didn't happen. This scene was part of my regula…

• End Of The Road

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". Painted during the Sedona Plein Air Festival 2017. After looking specifically for a shady spot, I picked the complete opposite. There is a shanty out there in the shrub that picked jus…

• Pears And Pink (Carnation)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8

• Falling Water

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 11" x 14". Enjoyed painting to the sound of running water from Adirondacks ... in my home studio in Virginia. Quite a trick. Surprisingly like painting plein air with people wandering in, light m…

• Rabbit And The Red Dish

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 11 x 14. A love of rabbits ... This was one of the setups I put together for my Still Life Plus painting class. I had to abandon my demo until after class. Photos of this in progress will be shar…

• Beauty Rest

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10" x 8". I captured these beauties before they faded away .... painting them from life during Telluride Plein Air. The treat for me was that I missed out on capturing them at home in Virginia du…

• Barn At Granogue

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 24. This was painted plein air at the private Granogue estate in the Plein Air Brandywine Valley competition. By day's end, white-faced black cows wandered to the edge of the fence (on my ri…

• Anything Goes

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 9". Loved painting this wildly original home in Key West. Plein air heaven! It was nice that a rooster made an appearance as well. They were a huge part of my days spent there. Here's "Anyt…

• Down By The River

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". Painted plein air at Volunteer Landing during Artists on Location: a Knoxville Plein Air Event.

• Notre Dame

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". Notre Dame is the first painting created in Paris this trip. I'd painted in the park on our previous adventure in March 2013 but obviously the temps were different (this is August 2018…

• Ghost Town (Winner - Telluride Plein Air Quick Draw)

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 12". I'm thrilled that the panel of judges selected "Ghost Town" as the winner of the Telluride Plein Air Quick Draw. All 23 of these outstanding artists suffered through having just one-and-a-half hou…

• Tucked Away Café

  Oil, linen, 40 x 30. Part of the fun of traveling is setting out and seeing what we chance upon ... or discover. New territory.

• Old Sycamore (International Country Club, Fairfax, VA)

  Oil, linen, 30 x 30 x 1. I spent multiple windy afternoons painting this plein air with my easel tethered to a sign post near the entrance of International Country Club in Fairfax VA. My husband's belonged there since h…

• Flags Are Out

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12"

• Afternoon In The Square

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". For many years, I've given one of the official painting demonstrations during the Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show in Philadelphia ... and "Afternoon in the Square" is the result of my…

• Light Spill

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 24. The studio I share with ten other artists -- the Artists' Atelier -- in the heart of Great Falls, Virginia offers up some inspiring scenes right outside our doors (or windows). The "scen…

• Comfort Of Home

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12". My husband, Randy, asked me what my favorites were from the daily works I'm creating for the January 31-day painting challenge. I hedged. There are a LOT of favorites in the group. The…

• Concert On The Green - at the Old Brogue

  Oil, linen, 12" x 24". I started this plein air during one of the Summer Concerts on the Green at the Great Falls Village Centre. I took it the rest of the way in the studio.

• Last Light

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". I painted "Last Light" over two afternoons ... and it underwent a transformation every minute or so. The intensity of the light and beauty of the scene kept getting more and more spect…

• Free Books

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". Husband Randy was my model for the quick draw (two hours to paint) at Mountain Maryland Plein Air. Awfully nice of him! Loved the setting and subject.

• Mandarins

  Oil, linen, 36 x 24. Close-up of "Mandarins," oil on linen, 36"h x 24"w, ©2017 Jill Banks Prices for all of my paintings include a gallery quality frame -- although dimensions given are the canvas size. (So ask for phot…

• Navy Boat

  Oil, 12 x 24. Painted plein air on Long Beach Island, NJ. A boat in a meadow surrounded by Queen Anne's Lace. Who could resist?

• Mountain Time (Telluride, CO)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 18. I started this during Telluride Plein Air -- but with a great looking start and more complex middle -- waited until just now to make it the way it was meant to be. It took lots of though…

• Sun and Sea

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 20. Awarded Third Place, Endless Summer Online Exhibit (New Member Showcase) 2017, Women Artists of the West Comment by Judge Addren Doss - WAOW Master Signature Artist: Sun and Sea, Jill Ba…

• Slow Lane

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". This is the scene from our balcony in Italy as bicyclists and strollers make their leisurely way from one part of town to another. It's crazy hot so I've started and worked on each pai…

• Season Tickets

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". I set up my easel to capture the last, an "extra" concert on the green in the Great Falls Village Centre (Great Falls VA). My focus was on the crowd enjoying the night -- with the youn…

• Luxembourg Ladies

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". The last painting of 2020, "Luxembourg Ladies" (oil on linen-lined panel, 20" x 16" was started plein air in Paris at Luxembourg Gardens. Loved being there and made several return trip…

• Mountains In The Backyard

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 12"

• Moonlit Bay

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". Each year I've attended the Wickford Fine Art Festival, tent set-up day is also combined with a chance to paint the enchanting Rhode Island bay. With traffic and a challenging late sta…

• Ballerinas II

  Oil, linen, 12 x 16. Scene two from a serendipitous trip to Franklin, TN for the Women Painters of the Southeast exhibition.

• Parade Day II

  Oil, linen, 24" x 30". While participating in Telluride Plein Air this summer, I painted a 10" x 8" canvas of this scene ... watching the parade watchers from my spot in the park. Just a little while later that day, the…

• Il Porto

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20" x 16". I painted this plein air (with some additional work done in the studio) under one of the arched gate entrances to the walled village of Lucca Italy. "Il Porto" has been accepted into t…

• Sky's The Limit (NYC Skyline)

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10". Framed dimensions: 12.5" h x 14.5"w Price includes frame Unframed photo truer color/higher quality Painted from my hotel room window in January 2020 in NYC. It was snowing with it starting to clear…

• Parade Day

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 in x 10 in. On the 4th of July, I "heard" the parade in Telluride Colorado from my booth in Elks Park. Instead of painting the parade, I captured the crowd watching it or those otherwise occupi…

• Libby House

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12"

• Grazing On Buttercups

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 16. I started painting "Grazing on Buttercups" at the bottom of a hill on a friend's farm. There were three horses enjoying the field ... but I was lucky enough to capture two ... and the subjects would…

• Center Of Attention (Little Red on Colorado Avenue, Telluride CO)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". What's better than painting plein air in a cool Colorado town readied for the 4th of July? With a perfect fire truck parked right in front of me in the middle of the street.

• Floradora - Saloon Afternoon

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". With the owners' permission, I spent two afternoons painting inside Floradora in Telluride, Colorado at my booth with a view. Great fun plus a little challenging.

• Parc a Paris

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. I started this painting en plein air on a cold, cold, cold day in Paris in the park right behind Notre Dame. It was a joy to pull it back out to reminisce and finish my "thoughts" in the…

• Bear Prayer

  Oil, 6 x 6

• City Crossing

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 40 x 30. New York City urban street scene.

• Floating By

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24" x 12". The best place to look was up for this piece for the last Sunday of the month paintout with the Washington Society of Landscape Painters www.wslp.org - of which I'm a proud member. The…

• Church Hill Morn

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". Painted during Plein Air Richmond of the view looking downtown (which happens to be "up") from Church Hill.

• Apples and the White Gourd

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 24". I started and got well into the painting of "Apples and the White Gourd" during a gathering of the Great Falls Friends Network at the Artists' Atelier and the Arts of Great Falls Schoo…

• The Travelers

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6. A little one ... and new addition to my Travel Series. Hopefully, many more will follow to help out those people with shrinking available wall space that make it to the Spring/Summer line…

• Seven Swans

  Oil, linen, 30 x 24. I was given the opportunity to watch classes and two rehearsals for the Summer Recital for the School of Theatrical Dance in Great Falls, Virginia. This is the first in a whole series I plan to pain…

• Movie Night

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". Painting into the night in downtown Doylestown PA's County Theatre during Bucks County Plein Air. I was waiting for night to fall while having dinner right across the street from it. L…

• Scene At The Bar

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 18. "Scene at the Bar" was chosen as one of 12 winner/finalists in the Sedona Art Prize January 2017 International Online Painting Contest by artist Robert Burridge as well as being selected…

• Colors On King Street

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted plein air and finished in the studio -- "Colors on King Street" was a commission to capture life in Old Town Alexandria, VA in this particular spot. While out there painting, I s…

• Sorolla's Fountain

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. When visiting Joaquin Sorolla's museum in Madrid this past Spring, I so enjoyed spending time in the gardens surrounding his home -- drinking in the inspiration that greeted him daily. He…

• Three Boats

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 9". The last day teaching my spring plein air class, I managed to squeeze in moments to paint these three boats which were calling my name. The Washington Sailing Marina was the perfect setting, with G…

• Garden Subjects

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". "Garden Subjects" was painted in the Saturday, June 10 Quick Draw (one-and-one-half hours) at the Bucks County Plein Air Competiton -- and awarded an Honorable Mention by judge Alan Fe…

• Riding High

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 12. Painted plein air in Telluride Colorado ... sitting on the ground with Mountain Village below. The dandelions were in full bloom. Weeds will do.

• Grace (Ballerina In Gray)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 12. A return to a favorite subject ... painting a ballerina. Almost called this "Pre-Flight" because she was ready to soar. The painting price includes a beautiful gallery quality frame. (Th…

• Meeting and Queen (Charleston, SC)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 20". On my final full day in Charleston SC, I set up on Meeting Street right near a couple of galleries visited earlier. For me, it was the perfect spot, with people moving in and out of th…

• Morning Rooftops NYC

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18 x 24. Painted looking out my hotel room window ... at daybreak in NYC. I love watching places wake up ... and don't do so enough. I've got to quit overrating sleep.

• Moo Two

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16

• Italian Garden (San Gimignano)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 11.25 x 7. This was started painting plein air in San Gimignano, Italy this past Spring. Here it is, post some tweaking in the studio. (One pair of folks were replaced by another.)

• Back Story

  Oil, linen, 40 x 30 x 1. Early December in Chicago.

• Twisted Root

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted "live" over two sessions at the Twisted Root in San Angelo, Texas during En Plein Air Texas 2016. Painting this on the second night was the highlight of a fantastic week -- with…

• Hare's Apples

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16

• Paris Market

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16" x 12". One of my set destinations upon arrival was the Sunday morning market at Rue de Mouffetard -- thanks to the guidance of a fellow flight passenger. When waiting in line to board, I happ…

• Got Your Goat?

  Oil, linen, 60 x 20. Seriously. No one can pass by this painting without smiling. At 60" high, it's a bit alarming ... and a fun painting for finding the perfect spot. (It's easier than you might think.) The goat is non…

• Sundown Downtown

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted plein air on King Street in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. A whole lot of interesting visits transpired between setting up and packing up -- but the most intriguing was meeting a…

• If Boats Could Talk

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Started plein air on the bridge in Wickford RI right before setting up my booth for the Wickford Art Festival. I'd love to know more about this boat and its history. And since the boat w…

• Park Place (Place Des Vosges, Paris)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18" x 24". I painted in Place Des Vosges the last time in Paris. That previous trip, I couldn't feel my fingers ... it was that cold. This time around, it was a bit too toasty and bright, so I fo…

• Hung Out To Dry

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. Painted during Wayne Plein Air ... there's a funny story to accompany its creation. Read about it on my blog post here: http://jillbanks.blogspot.com/2015/05/dont-say-youd-like-to-paint-…

• Milky Way (Kayaks at Wickford Bay, RI)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. The view I woke up to during my stay for the Wickford Fine Art Festival in Wickford, RI. Stunning place filled with wonderful people. While I painted here, bunnies hopped around, a heron…

• Bay Boats

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Boats and sky in blues and grays.

• Corner Bistro

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10

• Fresh Strawberries

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. I started "Fresh Strawberries" during my Saturday, June 4 painting demonstration at the Rittenhouse Square Art Show 2016 in Philadelphia. The one hour scheduled time, complexity of the s…

• Morning Joe (Paris Cafe)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 18. These three are all set for some morning people watching and they saved you a seat. "Morning Joe" is the latest (wettest) painting heading with me to Art on the Square in Belleville, IL.…

• French Port (Cassis, France)

  Oil, 18 x 24. I started this plein air during this summer's painting trip to the South of France. It was easy to fall in love with Cassis -- which offered many favorite subjects in one place -- boats, reflections, water…

• Texas Matinee

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Created during En Plein Air Texas 2016.

• Main Street USA

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. A trip to Warrenton VA to deliver paintings for the Fine Art Professionals of Virginia inaugural exhibit at the Berkley Gallery brought a special view of smaller town America. I'd gone o…

• Late Night Ice Cream

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. The late night at the ice cream store. The epitome of summer. Where does this painting take you?

• Top Chicken

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Red, White And Blue Rooster

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Water Under The Bridge

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted plein air on a wet afternoon. Even the fishermen were scarce.

• Orange Umbrellas

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12" x 16". Painted during the Quick Draw at Plein Air Richmond of the newly opened The Pit and the Peel cafe. We were all expecting rain (which thankfully never appeared) -- but I chose these ora…

• Sitting with Statues

  Oil, linen, 30 x 40. "Sitting with Statues" was painted from a plein air piece I created while sitting on the steps of the loggia in Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy in April. Randy (who speaks very little Itali…

• How Now, Cow?

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. It took just a day for this cast iron cow, purchased at DePaul's Urban Farm while teaching my plein air class at that location, to make its first appearance on canvas. But, that was just…

• Horse Ties

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. "Horse Ties" (Thayer Residence), oil, 12"h x 16"w, ©2015 Jill Banks. Even though ... as usual ... there were many subjects I was dying to paint, these two equine buddies held my attentio…

• Chicken Run

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Spring Blush

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. I painted this in the Spring, right before the Cherry Blossoms were about to retire.

• Little Miss

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. Painted in my parents' living room of the doll we gave her as a gift from a store in Assisi or San Gimignano, Italy. It was tough to choose what to paint, though, as everywhere I look, th…

• Evening By The Lake

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Capturing fountain and folks out and about by the lake.

• Lazy Days

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. "Lazy Days" was painted plein air on Long Beach Island NJ. It was part of the "Island Life" Exhibition September 9-October 24.

• Harbor Stop, Harbor Go (St. Michael's MD Harbor)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 12. Painted during my day and a half stopover to participate in the Plein Air Easton Quick Draw ... this was started the afternoon before creating "Moonvine Alley" which garnered an Honorabl…

• Flower Shopping

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Florentine Dolphin

  Ink wash, 7.5 x 9.5

• Partly Cloudy

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Duck Pond at St. James's Park (London, England)

  Ink wash, 5.25 x 14.5

• Chicken Dance

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6. A Giverny chicken.

• Day At The Ranch

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 24. "Day at the Ranch" was painted on a rare overcast day during En Plein Air Texas 2016 on a private ranch. I'd pretty much chosen this spot upon first seeing it but drove around the ranch…

• Crossword and Quince

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16

• Seaside Sunset

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 20. BEST IN SHOW -- BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD at the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club's Member Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in NYC, May 22 - June 3, 2016: "Seaside Sunset," oil, 16"h x…

• From the Hearth

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 14 x 11. Painting of my family room, holiday time with "Garden Girl" presiding over the hearth.

• Sticking Together

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18 x 24. I was dying to paint this subject ... and loving every moment in front of them, watching them come and go, turn around, eat hay, roll in the mud.

• Parliament

  Ink wash, 10 x 14

• A Little Rusty

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. A bit of an understatement. White dots of milkweed are floating around Telluride Colorado. Almost like snow. I figured that the fact that dandelions, milkweed and long grass were surroun…

• Cooped Up

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted during Wayne Plein Air 2015 at Willowbrook Farm in Pennsylvania. Moving chickens. Concentrating artist. This is available for purchase through the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA t…

• Giraffe

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Out Of Water (Boats Near Fisherman's Wharf)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Many of my paintings from a recent trip were painted just a few steps from one another, but on different days. All I had to do was turn my easel a couple of degrees and there was yet ano…

• The Water Tester

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 24. Painted plein air on MacAbee Beach in Cannery Row, Monterey, California. The little girl in pink was testing the water.

• Quiet

  Charcoal, Paper, 16 x 12

• Lover's Point (Pacific Grove, CA)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. Plein air painting at Lover's Point. I may be tempted to add a diver as one after another of my human subjects jumped into the water. Very tempting.

• Market Day

  Oil, linen, 36 x 48. I painted a smaller sketch of this painting (12" x 16") in the Alba Market in the Piemonte wine region of Italy on the day before workshop students were heading home. That sketch and the memory of t…

• Tea Reader

  Oil, linen, 30 x 30 x 1

• On The Rocks (Lovers' Point, Pacific Grove, CA)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. Painted plein air at Lovers' Point, Pacific Grove, California.

• Out Standing In The Field

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6. Painted amid moos at Kidwell Farm, part of Frying Pan Park, Herndon, VA. These folks are my friends.

• Monkeying Around: Beanie Baby Painting #6

  Oil, linen, 6 x 6

• Cuckoo Bird: Beanie Baby Painting #9

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 6

• Rooster King

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Ebony And Ivory

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. It's been awhile since I've painted ballerinas (and I'm currently on the lookout for opportunities to sit in on rehearsals, classes and/or hire dancers to model for me), so the last few…

• Water Watchers

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Watching the lifeguard and his helpers watch the beach. Created mainly plein air with a little work back in the studio without sand underfoot.

• White Chicken

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Red Head Rooster

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Chickens!

  Oil, 16 x 20

• Cow

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Pacific Pier

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. When setting up to paint on Pebble Beach in California, choosing my subject was tough ... as usual. There were two that were calling, insistently. Surprisingly, I was able to tackle both,…

• Potomac Shores

  Oil, linen, 30 x 24. Perhaps another short warm spell influenced my putting "Potomac Shores" back up on the easel today. I'd painted it (plein air) at the park in Old Town Alexandria (VA) two days toward the beginning o…

• Garden Party

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 18. One painting (or many) always lead to another. Trouble at my easel trying to over-prepare for an upcoming solo show ("Warm Observations: People and Places" opening mid-January 2015 at Ar…

• The Road To Giverny

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Mouse Tales

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 12. Now that classes are in full gear for the Winter term, each week I'm planning and stocking up, setting up multiple still lifes. Flowers, fruits, gadgets, stuff migrate from my home studi…

• Hudson River Morn

  Oil, linen, 40 x 30. "Hudson River Morn" is the "papa bear" version of a painting created looking out the floor-to-ceiling window of my NYC hotel room. I took advantage of the fantastic views in two directions from that…

• Coq At Giverny

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Sheepish

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Murano Cat

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12

• Painted Ladies

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted during Wayne Plein Air 2015 and available for purchase at the Wayne Art Center (Wayne, PA) through June 27. What a couple.

• Goatyard

  Oil, linen, 11 x 14. The goat that tried to eat it all. "Goatyard" was painted "live" during Wayne Plein Air 2012 on a farm in Wayne, Pennsylvania. My subject was not very cooperative (sometimes they are, sometimes they…

• June Peonies

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20

• Cubanelle And Roses

  Oil, 10 x 8

• Blue Cats

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Blue cats. Ready for action.

• Stepping Out

  Oil, linen, 30 x 24 x 1

• Horsepower

  Oil, linen, 30 x 24

• The Colorful One

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16

• Fresh Picks

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. The hat in the background was a favorite, last minute find at the market in Venice this Spring. Sort of "Pretty Woman" off-to-the-races-ish.

• Parks And Recreation

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted during Telluride Plein Air 2015. I couldn't resist the multiple peaks -- mountains and roof. The "icing on the cake" was when a cyclist rode up. Dropped his bike at the curb. Sta…

• Hoot and Flowers

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 18. "Honey Bunny" -- my painting of a rabbit with lilies and carrots, a favorite of mine and many other folks had just recently gone to a new home and I missed it. Painting "Hoot and Flowers…

• Quick Hen

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 6. Painted of a -- you guessed it -- quick hen during a visit at Laura Nichols farm.

• Night Lights On King Street (Alexandria, VA)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 24 x 12. Right as we were anticipating a cold snap marking the end of Autumn, I carved out some gorgeous days (and one night) in Old Town Alexandria, VA to paint this vibrant town. I was finishin…

• Italian Time

  Oil, linen, 30 x 30. Before students arrived for the Paint with Me in Italy workshop, Randy and I came to the vineyard and home of Manu and Mary Beth Gaiarin -- the spot that would become home base for the week. And, su…

• An Apple Arrangement

  Oil, linen, 24 x 30

• He Started It!

  Oil, 12 x 9. I painted the central rooster -- in motion -- at Kidwell Farm, Frying Pan Park in Herndon, VA -- one of my favorite places to set up my easel. I thought he needed some friends ... or others to share the spa…

• Pretty Girl Hen

  Oil, linen, 14 x 11. "Pretty Girl Hen" was a finalist in Richeson75 Animals Birds and Wildlife International Online Exhibit, one of 75 finalists in this International competition.

• Two Tents

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. At the culmination of the 2013 Mountain Maryland Plein Air Competition, where I was one of thirty artists juried around the country to paint in Cumberland and Allegany Counties for three…

• Lemon, Melon, Sunflowers

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12

• Mary At St. Patrick's (Mystic CT)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. This statue of Mary in the garden at St. Patrick's in Mystic, CT kept calling me to paint her during my booth days at the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival this August. She won and I painted h…

• Sunflowers II

  Oil, linen, 30 x 30. Large Scale Still Life Series. My Dad, a former florist and the person who makes the table look like a celebration -- every day, set up a series of large scale still lifes for me to paint. It's a fu…

• Sunlight Sunflowers and Orange

  Oil, linen, 24 x 18

• What About Bob?

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. Painted during Paint Great Falls, a first-time plein air event, "What About Bob?" was awarded top honors in the Quick Draw by judge Armand Cabrera. The setting is the Green in the Village…

• Down By The Seashore (Monterey, California)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. Painted plein air at the beach in Monterey, California channeling my inner (Spanish painter Joaquin) Sorolla.

• Mercato (Venice Market)

  Oil, linen, 30 x 24

• Purple Clematis

  Oil, 14 x 11

• Figs and Cherries

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• By The Sea

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted en plein air alongside many of the 700 artist attendees and faculty at the Plein Air Convention & Expo 2015 ... at sunset on the beach at Carmel-by-the-Sea. So ... much ... fun!

• Missing Mary Beth

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. On Sunday, Mary Beth Gaiarin came to sit for my Sunday portrait class for the second week in a row -- but in a different pose, dress, setup. Each time she got up from the chair for a bre…

• Lemons And Figs

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Yellow Watermelons and Tamarillos

  Oil, 16" x 20"

• Breakfast Reflections

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 20. Started as a demonstration for my Still Life class, this setup took on a dreamy quality for me. Funny. Here I was painting, imagining myself sitting there, croissant and jam to enjoy, ta…

• Pear And Roses

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16

• Blue Period

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 12. I've been accused ... by at least one avid collector ... of having lost my tubes of blue paint. Here's "Blue Period" just to prove sky hues are on my palette. My, versus Picasso's, "blue…

• Lemon Yellow

  Oil, Canvas, 8 x 10

• Flowers To Go

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 24. Painted over two mornings during Wayne Plein Air 2015. The first morning, a crew was repaving the road that separated me from the flower market I was trying to capture. Patience, perseve…

• Hydrangeas and Persimmons

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8

• Merry Go Round

  Oil, 30 x 30

• Classical Painting Atelier

  Oil, 24 x 18

• Tents In The Square

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. I painted this in Rittenhouse Square before opening hours on Saturday during the Fine Art Festival there this June. The following day I was the selected demo artist -- so this was "practi…

• Apple Singer

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 20. Some nice soul donated this antique sewing machine to the school (Great Falls School of Art). That's all the prompting I need to paint it.

• Clown Girl and Kisses

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 16. "Clown Girl and Kisses" was a father/daughter collaboration. My mom has a very extensive doll collection and Dad brought this one along with the dish and Hershey kisses over to my studio. The doll's…

• Campo Santa Maria del Giglio (No Picnic): Venice, Italy

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted plein air in the square where the gondoliers waited to be summoned to service. A sign -- not shown -- said "No Picnic." No one heeded it. Given many more days, I would have paint…

• Peony And Rose

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8

• Opened Orange

  Oil, linen, 14 x 11

• Persimmons and Apple

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10

• Honey Bunny

  Oil, linen, 24 x 18. "Honey Bunny" was juried into and exhibited into the American Women Artists 15th National Juried Competition Exhibition, November 2- November 25, K Newby Gallery in Tubac, AZ as one of 61 pieces of…

• A Dozen Roses

  Oil, linen, 12 x 9

• Rope Of Garlic

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20. A scene from the Campo di Fiore market in Rome, Italy.

• Reflections

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20

• Toad And Tulips

  Oil, linen, 36 x 30. "Toad and Tulips" evolved in my studio over the month of February 2013 as the Artists' Atelier hosted the "Flowers and Chocolates" exhibit and receptions. Before the tulips were hydrangeas -- and th…

• Fruit Tropics

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. I was being photographed in my studio for a book project on artists and their studios. This was in the midst of having company, just returning from Mountain Maryland Plein Air. My studio…

• Pink Pond

  Oil, 8 x 10. Painted plein air at the beautifully landscaped entrance to a shopping area (Plaza America in Reston, VA). Not the likeliest spot to set up your easel but it was one of the prettiest pre-Spring places I cou…

• Wayne Feed

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted en plein air (in the open air) the first night of Wayne Plein Air thanks to the help of an enthusiastic homeowner.

• League Shop

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. "League Shop" was painted during Wayne Plein Air in the town of Wayne, PA. I chose this scene for a few reasons: color, the awning, a shady spot across the street from which to paint fro…

• Pomegranates

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Ride 'Em Cowgirl

  Oil, linen, 30 x 24. The result of a trip to my parents' condo.

• Late Night Saloon

  Oil, linen, 30 x 24. A distant conversation in a faraway bar.

• Street Lights

  Oil, linen, 40 x 30. Many times I paint to fill a void ... as in, someone purchases a favorite painting and something needs to take its place.

• Rocky Shores

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Two beautiful boats, the red fishing boat(?) and a colorful counterpart drew my attention in Monterey Bay at Fisherman's Wharf. I painted there plein air ... prior to the start of the Pl…

• City Lights (Cumberland, MD)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. "City Lights" was painted as a plein air nocturne during Mountain Maryland Plein Air 2014 over two evenings, set up in two different spots -- thanks to rain that planned its arrival ever…

• Café Break

  Oil, linen, 24 x 30. Capturing a morning break on the streets of Paris this Spring. If it had been warmer, the other chairs would have been filled. Maybe they were waiting for you?

• Every Which Way

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted en plein air during Mountain Maryland Plein Air 2014 in Cumberland, Maryland.

• Reverence

  Oil, linen, 36 x 36. During my Paint with Me in Italy workshop in August 2014, Randy and I visited La Morra, Italy (and other hill towns the group would be painting in) for a couple of days before students arrived. I lo…

• Crosswalk

  Oil, linen, 40 x 30

• Harbor Side Happy Hour

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 20". In March, I visited my parents down in Hilton Head, SC -- to enjoy their company during part of the day, and paint the rest. This was painted in the afternoon at Scott's Fish Market, and I was fin…

• Fishermans Wharf

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. One of the real difficulties of figuring out what to paint around in the Monterey Bay area in California is that there are potential paintings everywhere. Even when I'm trying to choose…

• Pool View

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. My demo the first night of the August 2014 Paint with Me in Italy workshop in the Piemonte wine region. Thus, vineyards. What a great adventure. Join us July 27 to August 2, 2015. Same be…

• Like Colors: Burano, Italy

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. Painted en plein air in Burano, Italy, tucked away from the crowds. I was very happy the laundry remained hanging throughout the painting session. Hurray!

• Queue At The Palace

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted plein air in a small patch of dirt and shrubs right at the edge of the Palacio de Real in Madrid, Spain.

• Our Lady At St.Patrick's

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 6

• Circle of Truth

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. A nocturne painted from my deck.

• Vino

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted alla prima in the showroom of the Lodali winery in Treiso, Italy during my Paint with Me in Italy workshop. A "nocturne" painted in the daytime!

• Ice Cold Lemonade

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted during the Fast & Fresh two-hour competition as part of Easels in Frederick 2013. Somebody blows a whistle. You start to paint. Two hours later ... somebody blows a whistle and y…

• Fresh Bread

  Oil, linen, 20 x 16. Painted during Paint Herndon! plein air competition and exhibit, "Fresh Bread" won first place. I sat on the brick sidewalk for about six hours one day and another hour and a half the next afternoon…

• Wickford Harbor (Logan's View)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. This is the year of taking my art on the road ... and as with every aspect of this artist life I've crafted ... the road has to include new adventures and beautiful inspiration for paint…

• Italian Vines

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. While "preparing" for my Paint with Me in Italy workshop, Randy and I stayed in two B&Bs -- first in La Morra and then in Nieve in the Piemonte wine region. This was the view from the bac…

• Antiques

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. Painting en plein air, you get to deal with a lot of duds. All those unintended consequences -- light changing, rain, bugs, your subject moving -- are tough to engineer into a successful…

• La Cucina

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 6. This is Manu and Mary Beth Gaiarin's Italian farmhouse kitchen painted while the cooks set up for one of our many delicioso feasts!

• Autumn at the Marina

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted during a cold, blustery but beautiful Autumn day at the Washington Sailing Marina. This is my first time setting up my easel at the Marina -- although it had been calling to me,…

• Bend In The Road (La Morra, Italy)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 7. Before my nine students arrived for the Paint with Me in Italy workshop this Summer, I enjoyed practicing plenty of plein air painting of my own in the hill towns of the Piemonte wine reg…

• Burano Boats

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10

• Swan Lake

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. During the Columbia Festival of Arts, where I was one of the artists displaying my work -- the lake and these paddleboats kept calling for attention. So on Sunday, I stole some time to pa…

• Gone Fishin'

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 10. With just a few hours of time to spare and a hint of long-awaited Spring, I headed to Lake Fairfax near home to paint -- hoping to find a subject. Subject found. Painting and fishing seem…

• Antiques On Middle Street

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. Painted plein air in (Little) Washington, VA -- the home of the Inn at Little Washington. I'm participating in Paint the Shenandoah, chosen as one of the artists depicting spots in and a…

• Hill Town Stroll

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted in La Morra, Italy during a couple of wonderful days spent in this hill town in the wine region of Piemonte before my workshop students arrived.

• Made In The Shade

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 16 x 12. I have a difficult time passing up any chance to paint. The Town of Vienna decided to join the bandwagon this year with a paint the town event. Despite a kind of crazy schedule, I dug ou…

• Full Steam Ahead

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. Painted during Mountain Maryland Plein Air during the brief moments that steam engine 734 was loading passengers at the Queen City Railroad Station for the Scenic Train Tour. In at the st…

• New York Yellow and Blues

  Oil, linen, 40 x 30. Painterly, abstract, about shapes and atmosphere. Detail came and went. I found the more that was defined, the less strong the piece became.

• Clifton Caboose

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20. I painted this en plein air late October ... on a gorgeous day in the pretty town of Clifton VA. Perhaps it was planned for my January solo show in Herndon VA (at ArtSpace Herndon), but instead it h…

• Piemonte Lunch

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted plein air in Nieve, Italy across from the ristorante where Randy and I ate lunch. (He's still finishing up at the table ... captured in the painting.) It was hard to choose this…

• W&OD BBQ

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 16. This piece isn't new ... but has garnered new interest. I painted it plein air in Ashburn, VA as an entry for the Reston Bike Club's Reston Century T-Shirt Art Competition ... for which i…

• Giglio Cafe

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 6 x 8. Painted plein air around the corner from our hotel in Venice, Italy in April 2014. I'd just painted the Salute della Santa Maria, so enjoying painting a nocturne that I couldn't just stop.

• Primary Colors

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. I painted this in McLean Central Park en plein air as kids and their parents came and went. It was a gorgeous day (you can tell, right?) and McLean Project of the Arts had sponsored a Pa…

• St. Michael's Boathouse At the Maritime Museum

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Created on my first visit to St. Michael's (Maryland -- what a place!), painting at the Maritime Museum. I loved the light streaming into the dark boathouse. The water lapped under the b…

• Montmartre Shadows

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. My husband and I visited Montmartre during a March/April visit to Paris, thoroughly enjoying the climbing, winding streets and this square of cafés surrounding the artistes.

• Buona Sera (Venice Canal Nocturne)

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 8 x 6. Painted plein air on a bridge in Venice (I had plenty of company) on our last evening in this spectacular place.

• Seat By The Window Montmartre

  Oil, linen, 24 x 36. This café -- Un Zebre a Montmartre -- was Randy and my favorite spot, favorite lunch in Paris. The food, the excitement of being there … was all amazing! The air outside was too cold for us to brave…

• Punta della Dogana, Venice

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. Painted en plein air in a canal side alleyway in Venice Italy, April 2014. My view was of Punta della Dogana, the former customs building, now art museum that has as its next door neighb…

• Fountain At Place Des Vosges

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 16. I painted this in the park at Place des Vosges in Paris, France early Spring. Very cold! Beautiful spot.

• Marais Day

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 10 x 8. "Marais Day" is my 2013 contribution to the MPA McLean Artfest's Luck of the Draw event held during the Soiree, September 24, 2013. The only way to take it home with you is to attend the…

• French Horseman

  Oil, linen, 8 x 6. One of the countless statues in Paris, this one proudly hangs out right near the Louvre's glass pyramid -- attracting one bird after another to perch on his head.

• Spanish Steps

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 16

• Red Church Doors

  Oil, 20 x 16. Created during Wayne Plein Air 2012 of the doors of Wayne Presbyterian. Welcoming red.

• Rainy Day in NYC

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 18 x 24. I love the reflections on wet city streets ... especially right as the sun begins to work its way out of the clouds. Can you hear the footsteps? "Rainy Day in NYC" won Best in Show at th…

• Lunch In The Courtyard Cafe

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 18. Painted on location in the courtyard at Hilton Head, SC. My mom and husband Randy are in the far back on the right -- painted into the scene as they ate lunch and waited for the painter (me). People…

• Notre Dame

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 8. I painted this on the streets of Paris -- actually on the same panel to be divided later -- as "Cafe Bords du Seine." This was on my single, sort of warmer day during an early Spring 2013…

• White Dove Of The Desert In Pink

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16. Tucson, Arizona Mission Xavier del Bac or White Dove of the Desert On the last night of November's trip to Tucson and Tubac, Arizona -- I set up my easel in the front grounds of Mission San Xavier d…

• Purple Mountain Majesty

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16. One of three plein air pieces created during a trip in November to Arizona for the American Women Artists Juried Exhibition. This was painted right around the corner from the K Newby Gallery and Scu…

• Delivery

  Oil, linen, 10 x 8. I was painting two models looking in the shop window when first one delivery truck, then another pulled up to unload. You've got to be flexible and this turned out to be so much fun precisely because…

• Afternoon On Prince Street

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 20 x 16. Painted on location at Prince Street in Old Town Alexandria -- set up right under the liftgate of my Honda Pilot -- one glorious day in May.

• Trevi Fountain

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11. This painting belies the hordes of visitors that fill every square inch surrounding the Trevi Fountain. There's a reason. The Trevi Fountain was one of husband Randy and my first stops when arriving…

• Cafe Bords du Seine

  Oil, linen-lined panel, 12 x 8. "Cafe Bords du Seine" was painted in Paris during my March/April trip. It was freezing most days -- although I did try to get out there anyway whenever possible. This was the sunniest/war…

• Rainy Morning Breakfast

  Oil, linen, 20 x 16. Painted on a rainy day from outside the Wayne Train Station in Pennsylvania during Wayne Plein Air Competition 2012. That's my husband Randy in the booth near the window.

• Town Center Fountain

  Oil, 11 x 14

• A New York State of Mind

  Oil, linen, 40" x 30". As great as this painting looked on the mantel in my house, it looks even better hung in its new home where husband Randy and I helped place it.

• Birds of a Feather

  Oil, linen, 18 x 24. "Birds of a Feather" portrays the quiet side of New York City -- on a Saturday -- with traffic not backed up at the Holland Tunnel. Once, a young visitor to my tent where this painting was hanging,…

• Five Umbrellas

  Oil, linen, 18 x 24. The rhythm of umbrellas and sihlouette on the right are what defines this wet, rainy NYC street. I kept working at maintaining the large masses in the background abstractly to place emphasis on the…

• Dining Alfresco

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 20. Depicting the sun-washed streets and daily life in Easton, MD. Painted from the park across the street. "Dining Alfresco" appeared on the cover of elan Magazine, April 2011.

• Sunset In NYC

  Oil, 24 x 36. I started this painting of a New York City skyline from first the balcony and then the shower of my hotel room -- looking out over the Empire State Building and Soho at sunset.

• Cabs In NYC

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• The Olive Seller

  Oil, 18" x 24"