Queen Street Window Blooms

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Queen Street Window Blooms

8 x 10

palette knife on panel

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Charleston is such a charming city! If you get a chance to walk

around downtown, you will notice the great architecture, iron gates

and the charming shuttered windows and flower boxes.

They are especially spectacular in the spring and summer 

but many homes decorate year round.

Recently, I was walking around and even though this is a window

I have painted before, it always looks different....

depending on the time of year and flowers in bloom.

Today, the flowers were lush and colorful!

Queen Street Window Blooms!

Sunset On The Creek

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Sunset On The Creek

5 x 7 oil on panel

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One of my Toogoodoo 365 series

As we came home after being out n the boat, 

we came home just as the sun was setting. 

At the fork of the creek, the sunset was glowing all over the place! The sky and the water.....beautiful August evening.

Casting For Bait On The Creek

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Casting For Bait On The Creek

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June 11, 2015

A Toogoodoo 365 Series painting

5 x 7 oil on canvas panel, A studio painting! Framed

painted on July 28, 2015 from a photo

A local fisherman in his small creek boat casting for bait along the marsh bank. 

Little Gems! Mini sail boat paintings.

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Red, White And Blue

4 x 4 palette knife oil painting on panel

Two sail boats at anchor in the late afternoon. 

Red sail boat and a white sailboat with a blue sail cover. A small gem, 4 x 4 framed in black.

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Mellow Yellow

2 1/2 x 3 1/2 oil on panel

A yellow sailboat at anchor in the late afternoon. 

A mini oil painting, 2 1/5 x 3 1/2 framed in black. 

Palette Knife painting.

Summer Storm

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Summer Storm, July 22, 2015

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The summer storms come every afternoon right now. They come fast, rain hard, thunder and lightening and then it is beautiful afterwards. Today, the dark clouds hovered behind the tree line... must have been storming in Seabrook! Not a drop here! But the sun was starting to set and the afternoon sun glow was on the marsh. 

Bobby's Dock

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Bobby's Dock, July 20, 2015

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5 x 7 oil on canvas panel, painted en plein air, unframed
Today is a typical hot summer day in Charleston, though there was a great breeze on the dock! I sat out there and painted my neighbor' dock. I titled it Bobby's Dock though it's owned by 2 families. It was about noon and the sky was a light hazy blue and it was close to high tide. 

To see more about this one or other of my

Toogoodoo 365 series, visit here.

July Sunset, Oil painting Charleston SC

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July Sunset July 15, 2015

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One of my special studio paintings from the 

Toogoodoo 365 Series

5 x 7 oil on panel, Framed. A special studio painting!

On this night, we kayaked out into the marsh at high tide. It was a beautiful and peaceful time. 

The summer nights are still long and the tide was perfect. 

When we got back to the dock, the clouds were glowing in pinks, purples, yellow and the marsh grass 

was aglow as well. I ran in to grab my camera. Definitely a Toogoodoo 365 painting but also a special studio one.  I have been struggling with a different painting and I was able to redeem myself with this one. 

Plus it was the first time I was able to use my new easel!

iPhoto image that I used as a reference.

My new wall easel! It gives me so much more room in my tiny studio. 

I've got NEW inspiration!

Hazy Morning

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July 13, 2015, Hazy Morning

5 x 7 oil on canvas panel, unframed
This morning, there was a cloudy haze across the creek, almost fog like but not quite. But wait, there's no smog out here, so yes, it was fog. By the time I set up to paint en plein air, it was almost 10 AM and most of the foggy haze was gone except for the way back of the field. The summer greens were starting to brighten up and the birds came out. 

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2 new Toogoodoo 365 paintings

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Storm Rolling In Fast!

June 28, 2015

Toogoodoo 365 Series

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I set up to paint the dock across the creek in low tide with the water coming into the marsh area. There were some dark clouds building fast and before I knew it, there was lightening and the scene changed from this to a complete wash out. Couldn't even see the dock! Then it stopped and was beautiful again but the creek had come into the marsh already. So I stuck to my original plan of painting the dark clouds and reflecting into the mud. 

Airstream On The Toogoodoo

June 27, 2015

Toogoodoo 365 Series

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Then I painted a second one. (I think I'm avoiding getting back to my large boats in the Charleston harbor painting). Just across and around the creek from us is this adorable Airstream trailer. Do you still have one of these? Every time we go by in the boat, I take a photo and say I'm going to paint it. So yesterday, I took the photo and here it is! Just adorable. I may need one of these!

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Charles and Spice

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Charles and Spice

NOT quite the same as Sugar and Spice, but close.... just saying!

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While visiting in Asheville last week with my sis and hubby,

we rode horsies, hiked ..... had a great time.

I took my paints in anticipation of some paint time though I never have time!

This time, we pulled the paints out, my sis worked on reviving

an old one of hers and I did this from a photo she took a day before. 

I tried to capture him on the horse in the woods without detailing the 

trees and leaves.... but wanted it to be a forest, like it is.

So what do you think? The hardest part was the background!

Old Friend 2

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 Old Friend 2

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Old trucks have always intrigued me. Don't know why?
I don't like driving them..... I just like painting them!
This is my second old truck to paint, the first being 

a watercolor many years ago now.
Since I saw this one, delivered and not moved 

(very much or far) for a while now,
I have been wanting to paint it. It is part of the 

Toogoodoo 365 Series 

because it can be found on a property
on the banks of Toogoodoo Creek! Fair game... right?
Old Friend 1 (click here to view) was fun and challenging, 

with the light filtering through the trees and the old 
glass on the truck. I waited for a day that I had time to paint this one with the same lighting. 
 I love the old still shiny black with the faded black, rust spots, 

sun highlights.... and with the 
great sun we had on this day, it helped to make the "black" truck shine in a sea of green in the yard.

Below are photos of my view and set up.

Going Sailing

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Going Sailing

5 x 7 on canvas panel

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from my Toogoodoo 365 Series

Leaving the dock and still picking up the boat bumpers, 

Namaste is headed out for a day's sail with the guys.

Early Morning Sunrise

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Early Morning Sunrise

6 x6 on Linen Panel

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From my Toogooddo 365 Series

The sunrise in June is light pinks and yellow 

under and this morning, 
there was a canopy of darkness leaving the sky with clouds. 
The summer greens are strong and vibrant and the all the colors reflect in the water. 
Lowcountry sunrise in the summer!

Creek Marsh At Low Tide

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Creek Marsh At Low Tide

April 8, 2015

from my

Toogoodoo 365 Series 

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The creek was at low tide and the afternoon sun was glowing purple in the 

pluff mud! And the spring greens were in full force. 

Hydrangeas On The Creek Bank

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Hydrangeas On The Creek Bank

From the Toogoodoo 365 Series

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This hydrangea plant is on the bank of the creek 

and is really interesting because it can't decide if it wants to 

be a blue or pink. It has pink and blue blooms, some that are both pink and blue and some that are purple.

So in case some of you say... yeah right! Here is the actual

photo of the plant!