This is a painting that I made of an African Violet (Saintpaulia) houseplant. The medium is acrylic on canvas. This painting was gifted to my mother who loves African Violets and has a room in her house that is dedicated almost entirely to growing them. African violets have always been one of my favorite houseplants. They gracefully endure hardship, such
This is a painting that I made of a white face cow and her calf a couple of years back. The medium is acrylic on canvas. This painting was a gifted to my mother and father, who got to know their neighbor’s cow and named her “Old’ White Face” — she was very friendly and was definitely the boss of
This is a painting I made of a dark purple pansy that was growing in one of my window boxes. It is matte acrylic paint on canvas. I’ve got several kinds of acrylic paint — some is matte, some semi-gloss, and some glossy. I find that the matte has a very distinctive look, almost more like chalk — I will
This year was a great year for pumpkin farmers! (Ok, I’m just guessing on that one, but the pumpkin patches around this neck of the woods were bursting at the seams with families hunting for the perfect jack-o-lantern material this year–saw it with my own eyes!) Because we weren’t sure how Covid was going to affect Halloween, people planned a
