I art therefore I am

Fredericksburg

You can have a great meal and view my art at Tru Luv’s on the water at 1101 Sophia Street in old town Fredericksburg. This week I will be hanging a new painting in the main dinning room.  It is of Fredericksburg from the Chatham side. My favorite meal  this week  – the crab cakes.  They [...]

Memorial Day Weekend at 915

Come to the Gallery this weekend for the First Annual Memorial Weekend Fence Art Show! Saturday and Sunday 11-5 at 915 Lafayette BLVD!

May First Friday Video

May First Friday at The Gallery at 915 This month The Gallery at 915 is hosting a special show for RASCB called “The Art of Recovery Exhibit” featuring the original artwork of adults with mental illness.  It will be on display until May 23rd!

I have read that when Thomas Jefferson returned to Monticello he was broke and in debt.  When several friends talked to him about the seriousness of this matter his answer was to order more flower bulbs for the garden and more wine.  Jefferson brought vines back from France to start vineyards in Virginia, now there are [...]

Acrylic on canvas  24″ x 36″   (1,400.00) A dog, a swing and forsythia Daffodills, dogwoods and redbuds The sun shinning  above the blue ridge Tis spring in Virginia This is a romantic painting started with white and the primary colors stroked and blended for a light background .  First begin with the sky, add clouds [...]

When I think of spring in Virginia, I think of redbuds, dogwoods, daffodills and dappled sunlight. Painting notes:  this is a close up of hound and rocks from Home Place.

Blue Ridge in Bloom.  This is an acrylic on canvas 24″ x 36″  it is in the current Gallery 915 March Show.  In my Wednesday painting class we are exploring impressionist techniques in acrylics .  The next class will be about drawing and applying  your drawings to your paintings.  This class was about starting without any drawing.  [...]