End of July

I’m gearing up to change my exhibit at Riverfront Art Gallery in Petaluma.  This will be my first all OIL grouping…I’m enjoying oils and hope to learn more at a class I’m taking this Saturday.  I hope you enjoy this painting.  It’s called Peace and is the largest I’ve done in oil..24″ x 30″.  Don’t mind Herman, our cat, as he pauses in front of the picture as I photographed it.

The reception for the gallery show will be August 16th… we’ll have live music and the usualy good food.  Hope you’ll join us.

Heman pausing in front of Peace, 24" x 30", oil on canvas

Grace

Grace

Walking at Schollenberger Park in the early morning, I am awestruck by the beauty of the sun as it emerges from the hills…the swans glide gracefully across the water and I am humbled at my small place in this world.  The original painting hung at our store in Sebastopol, Hendricksen Naturlich Flooring, but recently sold at the WASCO Aqua Areas Show in Santa Rosa.

End of July musings

We’re nearing the end of summer, which in Petaluma means that we have cold mornings and very wam days.  I’m hoping to do some plen aire painting this weekend.  Here is my latest plen aire oil painting from Schollenberger Park in Petaluma.  (I’ve not yet mastered the art of photographing oils…The original is brighter.)

Peaceful Morning

Greetings to the online world!

Well, I’m bloggin’ and we’ll see how long I can keep it up.  (It’s an Awesome Dawning Day…below, which hangs at our store in Sebastopol, Hendricksen Naturlich Flooring)   I’m currently working on getting my art work website up.  A few of my old pictures are posted at www.sonomareflections.com.  I’ll post my new paintings here as I move toward getting the new site up and running.  Hope you enjoy them!  Marilee

Awesome Dawning Day