Hotel Metro

"Hotel Metro"

30"x30" oil on gallery wrap canvas

$1,200.00

Hotel Metro was the hotel my daughter Kim and I stayed in a couple years ago when we traveled with her Meredith College alumni group to New York City.

The theme or topic for the past five-week session in my art class at Butler Studio was city lights and nightscapes and I felt my photo created the perfect scene.  It was fun playing with the bright, shiny night lights, making reflections on the marquee ceiling and adding the figures walking along in front of the hotel in the city that never sleeps!

NYC Ornaments

"NYC Ornaments"

6"x6" oil on panel

$350.00

For the last three years, I have entered the Randy Higbee 6" Squared Exhibition and Sale.  Every painting submitted must be 6"x6".  Randy owns the Randy Higbee Gallery and also owns King of Frame where he sells beautiful frames to artists all around the country and the world.  Each year, I have been fortunate enough to be juried in.  This year, "NYC Ornaments" was juried into this hugely popular show.  I think almost 1,200 pieces were submitted.  I am not quite sure how many pieces were accepted but those that are accepted are all framed in his beautiful floater frames and are displayed in his Costa Mesa CA warehouse/gallery with a huge opening reception in early December.  He always posts videos of the opening on YouTube and Facebook so all the artists can participate virtually by watching the videos.  It is exciting to see the people mingling among all the paintings displayed.  It is quite impressive to see hundreds of paintings all the same size displayed all around his well-lit gallery space.  

I took this photo in New York City two years ago while my daughter Kim and I were coming out of Radio City Music Hall after seeing the Rockettes perform their annual Christmas program.  For those who have been to New York, you know how HUGE these ornaments are!  For those of you who have never seen them, take my word for it-they are probably a story tall!  

Very excited and honored to be included in this show!  

NYC Ornaments - Day 19

"NYC Ornaments"

#19 of 30

6"x8" oil on canvas pad

$75.00

Back in November 2012, my daughter Kim and I flew to New York City with a group of alumni from her alma mater-Meredith College in Raleigh NC.  We went on a walking food tour through Hell's Kitchen, attended a couple Broadway shows, shopped and basically enjoyed being tourists.

On our last day there we watched the fabulous Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall do their annual Christmas spectacular.  As we exited this beautifully refurbished building, we saw these huge Christmas balls in front of an office building across the street.  I cannot tell you how enormous they were!

Such a festive site and another great memory!

The Bag

The Bag

6"x8" Oil on Raymar Panel

$125.00 framed

     In my attempt to teach my eyes to "see", I have been trying to focus a little more on still life setups. 

     This is a bag from Tiffany's from my trip to New York City last November with my daughter Kim.  She bought a ring for herself and I kept the bag as a prop! 

The Present

 

The Present

8"x8" Oil on Panel

 

     The weekend before Thanksgiving my daughter Kim and I travelled to New York City with her Meredith College (Raleigh NC) alumni.  We had a fabulous time being tourists and of course doing the obligatory shopping that all women love to do!  We went into Tiffany's on 5th Avenue and I was so excited to see their iconic robin egg blue colored boxes wrapped up and posing for me as a gorgeous still life!  Over a year ago, I bought a tube of Gamblin Radiant Turquoise and it seemed the perfect tube to use to bring this box to life!