Party Animal and Cool Hands

 

I still listen to books on tape while I paint. While painting Cool Hands, I listened to Gray Mountain by Grisham. It's interesting and sad. I'm learning a lot about strip mining. Thanks for looking. Also, I work mostly from photographs and I got these two from Unsplash.

Cool

 

Gentleman

 

Black and White Faces

 

Natasha

 

Happy

 

This smiling face was inspired by a pic from the paint my photo site.

Mrs. Bennet Holding Court

 This is a scene from one of my all time favorite movies. 

Red Bee Balm with Hummingbird

 

I'll Get You My Pretty

 

The Good Witch

 

Bear

 

Trumpet Vine with Hummingbird

 

Orange Zinnia and Hummingbird

 

Bumble Bee

 

Stepping out of my comfort zone.

The Kiss

 

Hummer

 

New Paintings

 Another Bridgerton painting. Continued obsession with Marlene Dietrich and a rooster with attitude.

Bombshell

 

New Paintings

Lots of greens.

 

2 More Paintings

 

Been Thinking about Chickens

I have been thinking about chickens. My grandmother had them and my mother was always picking one up and hugging it, (gross.) Anyway, I guess cats will have to suffice. Still one can dream and paint.

The second painting is a scene from my favorite movie. I think the actress, Jennifer Ehle, who played Elizabeth is wonderful. The sincere, loving expression she gives Mr. Darcy is... sincere and loving. Playing opposite Colin Firth could have helped, maybe a little, perhaps a very little.
 

Chinese Bowls

 Another still life I painted this winter.

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/.../chinese-bowls/1060764

Still Life

 

"Still life"

6x8 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/cheryl-meehan/still-life/1060529

This is oil painted on canvas board.

Thursday Painters

 After a life changing move from Florida to the mountains of Virginia, I was very lucky to find and join a group of plein air artists who meet up on Thursdays at the lovely and awe inspiring Claytor Nature Center. The new director of the center, Jennifer Wills, has invited us to display our paintings in the educational building where they have a taxidermy collection, along with bones, and various and sundry other stuff. I displayed some of my animal paintings and one landscape,  as well. Now that it's getting cold here, Jennifer has allowed us to work inside from the taxidermy. What a treat! I'm developing a drawing class to do just that at the center. Here are some of the animals I drew today:

Now I get that some people would be turned off by this, but I'm so excited to be able to really study these animals. I'll upload some of my latest artwork as soon as I get around to photographing them. PS. If anyone knows what the animal on the left is, let me know.

Happy holidays!

Bridgerton Ball

 Glare is driving me crazy! I photographed this painting about 20 times in different places and couldn't get rid of the glare, so I darkened one to better show the darker parts. Any suggestions on how to photograph dark paintings?

Blue Tit

 

Cardinal

 

Downy Woodpecker

 

I miss those quiet gray days of falling snow. I'll have to console myself with warm weather and brilliant skies. Do you feel sorry for me?

Little Owl

 

Snowy Fox

 

Humming Bird

 

Blue Bird

 

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