6x6in and larger

Ladybugs with place to go and things to do. Ladybugs are insects that are not only pretty to look at but harmless natural pest control.  Ladybugs are loved by farmers & gardeners, they can eat thousands of aphids during their 3 to 6 week lifetime. Fun fact: While their color & spots make them...
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This beautiful white swan floats serenely through the mist covered, lavender haze pond. Available for purchase in my Etsy shop HERE TITLE: Misty Swan SIZE: 6×6 inches SFA – small format art (no larger than 14″ in any one direction. MEDIA: Artist Grade Acrylics Winsor & Newton, Golden Fluid. SURFACE: 3/8th thick Gessoed hardboard...
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Acrylic on 6″x6″ gessoed masonite board. Penguins naturally dressed up and looking cool to check out the ladies. ` Penguins may be slow on land they are fast, fluid and graceful underwater. It’s an impressive sight to watch as they dive in the water and really put the petal to the metal. Nat Geo...
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The Bald Eagle is our National bird and they nest here in Illinois along the river during the winter.  It is really a spectacular sight to see them sitting so regally in treetops and floating on ice in the river. The bald eagle had been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in...
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“Underwater Tranquility” 6×6″ in. on gessoed hardwood panel. I have always loved the ocean and creatures like dolphins, whales, penguins.  Blue, turquoise, aquamarine and the like are favorite colors of mine, making this a fun painting to do. Dolphins are playful, intelligent mammals.   They live in groups, they communicate and they are very...
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“Misty Swan” Original 6″ x 6″ Acrylic Daily painting on 3/8th gessoed hardboard.  Not available for purchase yet.  This is 1 in a series being framed for exhibition show. Swans are beautiful creatures.  Inspiration for art and stories such as, The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson.  So graceful in the water and very...
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It’s that time of year for gardening and this year we plan on growing some vegetables.   Homegrown tastes so much better than what you find in the grocery store. My Dad has a green thumb.  We had a huge garden when I was a teen-ager.  One year we grew so many watermelons they...
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Broke  out the acrylics again.  I am really enjoying them this time around, using canvas panel and hardboard.  I did not like using them on paper, I prefer watercolors for that. I had pretty much sworn acrylics off.  The reasons being: The bad, they dry too fast.  Either the phone rings, kids need me...
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A hazy winter day.  The last of the tree’s have changed color and are dropping leaves.  A looser impressionist style for me.  I’d had enjoyed it more using heavier paper I think.  9×12 Watercolor on Canson 90lb paper.  I like the arches rag paper better, this was like painting on tissue, felt like the...
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