Recently Finished Oil on Hardboard.

Finished, but not varnished yet. 8”x10” oil on canvas, Untitled (at least for now). Abbyanna.com #art #illustration #picture #artist #sketch #artsy #gallery #creative #artoftheday #fineart #landscapeart #oilpainting #marin #marincounty #bayarea #bayareaart #bayareaartshow #bayareagalleries #artshow #artgallery #bayareaartist #california #artislife #painting #marincounty #marinart #sfbay

Back to the fun type of painting!

I had to take a break from the studio to do some needed household painting. Walls, cabinets, etc. Now I am back in the studio and have started working on large canvas. It’s hanging in my living room while I’m waiting for the background to dry. This one will probably take me a while because […]

Refraction

Refraction, 8″x 10″ oil on canvas.

Novum

It took me a while to photograph this one. Getting the lighting right is always a challenge. Here it is.. Novum, 24″ x 36″ oil on wood panel. Novum will be available on my website next week.

Work in progress

One of today’s projects.

Digital Pastel vs Standard Pastel

Another ballerina painting is in the planning stage so I did a small pastel to test out my color scheme and composition. This was a quick study done on rough pastel paper using hard pastels. After finishing the first one I got the idea to sketch the same image in Art Set app using the […]

Work in Progress

This is a close up of an abstract that I am currently working on

Digital painting

Just a little fun with Art Set. I’ve been having difficulty posting photos lately. My photos are failing to load using the app. Has anyone else been having problems posting photos?

Complete Silliness

I found an app to add stickers to images. The dinosaur looks like it belongs in my plein air painting of China Camp State Park. Fun stuff!

Varnishing my Paintings

I’m finally getting around to varnishing my completed paintings. I had forgotten how much varnish stinks.