Gouache in sketchbook, Christmas morning two-page spread

This week’s “Daily Works on Paper” has been a fun exploration.

This week started on Christmas Eve with an imagined Christmas tree scene with presents in a house with ochre walls, warm and ancestral…

gouache of Christmas tree and gifts, do you see the doll house in the back?

Then on Christmas day, I had extra time to explore painting a two-page spread of Christmas morning before the gifts were unwrapped. This painting was inspired by the Nabis art movement, I am a big fan of Pierre Bonnard and as I am still learning to master gouache, it seemed fitting to flatten my shapes to colors and patterns. I really love how this piece turned out.

gouache in sketchbook, Christmas morning with gifts, Naomi and our kitty, Prim.

With this project, I am deliberately stretching my skills. In that I am working a lot from imagination. I am creating a piece from memory or adapting an idea and changing it to express the idea and feeling I want to express.

The flowers were from direct observation. You might already know this, but I really am crazy about flowers and winter flowers are especially important to me.

This painting of an amaryllis in a window sill is from imagination. I sketched the idea in pencil a few weeks ago, and this week I decided to try it out and explore.

Every Thursday going forward in 2021, one piece a week will be up for auction on Instagram at noon EST and the auction will run for 24 hours.

Each auction will have a starting bid of $35 USD and bidding will close at 11:59am EST on Fridays. The details are: The highest bid wins. To bid on the artwork, you must leave a comment in the Instagram post in US dollars. You need to message me your email, for privacy please do not post it in the comments. Be sure to have the comments sorted by “Newest First” to ensure you can outbid the last person. Only bid in whole numbers. $0.50 bids will be deleted and ignored. All shipping is a $5 flat fee. International sales will be shipped via USPS First-Class Mail International, to the 190 countries listed on the USPS website. You are welcome to pay in USD via PayPal or CC through the invoice.

After 24 hours, I will announce the winners through tagging on the image. Then I will send you an email with the winning bid amount, with a linked invoice. You must pay within 2 days, otherwise the art goes to the next bid. If you do not pay your invoice, you will be blocked from submitting future bids to keep this all fair to all of those involved.

Every piece has a starting bid. And I am so excited about getting my work out into new homes!

Gouache, Amaryllis Sweet Star will go on auction at noon 12/31/2020

This week in my Instagram stories I asked people to vote on their favorite from this week. Thank you so much to those who voted. I am excited to offer this gouache painting on auction today at noon EST.

Any questions?