KMD2365 Wandering in Rome

While looking through my photo reference for new ideas to paint I came across this scene that I photographed while visiting Rome. It is so typical of travelers looking at a map trying to figure out where they are while being awestruck by their surroundings. That was certainly me in the magnificent city of Rome. This painting is at the entry of the Roman Forum.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2363 Westin

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This is a commissioned portrait of Westin, a magnificent Golden Retriever that I had the honor to paint. I love doing pet portraits as dogs, cats, well animals in general are so near and dear to my heart!

KMD2364 Fall En Bruges

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I haven't posted in a few days as I have been busy working on a big installation, along with my Brushstrokes partners, John and Anita. It is for the Trailhead Lodge of Wildhorse Meadows in Steamboat Springs here in Colorado.
Meanwhile, to address this daily paintings I just finished this one of a scene from Bruges, Belgium. I was there with my friend Pat in the fall and it was glorious. It is one of my favorite spots in Europe.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

MD2362 Springtime in the Rockies

The Wild Iris in June are something to behold here in Colorado. This pastoral scene is in South Park, Colorado, a vast valley surrounded by majestic mountains. Summer brings some incredible skies when the afternoon storms roll in but this setting was in the morning before the clouds rolled in.

6"x8" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2361 Lovely and Luminous

Spring, my very most favorite time of year to wander and meander with a camera in hand. These iris were found on an early morning walk with my dog Farley. He finds my stopping every two feet to photograph a scene as irritating as I do when he does the same to check his P-Mail!!!
7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2360

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The title of this painting is a description of how I felt a few weeks ago while wandering on a cool, crisp spring morning. I have gone to to this street every spring for years and it is like stepping into the country side as most of the homes are on several wooded acres. This scene is one of the few that is the same every year when I return. It was this bright in the morning light!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2359 Bright as Spring

This composition just spoke to me as I was perusing my photo reference for today's painting. The Black Eyed Susan seems like such a cheery flower and this scene was such a wonderful contrast of the delicate daisy like flowers with the hardy sunflower.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2358 Bountiful Spring

I found this scene a few weeks ago while driving home from doing a plein air painting at Washington Park. It has been awhile since I have painted outside and what a perfect morning it was. The temperature was just right, the skies were blue and everything looked and smelled so fresh. Perfect champagne days, as my mother called them, have been rare this spring here in Colorado with a plethora of thunderstorms. I am not complaining however as I have never seen it so green and lush.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2357 This is Spring

Tulips are always the sign telling me that spring is really here with winter giving out at long last. I found these colorful beauties at our incredible Denver Botanic Gardens while wandering with some good friends and, as always, armed with a camera. I loved the less structured colorful scene of these tulips surrounded by the delicate lace like tiny flowers.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2356 Gentle Brilliance

I found these poppies the other day while walking my dog Farley. It was a perfect spring morning with cool temperatures, birds singing and the sun on our shoulders. We have been experiencing a wet and mostly cloudy spring here so it made this day even more perfect. I am in heaven with all the fresh scents of spring along with all the poppies and iris in full bloom. This is my most favorite time of year. I wish it would last a little longer!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2355 Red Paintbrush

The Indian Paintbrush wildflower is so majestic and one of my favorite wildflowers, but then, I really have never found a flower I didn't like. Paintbrush so liven up the landscape where they bloom, especially the red ones.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2354 Spring Path

This is one of my favorite scenes from a trip to the Cotswolds several years ago. I would never have found this area if wasn't for my great and adventurous friend Pat, who searched this area out in England and insisted we go there. What a feast of century old villages and gardens in every direction.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2343 The Beach is Waiting

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With summer coming fast it reminds me of all the times I traveled to the Bahamas to visit my Dad on his island. I love the thrill of looking through a pathway seeing the beach a short distance away, just waiting for a day of sun and surf.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2351 Poppies and Iris

Spring is so in the air now. Denver is greener than I remember in a long time. This painting is from a reference at the Denver Botanic Gardens which I have visited recently and it is such a gift to our city. It has every kind of plant and flower imaginable with such a variety of wonderful settings to wander and enjoy.
With Memorial Day Weekend upon us I will not be posting for a few days as we have the 30th Annual South Gaylord St. Festival happening Sat thru Monday. I will be very occupied with my studio partners as we show our art to the huge crowds that will be attending.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMP5035 Spring's Arrival

Can you believe it? A still life and no poppies! Well, daffodils are so lively and full of spring's newness and hope that they too are irresistable!
9"x11" unframed original pastel painting
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KMD2350 Walking into Fall

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Even though it is spring, my most favorite time of the year, I was compelled to paint this fall scene found here in Colorado on a trail in the Maroon Bells Wilderness area. Of course, fall comes second to the seasons I love most here in Colorado. The colors in this scene were absolutely stunning with such a variety of reds, yellows, burnt oranges and yellow greens.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2347 Sweet Peas on the Fence

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Did I ever mention that I love other flowers besides poppies? The sweet pea is a wonderful little flower that gives off such an incredible fragrance and grows in such a variety of colors. These were growing at the Denver Botanic Gardens and how I regret I didn't plant any this year.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2346 Spring at Last

Another painting inspired from my recent trip to Taos. We visited the Mabel Dodge Luhan House where I found this wonderful scene. This is a mystical place where Georgia O’Keeffe, D.H. Lawrence, Ansel Adams, Martha Graham and Carl Jung, among many other notables stayed in thier day. It is now an historic inn and conference center.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2343 Spring in Taos

Last week I went to Taos with 6 of my old college buddies. What a hoot and a howl we had together. Spring had just begun there and it was so fresh and full of new life with all the crabapples and lilacs blooming. I forgot how much fun Taos is and how beautiful the area is, with all the adobe bathed in the New Mexico light. It is fun to have a new subject matter to focus upon!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2341 Colorado Vista

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This wonderful vista is on Corona Pass in Colorado. I was there a few summers ago attending a plein air painting workshop in Winter Park. There were so many places to paint and photograph that I needed more than the 3 days to capture everything.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2340 Poppy Palette

This "palette" painting is a donation to be auctioned off at the 2009 Memories in the Making Art Auction for the Colorado chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. It was a joy to have the opportunity to paint for this worthy cause. If you are interested in bidding on it or attending the auction please go to their website for more information: Memories in the Making Art Auction
Meanwhile, I am off to Taos for a wild time with a bunch of old college buddies so I won't be posting until I return on Wednesday, with stories I am sure!

KMD2339 Jubilent Wonders

I had hoped to get to California to photograph the poppies this spring but somehow I missed this year's opportunity! So here is a tribute to the California Poppy, which is such a cheerful, glowing flower and luckily they grow in more places than California!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMP5026 Garden Path

This colorful spring path was found at the Denver Botanic Gardens here in Denver. The gardens are such a gift to a person as myself who loves flowers, loves painting flowers and never makes time to grow her own!

6"x10" unframed original pastel painting
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KMD2338 Rejoicing

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These poppies caught my attention by the way they appeared to be growing as a bouquet in the garden. They are just reaching to the sun and what brilliance in the sunlight.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2335 Flourishing Spring Bouquet

This was such fun to paint with the bright and vibrant early spring colors. It is all the colors I am now seeing here in Denver. After last weekend's snowfall and melt, everything is coming up colorful and fresh.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2335 Iris Field

Yes, you did see this composition the other day, but not this one. This was another study done for my painting class but this one had the original white linen background whereas, the other day it was toned with an orange background. It is fun to see what a difference a background tone makes for the same painting. Each has its own merits.

6"x8" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMP5018 Daisies on the Fence

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Here is another small spring pastel painting. It feels like spring here now that we had a huge spring snowstorm leaving us lots of much needed moisture! The storm dumped at least of foot of very wet snow here in Denver, which will result in lots of beautiful flowers popping up this week.

8"x11" unframed original pastel painting
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KMD2333 North Park Vista

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I am thrilled with this little painting. It was a quick study demo that I did for a painting class I am teaching. I am having such fun with my students as they are so enthusiastic and passionate about learning to express themselves on canvas. Their questions and solutions keep me fresh in my approach to painting. The scene is from North Park Colorado in early July when the wild Iris are brightening up the fields.

6"x8" unframed original oil on linen canvas
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KMD2332 Oh So Vibrant

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I found this scene at our Denver Botanic Gardens a few years ago. It was such a vibrant sight with the shimmering yellow Coreopsis (often called Sunshine Superman) contrasted with the purple flowers in the background.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2331 Growing Free and Wild

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These poppies make me feel so alive and free and I am drawn to their incredibly rich, deep reds contrasted by the grasses surrounding them.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2330 Window to the Soul

How could I resist putting this face on a canvas? The eyes are the window to the soul and our wonderful canine companions continually show us the way!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMP5031 Mystic Wonders

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This is one of my favorite pastel paintings where I had fun interpreting these flowers beyond what the eyes can see. It is a fun, lyrical painting and I hope to create more of these abstracted images.

9"x7" unframed original pastel painting
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KMD2328 Stairs to the Sun

While in Greece my husband Jim and I were hiking around the island of Hydra. We were basically lost most of the time which led me to find far more pictures than if we had been on a known path. I found this wonderful scene then!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMP5032 On a Mission

There is such a mystique to the priests in Greece. The ones I ran into seemed not to like being photographed, perhaps because it may make them feel like an anomaly, which isn't my intent, but I find them so interesting and they have to know that for me, painting is a spiritual journey so it is a match!

12"x9" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2327 Quiet Place to Bathe

I found this little kitty quietly having his morning bath while wandering the streets in Greece. He never noticed me coming around the corner with my camera and continued to pose while I found another good painting subject!

6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2326 Hangin out the Window

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Today's painting is to express "stepping out of the box". I love the way dogs hang out the car window sniffing the air and figuring out everything about their surroundings with their noses! This is my dog Farley who goes nuts when we get on the mountain roads and he smells the fresh air!

6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMP5034 Poppy Garden II

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Once again, a pastel garden scene with an array of colorful flowers just begging to be immortalized on canvas!

12"x6" Original Pastel unframed
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KMP5025 Lush Springtime

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For a little change of pace I am posting a pastel painting instead of an oil. This is a springtime scene from the Baker Street historic neighborhood here in Denver. Every spring brings a new array of painting subject matter. I can't wait to see what comes up this year, especially after our first good snow of the year.

12"x9" original pastel painting unframed
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KMD2320 Glorious Summer Morning

Now that we are expecting snow in Denver (hopefully), I am jumping ahead to the cool, crisp sunlit mornings of summer. These hollyhocks were so beautifully backlit that they seemed to shimmer. It is a challenge to create on canvas what the eye sees and the spirit feels!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2319 Nature Smiles

It is good to clean out closets and studios as one finds such so many photos that have been waiting to be painted! We are in the process of clearing out our basement space to make room for teaching classes soon and I have found so many things I didn't think I would forget when I put them away. Here is one.
7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD0548 Morning Bath

It is ironic that I have 2 cats and never have painted them, but on my travels I always photograph any kitties that will pose for me! This fellow was in Germany and couldn't have found a more perfect setting with the back light and a typical pose!
7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2318 Brilliant and Joyous

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Yes, more flowers, and each picture I work from speaks to me giving me the desire to create a another painting and express my interpretation of each scene.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2317 Around the Next Bend

I have wanted to paint this scene since last summer when I photographed it outside of Lake City, Colorado. I went there with my infamous travel companion, Pat, after a harrowing ride in my sport utility up a really rough 4 wheel drive road. We were attempting to drive the Alpine Loop to the American Basin that hosts a plethora of wildflowers. Unfortunately we missed the flowers as there had been such a huge snowfall that the snow was still melting there!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMP5030 Balcony Flowers

This is a scene that I created in pastels from a trip I took several years ago to Savannah, Georgia. We were there during the Azalea bloom which was so magnificent that if I painted most of the flower scenes I found there, no one in Colorado would believe the rich abundance of blooms there. The combination of amazing architecture, rich history and lush display of trees and flowering plants was absolutely breathtaking.

10"x8" original pastel unframed
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KMD2316 Illuminated Poppies

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I painted a similar scene to this a few weeks ago and I was enthralled with the great light cast on the poppies in this painting. This created such a variety of colors that were such fun to mix on the palette and apply to create this scene. Nature just never ceases to amaze me and continually keeps me humbled when trying to create what has been provided for my eyes!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2314 Poppies and Pickett Fence

I have found another wonderful photo taken several years ago while visiting my stepson in Seattle. My husband and I took the ferry to the San Juan Island where we found this incredible scene. My favorite thing to do in the Northwest is to ride the Ferry boats to wherever they may take me! It is amazing how many places in the world that poppies grow and thrive!
7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2311 Winter Reflections

Since winter is on its way out I somehow was inspired to paint this scene that I photographed on the way to Taos, New Mexico a few years ago. I found the photograph while cleaning out our storage area in the gallery making room to teach classes there soon. It is such fun to find pictures that have been hidden away as I get to relive the time that I took it.
7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMP5001 Rise and Shine

I am excited to introduce pastel paintings to my Daily Painting Gallery in addition to my ongoing paintings in oils.
This is the first of many more colorful paintings to come.

6"x6" original pastel painting unframed
$75 plus $10 S&H

KMD2306 Rising Stars

Sometimes the hardest part of posting these "almost daily paintings" is coming up with a title! Today I just let the first thing that came into my head while looking at this painting be the title. I found this line from a quote that sums up my passion for flowers: "vigor, life-force, all the optimism, expectancy, and passionate bloom of youth."

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2305 Follow the Leader

The Daily Painters Gallery has a first Wednesday of the month theme and challenge. This month's theme is "Reflections." The first image that came to mind for me was the day I was in Paris (my first trip to Europe thanks to my good friend Pat) and it rained intermittently throughout our first day there. That left wonderful reflections when the sun came out right after the rain. I loved the small child leading the way in this scene!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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