OIL PAINTINGS : ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

Thank you for viewing my Original Compositions Gallery. These pieces are available for purchase, and I am also available for commissioned portraits. If you have a photograph of a special 2 or 4-legged family member, or a cherished place that you would like a memory created on canvas from…please contact me, by clicking on the link to my contact page. I would love to hear from you!

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Oil Painting of Axel the Red Siberian Husky

December 19, 2017

AVAILABLE for sale “Axel” Oil on canvas ~ 14″ x 18″ After a 15-year hiatus to raise my adopted son who has high-needs…when I started painting again 3 years ago, […]

Artist Oil Painting : Puffin | “Is This My Best Side”

June 3, 2017

Oil painting on canvas of an Atlantic Puffin. Puffins are shorebirds that are known to inhabit rocky ledges on the east coast of the United States and other areas of […]

Artist Oil Painting : Balance | Ballet Dancer

May 29, 2017

Oil painting of a ballet dancer alone in a studio wearing informal dance attire. I was drawn to the energy in her elegant pose as well as her being drenched […]

Artist Oil Painting | Eagle : Ready to Soar

January 12, 2016

Oil painting on canvas of an American bald eagle looking upwards towards the sun. As a subject I was drawn to all the colors that I ‘saw’ in the feathers, […]

Artist Oil Painting of Lobster: “Lobstah”

January 12, 2016

Impressionist painting of a lobster, all ready for the lemon and butter. I used many different colors in the lobster itself, in addition to the reddish-orange that is most dominant. […]

Artist Oil Painting | Swan : Graceful Malevolence

September 30, 2015

This beautiful Mute Swan, is a subject that I had been looking forward to painting for some time. I was totally drawn to all the colors that appeared in the […]

Artist Oil Painting | Wait for It

January 14, 2015

Painting in oil, of a tabby cat. The dark background gave the subject an incredible amount of contrast against its white and gray color, which allowed me to use many […]

Artist Oil Painting | Bo the Bull

January 14, 2015

Oil Painting on canvas, of a bull relaxing in the sunshine. I was treated to his massive presence frequently on my way to or back, along the road leading home. […]

Artist Oil Painting | Hara the Pit Bull Terrier ~ “I’m No Bully”

January 14, 2015

Painted in oils from a gorgeous reference photo by Shirley Davies on Paint My Photo…this is “Hara” the Pit Bull, (she is actually a Staffordshire Bull Terrier…one of several breeds […]

Artist Oil Painting | Summer Daze

September 26, 2014

When I saw the reference photo by Lorri Lang on Pixabay, I just knew I needed to paint it! The scene reminded so much of the simpler times of childhood, […]