Summer White, Acrylic, 5" x 7"

I am really loving the acrylics. Does it show? I teach tomorrow and work at the gallery on Friday and teach Sat morning. On Sunday we will have Brunch for all the family and an Easter egg hunt. What fun. Happy Easter

Lupines 3, Acrylic, 7" x 5", sold

Today's painting was done with Acylics and I thought I would tell you about the paints I use. They are Chroma Atelier Interactive Acrylics. These paints are made in Australia and I get them from Jerry's Artarama. These paints are different than the ordinary acrylics, these acrylics don't dry too quickly and you are able to blend as if you were using oils. I really love them and many of my friends don't even realize they are not oil. Hope you enjoy this little bit of information.

Dancing Eggplants, Acrylic, 12"x9", sold

It's Friday and I have lots of painting to do. These eggplants were so much fun to do.

Sunflower with Purple, Oil, 6" x 9", sold

Finished this little Sunflower and had it framed today. A small gold frame and looking pretty good. Have three 8" x 10" paintings almost done. Will be a feature artist with my good friend CV. We are excited and working hard to have all new paintings for the show which is set for the beginning of June 2010. My how time flies. It feels as if we just had a featured artist show but that was 15 months ago. Anyway time just moves along at a steady pace.

Hot Peppers, Oil, 6" x 9"

My third little hot peppers painting, finished it today.

Sunflower in the Sky, Acrylic, 6" x 6",sold

I am on a roll. Painting every day and now will post a couple of other paintings I have done. I will do more Sunflowers for my upcoming show in June. Have to start now, have lots to do.

Turban Squash Five, Acrylic, 9" x 12"

I love vegetables, especially Turban Squash. It is a gorgeous day out, the sun is shining and Missy and I are going for a walk, a long walk. I hope everyone has a great day.

Cabbage Soup 1, Acrylic, 9" x 12"

I know this is a wild cabbage, and I had a great time painting it. I love playing with color and this purple and blue cabbage was a blast to paint.

It's All About Love, Acrylic,24" x 24", sold

Good Morning, Here is the painting I have been working on. I am finished and going to hang it in the gallery for our Valentine's Show tonight. I was so happy when I sold it to a lovely woman. It made my day, week, month etc. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to all my friends and followers and artists. I love you all.

Hot Peppers, Oil, 6" x 8", Sold

Hot Peppers is finished but I sure need to learn how to photograph wet paintings. I had a frame for this one so I was able to scan it without the wet paint hitting the scanner. Anyone can tell me how to photograph wet paintings I sure would appreciate it.

Happy New Year

Wishing you a very Happy New Year filled with love and happiness and peace.

Happy Holidays

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010
Thank you to all my wonderful friends and family, Love, Jeanne and John and Missy

Colored Pencils and Oil Pastels, sold

This is an older painting that my son owns. I thought you might enjoy seeing it. The size is about 20" x 24". I have not been painting at all lately. My husband John has had a total hip replacement and has been in rehab for two weeks plus the four days in the hospital. I have been seeing him everyday and also at home have been doing a lot of cleaning up and throwing out. Trying to de clutter the house. Today we had good news and he will be coming home tomorrow and I am so happy. The house looks good and very welcoming. He has been greatly missed by me and our dog Missy and all our wonderful neighbors and friends and our great kids. Now maybe I can get back to my art. Love to all.

Two Red Peppers, Oil, 5" x 7", SOLD

These two red peppers are part of a series of vegetables I am doing. Next will be a red turban squash.

Vacation

I'll be on vacation this week. I am going on a cruise with my sister. I hope to be able to sketch and do some watercolors. See you on the 18th. Jeanne

Three Strawberries, Oil, 5" x 5", sold

I painted today for the first time in two weeks. I am so excited I wanted you to see the strawberries today. I know it is not a good photograph but as soon as it dries I will scan it. I used three colors Gamblin Cad Yellow light, Perylene Red and Ultramarine Blue and Permalba
White. It was a challenge but so much fun to do.

The Campfire, Oil, 18" x 24", sold

It's raining and cold today, I would like to be sitting in front of the campfire right now but I am busy painting on my scarves. I should have twenty by the end of the week. I just finished a 30" x 30" and the next one is a long one and that will have a sheep design. What fun I am having.

Boot and Nest, Oil, 16" x 20", sold

This is not a new painting but one that makes me think of fall and winter coming. It was 37 degrees when I woke up this morning and it felt mighty chilly. I taught today and as always a wonderful day. Later when Missy and I got home, we took another walk a very brisk walk. The leaves are changing and looking more beautiful every day. Missy loves this kind of weather. Jennifer gave Missy a Halloween present a very cute ladybug outfit to go trick or treating with.
She loves to wear little outfits so she wore her new one all through class. I hope you know I am working on scarves for the show (opening Nov 7th) and I really miss painting my daily paintings. I will start up as soon as I am done for this show. Love to all.

Two Green Tomatoes Two, Oil, 8" x 10"

Here is the second of my Two Green Tomato series. I am happy with these. All the paintings I show on this blog are framed and ready to hang. I need to get an ebay account and an Esty account. I am all set with paypal, I need my daughter to help me get these accounts going, sorry but I am not confident about doing this alone. Maybe tomorrow I will give ebay a chance. Finished two scarves yesterday and have two more stretched and ready to draw and wax and paint. I expect I will have photographs ready for my Izolajeanne blog tomorrow.

Two Green Tomatoes, Oil, 10" x 8"

Two Oils

I did these oils a while ago. I have been trying to upload new images and just couldn't do it. That is why I have not been on my blog. A little check mark was all I needed to do. Three days it took me to figure that out. Whew

Balancing Pear, Oil, 5" x 5", sold

Here is my second little oil, Balancing Pear. I am happy with it. Painting small is really a delight and I thank all my friends who have encouraged me. Tonight I have almost finished a 22" x 22" silk scarf. It is already 8 pm so not sure I will be able to stay up to finish it totally.
Tomorrow I have to bring Missy in for her yearly physical.
Today my grandson came over for the day. He was so funny and happy to see us. Missy was overjoyed to see him and gave him a great welcome.

Bryce Canyon, Oil, Image size 20" x 28"

Apple Blossoms, Oil, Image size 20" x 28"

Today I decided to finish my oil painting of Apple Blossoms. The image size is 20"x28" and framed it is 21 1/2" x 29 1/2". I really am happy with this painting. I have another painting that I really finished and that is a tree at Bryce Canyon, an oil, Image size 20" x 28", framed size 21 1/2" x 29 1/2". Both paintings are $900 each. It feels good to finish these two paintings. I need to concentrate on the scarves but this weekend I didn't paint my daily paintings and I missed doing that so much. So this morning before anything else I finished a 5"x5"oil Pear on Purple. As soon as it is dry enough I will post it.

PS

The scarf measures 14" x 59". Adieu

Red Tomato, Oil, 5" x 5",sold

Here it is the first small oil painting, Red Tomato, 5" x 5". $75. I am just so excited about doing a small painting. At the beginning of my doing small paintings I was totally not able to paint small. I love big and I painted big but now I am so enjoying these small pieces. I also have to thank one and all who have emailed me or made comments. It is the most wonderful feeling knowing you have artist friends out there rooting for you and the biggest thing is being able to go visit all of you on your magnificent blogs.

Three Plums, Acrylic,6" x 6"

Here are the plums I had a hard time painting them. Some days are harder than others. It has been a slow day too. I need a good book. Classes start next week and I am looking forward to seeing all my friends/students. I am looking forward to my next painting and maybe that one will pull me out of this slump.

Wild Purple Iris, Acrylic, 6" x 6",sold

This surely is the wildest Iris I have painted. I also painted the background with Gold paint. I am interested in using Gold Leaf or Metal leaf. Has anyone used Gold Leaf? I would be so interested in how you used it. I would love to hear from you. I am working on Three Plums and I am really happy with it. The colors are as calm as this painting is wild. The weather is gorgeous today, totally different than yesterday. I wish you all a wonderful day.

What I did today

I did not paint today. Ho Hum, I cleaned. I cleaned the studio. I can just look at the mess so long. It is looking good now and I am happy. Roasted a chicken and cooked carrots and green beans, Yummy. After dinner I came into the studio and painted on a 22" x 22" scarf. It is a dragon, I love dragons. I got about half done and I am happy. I am off to bed to read and later to sleep. Good Night Everyone. Did I tell you I am happy. I love looking at artists blogs. Tonight I looked at Karin Jurick's blog. Oh what wonderful paintings she does, just beautiful.

Bananas and Fruit and Glass Bowl, Oil, Sold

A while ago I put all my banana paintings together so you could see the series as a whole. I could not find an image of this particular painting but lo and behold I managed to find it and upload it so you could all see it. I work in series of eight so I still have two more to go. This painting is sold and the owners are very happy