Tuesday, March 23, 2010

New Paintings

I love Monday and Tuesdays,  They are my painting days.  I would paint everyday if I could, Other things get in the way.  Laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, and teaching.  Anyway, as I was saying I love my panting days and here are the two I did.                    



Maharees Sunset 7" x 14" pastel on fisher paper


The long and Winding Road 10" x 12"  pastel on fisher paper

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Then on St. Patrick's Day he appeared

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

St, Patrick's Day Painting on Fisher 400 paper

In honor of St. Patrick's I painted something that you knew was Ireland just looking at it.  I used a new paper called fisher 400. http://www.thecsc.co.uk/  I love it!  It really hold the pastel,It takes and you can underpaint it if you like.  (I didn't) This is a 14" x 20" pastel on Fisher 400.  Cheers everyone and Happy St. Patrick's Day!


Where are the wee people hiding:  Pastel on Fisher 400 12" x 14" 

Monday, March 1, 2010

Deborah O'Keeffe: Maharees Magic

Deborah O'Keeffe: Maharees Magic

Maharees Magic

This weekend there was the most beautiful moon.  I couldn't capture it on camera without a tripod, so I did the best I could and painted it.  I decided it had a fairy tale feel to it and painted it like a page from a story book.  So here it is....