Sunbather

I recently sold this painting along with 9 other paintings to a collector in Charlotte NC. A great feeling! Now I'm feeling very motivated to paint. Acrylic 6x8- SOLD

Row Boats

Some Maine rowboats. 6x8 acrylic-SOLD

Sunflowers

This was an exercise in fast painting- directly from life. 12x12 acrylic-SOLD

Still life practice

Some practice- sun was shifting fast and shadows were hard to follow- but good practice. 8x10 acrylic

Three Wine Bottles and Busy Summer

Its been a very busy summer- just lots of little things with all three girls home. Looking forward to a quick vacation and then completing my summer project of painting and decorating the dining room. I did a big 40X40 painting for the dining room and I will photo and post soon. I should be able to paint more by late August. This is a second wine bottle painting I did a while back. My vision is holding steady and that's all I can hope for. I'm headed for cataract surgery- probably in September and praying it goes smoothly. Bit of a blue haze on this because I took photo around 8pm- getting too dark. SOLD

Glencairn Garden, Rock Hill SC

This painting came out un-intentionally abstract. But, there is something about it that I like. 8X10 acrylic

Make Up

A gorgeous day for painting outside. Decided to practice some still life painting. 6X8 acrylic

Blue Shadows

Sometimes I like to paint something very ordinary and make it look interesting with strong lights and shadows. That was my goal here. I like all the greens and blues with the neutral ground color. 6X8 acrylic.

Spring Sunshine

Struggling a bit lately. Feeling like my paintings look like"paint by numbers". I am starting to see some of my mistakes- I guess I will just have to paint through this.... 8X10 acrylic

Pittsburgh Alley

This is one I started a long time ago but never finished. Trying a limited palette and took out the blue sky. I think that helped a lot. 11x14 oil

Rock Hill/ Wells Fargo Building

Photo is a bit dark. Acrylic 8x10

Rock HIll, SC

I started painting outside today, but it was too cold to finish. I should be able to finish this from photos. 8X10 acrylic

Wine Bottles

A little rainy day painting. 5x7 acrylic.

Abstract Woods

Trying a little abstract painting. Tougher than it looks. 5x7 acrylic

Colorful Junk Store

This was a wild,crazy and colorful junk store. Inside, it was a lovely gift shop! Painted here with my plein air friends. Its located in Wesley Chapel, NC- a suburb of Charlotte. 8x10 acrylic

Dark Oranges

This one took me a long time. Thought the wine bottles would be the hardest part, but the oranges and apple were a struggle today. 8X10 acrylic

Row Houses

I love how the sunlight hits this row of houses in my neighborhood.Acrylic 8X10. I tried to keep it loose and not overwork the details.

oranges on table

Good practice painting today- needs a little more work. Acrylic 8X10

McAlpine Greenway-Ballantyne

We went to the greenway today, but everything was brown! Decided to paint this overpass instead. 8x10 acrylic http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/jennifer-spaker/overpass-bridge/121408

Quick sketch

This quick sketch of my living room came out better than a large boat painting that I have been working on for days. Sigh!

Grand Canyon finished

This one came out a little darker than I would have liked, but I still like it. It was fun to paint something big- hadn't done that in a long time. This is 30x40. I'm working on some other big ones now...should post them soon.