Grandmother Lucy

11 x 14 oil on board
This is a portrait of my Father's mother, Lucy Ellen Billings Bitgood.  The photo that I copied from was taken when she was 16 years old.  This hangs in my living room, next to the portrait of my Mother's mother, Rose.

Melon with Spoon

8 x 10 Oil on board
Sometimes the simplest images are the best.

Spring Daffodils

9 x 12 Oil on Board
This is an old friend, purchased out of the Lenox Gallery.  The daffodils and tulip were out of my yard and they remind me that spring is almost here.  Time to look for the shoots from the spring bulbs.

9 x 12 Oil on Board
Any ideas for a name for this new painting?  It will be in a show in April for the first time.

8 x 24 Acrylic on board
The surface of this painting was very textured. It caught the light well. The pears are from the trees of one of my students.  They were imperfect and muchmore interesting to paint.  The fruit crock is from another student.  Everything worked together.  From the Collection of Connie Galli.

12 x 16 oil on board
Orange and blue are complimentary colors and create tension and spark when used together.  The blueberries are from my own yare, and we had to scramble to find enough blue in other items to make it work.  My home has very little blue. 

Rose

11 x 14 Oil on Board
This painting won best of show at the Piedmont Art Show in 1991.  It is a Trompe L'Oeil of items that remind me of my mother's mother, Rose.  The photo is my painting of her at 16, and she crocheted lacey doilies and table cloths for all her family.  It hangs in my living room with another one of my Father's mother.