For the next month I plan to show some small paintings of Gullah people. These paintings were inspired by research my husband did for a magazine article on Maum Celie, a great Gullah friend of his uncle who lived in South Carolina. Maum Celie was a woman of great faith who also had the gift of healing. Several pictures of Gullah are already on my on-line gallery. Click here if you are interested.
This Gullah woman is mending and listening to her radio. This is a small 6 x 6 inch painting on a substrate called Gessobord, which resembles masonite but with a coated surface that is quite receptive to paint! For more information on this painting, please click here.
This gentleman is looking directly at you over the edge of the newspaper he is holding. This is a small painting on canvas panel—5 x 7 inches. You can find out more about it by clicking here.
This is another small 5 x7 painting on a canvas panel. These illustrations were inspired by a magazine article my husband wrote regarding the Gullahs in South Carolina. You can learn more about this painting by clicking here.
I saw many cactus flowers in Arizona and I remember a drink made from the cactus leaves. It is hard to believe that such thorny plants could have lovely flowers! To see more information on this painting go to my online art gallery by clicking here.
A blue-banded old fashioned tea pot, cup, and cream pitcher on a white tablecloth posed several problems for me. The first one was making the teapot look like china. The reflection seemed to do the trick. The lemons were an add-on to tie together the pieces of china. To see more information go to my online art gallery by clicking here.
The oranges in this painting have a rough texture! It is an 8″ x 10″ acrylic painting on a canvas panel. To see more information go to my online art gallery by clicking here.
This painting is an acrylic painting on Clayboard (which almost looks like Masonite!) It has a very fine surface. To see more information go to my online art gallery by clicking here.
I rooted a gardenia about three years ago. The bush is now about four feet high and has about a hundred blooms in the spring! They root easily in the month of June. To see more information and go to my online art gallery, click here.
These three peonies survived a hot summer but the blooms were not as large as the ones my mother grew! This painting in acrylic is on a canvas panel. It is 10″ x 8″. To see more information and go to my online art gallery, click here.
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