December 4 - "Take Me, Please?"

Today's painting - "Take Me, Please?" The second in the series of animal shelter dogs, which so profoundly affected me when I adopted my new cat. Another gallery-sized painting with a target for the Art Show at the Dog Show in 2006. Original oil on linen, 16 x 12 inches. Not available for purchase at this time.
Here's a closeup of his face.

December 3 - "OTI" (Owner Turned In)

"OTI" This is a gallery-sized painting, scheduled for entry into the Art Show at the Dog Show. OTI means "owner turned in" and is a common notation on many dog's intake cards at the animal shelter. This young terrier mix may find a new home, but with so many animals needing adoption, the future for others is bleak. I recently adopted a cat from our shelter, and this dog would have come home with me, too, but for our other dogs. Not available for sale at this time. Original oil on linen, 16 x 12 inches.

December 2 - Golden White Cat

"Golden White" (Cat), original oil on canvas, 4 x 4 inches. Available on ebay HERE.

December 1 - California Redwoods

The first of December, and I paint one of the world's oldest living things--a good thought during this holiday season, to remember how long these trees have been on our earth. Original oil, 7 x 3 inches, comes with its own frame in dark warm wood for $100.

November 30 - Ocotillo Desert Cactus

Ocotillo in bloom in the desert of the Southwest. Familiar... and definitely cactus. Quite a switch from the beauty and ocean air of Catalina yesterday!
Available on ebay here.

November 29 - Catalina Island Opera House

The opera house at Avalon, Catalina Island, (26 miles across the sea) in the early morning light. Original oil, 4 x 4 inches. Available on ebay HERE .

November 28 - Butterscotch (Sweet Tooth Series)

Oh how I love these hard candies! Fun to paint, too, after yesterday's complex subject. Only 9:30 p.m., but I'm tired.
Original acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas, available on ebay HERE .

November 27 - Rolex Horse in Cross Country

I love to paint water. This is Rolex Kentucky, where the three-day eventers do dressage, cross country and show jumping in a marathon of action.
Original acrylic painting, 6 x 8 inches, available on ebay HERE .

November 26 - Sunset Mountains

On my way back home, I studied the mountains to the west of the freeway and came back to the studio to paint this 5 x 7 oil of that memory. I love how the light hits the edges of the coastal fog as it comes in.
On ebay HERE .

November 25 - Golden Delicious Apples

A couple of Golden Delicious Apples made it to my taboret for today's painting. Late, and me suffing from a head cold. Still have to meet that deadline of one painting a day.
Available on ebay HERE .

November 24 - Backlit Shire Horse

I'm working on some paintings getting ready for the third DVD in the colorful paintings series, and backlit subjects are going to be the focus of the next one. Original acrylic, 7 x 5 inches.
Available on ebay HERE for six days, then on the web site for the flat price of $100.

November 23 - Jelly Beans

"Sweet Tooth #4, Jelly Beans" OK, enough with the sweet stuff for a few days. Just painting them has been fun, however the temptation is growing! Original oil on canvas 4 x 6 inches.
Available on ebay HERE .

November 22 - Chocolate Coins

"Sweet Tooth #3 - For Love or Money" (Chocolate coins) Still on the candy kick. I remember these as a kid. Original oil, 4 x 6 inches, available on ebay HERE .

And I missed Monday's painting, so I'll add it today. Hmm.

November 21 - Gummy Bears

gummy or Gummi Bears are beautifully translucent, and a delight to paint! Original oil, 4 x 6 inches. Available on ebay HERE.

November 20 - "Sweet Tooth #1, Candy Corn"

"Sweet Tooth #1, Candy Corn" Uh oh. Holiday candy appears again in the studio. I'm being good though, and only painting these favorites. Original oil, 4 x 6 inches.

Available on ebay HERE .

November 19 - Full Moon #2

"Full Moon #2" After the macaroons of yesterday, I guess I'd better get out and go walking! Twilight and that full moon memory of a few nights ago. It was 88 degrees today. Not winter yet! Original oil, 5 x 7 inches.

Available on ebay HERE.

November 18 - Macaroons

"Macaroons" - my favorite cookies, and not soon after this was painted, they were gone. The taste of toasted cocoanut and sugar. Oh my. So good! Original acrylic, 4 x 6 inches. Available on ebay HERE.

"Strawberries in the Basket" Today's daily painting is the result of going to Tom's Farms near Corona (about ten miles from the studio), and seeing these berries in their basket. You just KNOW I had them in a smoothie for dessert tonight! Original 6 x 6 inch oil. Wouldn't this make a nice gift for a special kitchen? I just love those little plastic baskets. When I was a kid, I used to pretend they were animal cages for my toy animals.
You can bid on it HERE.
Thanks for looking.
--
Elin

November 15 - Full Moon Nocturne

"Full Moon Nocturne" I was watching the moon rise as I drove up to my mom's house tonight. It was beautiful in the twilight. I hope you saw the moon, too, wherever you live. This original painting is 5 x 7 inches, in oil, and is available on ebay HERE.

November 14 - Snow Chase

"Black, White and Grey" Today's painting is because of my trip to LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) where I spent a great deal of time in front of Camille Pizarro's paintings. I have a newfound respect for him--I think he eclipsed his painting partner Cezanne, at least in what they had for that special show. Original 4 x 6 acrylic.
Available on ebay HERE.

November 13 - Morning Percheron

Today's Sunday painting is this Percheron or percheron cross gelding in morning light. Original acrylic, 6 x 6 canvas, with painted sides, no framing needed!
SOLD
Thanks for looking!

November 12 - Rockin' Zebra

"Rockin' Zebra" This is a very unusual (for me) use of acrylic paints. The surface is stone, some kind of beautiful granite with soft green in it. So I painted a scene on it of a herd of zebras running. It is held in my hand, and measures about 7 inches wide and six inches tall. The stone is cut about 3/8" thick, and mounts with a hanger on the back, or can be set on a small easel.

SOLD

November 11 - Red Apple Dessert

"Apple Dessert" Daily painting for November 11.
Sometimes the best part of painting is when I get to eat the set up. I waited until almost eleven p.m. before enjoying my dessert apple--now forever captured in acrylic paint. Original 4 x 6 inches.
You can do the ebay bid on it HERE. Starting price is $35.

November 10 - Pasture Light

An original acrylic, 5 x 7 inches, this is called "Pasture Light" which shows evening light on two horses, relaxing in the pasture. It is available on ebay this week HERE. I love the versatility of acrylics!

November 9 - Relooping the Rope, Sunrise

This painting started as as a demonstration piece for Temeku Art Guild (Temecula Art Association) and I finished it up in the studio today. An original oil, it is 16 x 20 inches. It's not available for auction, but can be purchased from my web site.

November 8 - Grazing Horses

A backlit light, beautiful pastures and a mare and foal grazing in the gentle light.
I really enjoy doing these small equine paintings. Original oil, six by six inches.
You can bid on it HERE.

November 7 - Green Apple Sliced (SOLD)

I bought a bag of green Granny Smith apples both for caramel and for the horses. This one made a detour onto the cutting board for today's painting! Original oil, 5 x 7 inches.

November 7 - Peppermints (SOLD)

"Peppermints" Halloween is over, and the candy is left--for a while anyway! I set up these two wrapped peppermints as a reminder of both the holiday and many exits from restaurants.

November 6 - Nopales, Sliced (SOLD)

"Nopales, Sliced" this is the time of year when certain cactus plants produce their fruit, called nopales. The red interior of these desert plants is an incredible color, rich and succulent. Original oil on canvas with painted edges (no framing needed) 5 x 7 inches.

November 4 - My two horses (SOLD)

"My Two Horses" I painted this acrylic 5 x 7 looking out my window into the pasture across and below the stucio, where my two horses live during the day. the black is a Peruvian Paso, my riding horse, and the paint is a long yearling Missouri Foxtrotter--"future" riding horse!

November 3 - Between Ventura and Santa Barbara, on the 101 Freeway

I have driven this freeway many, many times in my life, at all times of day. There is this stretch of freeway after the beaches of Ventura, where the oil piers go out into the ocean, and an island with more oil rigs on it. I have snorkeled there back when the snorkeling was good, and surfed all along this area. Memories...
This original 5 x 7 acrylic has a starting bid of only $35, on ebay HERE.

Tuxedo Cat - November 2

My studio cat, "Bats" caught sitting in the morning sun getting warm on the carpet. We're going to add another cat to the studio, a calico lady of three months. You can bet she'll be painted!
You can bid on the "Tuxedo Cat" (starting bid at $75) HERE

November 1 - California Sunset 5 x 7 Acrylic

Beginning of a new month, and starting with acrylics and sunsets! You can bid on it HERE.
Thanks for looking!
--
Elin

October 31, Evening View from My Studio

Daily painting for October 31, "Evening View from My Studio", original acrylic, 5 x 7 inches. Available on ebay: HERE.
November brings sunsets and sunrises!
--
Elin

"Rose #3" October 30, 7 x 5 Daily Painting

Original oil on canvas, 7 x 5 inches, the fully blossomed flower that was a bud a few days ago.
You can bid on it HERE.

October 29, Rose #2 6 x 4 Oil

Another blossom came out on that bush!

SOLD

October 28, Pomegranate

Original 5 x 7 on gallery wrap canvas. You can bid on it
HERE.

Coastal Live Oak Twig - October 27

Every day I do these paintings, I learn more. This twig came from the quercus agrifolia (Coastal Live Oak) just outside my studio. Bid HERE .

Sunflowers, October 26th painting

"Sunflowers" - a wonderful autumn subject! Original oil on gallery-wrap canvas, no framing needed. Bid on it HERE.

Oct. 25 Painting - Last Rose

My painting for October 25, 2005. Original oil on gallery wrap canvas, no frame needed as the edges are painted. you can bid on this 7 x 5 inch canvas on ebay HERE.

Watermelon Slice, October 24, 2005

October 24, 2005 "Summer End, Watermelon Slice" 5 x 7 oil daily painting. Offered on ebay HERE.

"Fig Bite" October 23, 2005's Painting Today

Original 5 x 7 inch oil. You can bid on it HERE.

Fig and Jade Plant, October 22, 2005

Fig and Jade Plant, Daily Painting for October 22, 2005, Saturday. The fig came from the tree in the yard, and the jade plant came from the front door planter. Hope you like it. You can bid on it HERE.

Friday, October 21 - Red Pear, 7 x 5 Oil

"The Red Pear #1", one painting per day, original, 7 x 5 inches. You can see the auction on it HERE.

Stray Cat #1 - Thursday, October 20, 4 x 5 "

"Stray Cat #1" 4 x 5 Original Oil. You can bid on it HERE.
I have always had a deep concern for the stray and homeless animals in the world, and especially in the current "throw-away" culture. This Himalayan mix cat is the latest to tug at my heart. Hope you like it.

October 19, Wednesday - Fuji Apple "Chomp"

Breakfast! A couple of bites and back to the studio. It sure was a juicy apple, and fun to paint. I have to admit that it tried my patience for wanting to finish it... the apple, of course! You can bid on it HERE.

Tuesday, October 17 - "Bats the Cat"

Here's the studio cat, "Bats", and of course, if I'm doing anything, he has to be right there. Meiow!! Tuxedo kitty extraordinaire. He's featured on the Hasbro puzzles and in several book paintings. He was napping on my chair, and I'd call his name--he'll open his eyes, just like this painting. You can bid on his portraitHERE. I'm donating a portion of the sales price to the American Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) through MissionFish, the ebay donation center.

Monday, October 17, 2005 - Kiwi

Monday morning's painting, "It ain't Easy Being Green" (Kiwi #1), original oil on board, 5 x 7 inches. You can bid on it HERE.

Sunday, October 16, 2005 "Cramp"

"Cramp" (Paint Tube #2) Original Oil Painting, 5 x 7 inches, painted on a rainy evening here in Southern California.
You can bid on it HERE.