Autumn Leaves

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Autumn Leaves, 6 x 8 inches oil on canvas panel

This tree is just right around the corner from me. When autumn comes, the leaves turned a incredibly deep red. It such an eye catcher when I walk by.

Available for purchase in my Etsy shop.

Old Paintings of people

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I’ve just found these old paintings. The two musicians, a drummer and an electric guitarist, were performing at the Woodland First Friday Art Walk. I’ve captured the face painter at a fair in Davis. These are small paintings, 6 x 8 inches oil on canvas panel. They are available for sale in my Etsy shop.

The Drummer
The Electric Guitarist
The Face Painter

Pets Portraits commissions

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Recently finished two pets portraits commissions.

Pickles, 8 x 8 x 3/4 inches oil on stretched canvas

“Bambi” is one of the smallest pet portraits that I do. Only 4 x 4 inches.

Bambi, 4 x 4 x 1/2 inches oil on stretched canvas

Two Eucalyptus Trees by the Lake

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This painting was done on site at the M Three Ranch. I used this painting as a base for the larger painting below. My goal in painting landscapes this year is to paint studies on site and to use them to do larger paintings.

Study of Two Eucalyptus Trees, 10 x 8 inches oil on canvas panel.
Two Eucalyptus Trees by the Lake, 9 x 12 x 3/4 inches oil on stretched canvas

Both of these paintings might be for the Yolo Arts & Ag Project Gala in November. I haven’t decided which one.

Sunflowers along the dirt path

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Sunflowers along the dirt path, 9 x 12 inches oil on canvas panel by Marlene Lee

I had repaint this painting. Recently I had been paying more attention to colors especially creating color harmony within the painting. So with this in mind, I repainted the mountains with cooler and lighter colors to create more distance. And redirect the path so that it curved towards the white house in the distance.

Below is what it looked like before.

Earlier painting