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Irish Cow Bats Her Eyelashes

12" by 12" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.

Albert Einstein

Thank you for checking in! I am having a ball in my studio painting more than ever and planning lots more for the week. Enjoy your Wednesday!

This Little Pig Goes To Market

12" by 12" original oil on gallery wrap canvas

You Get My Goat!

12" by 12" original oil on gallery wrap canvas with sides painted.

Hope your weekend has been great! Click to Bid!

Black And White Irish Cow Looks Demure

Ireland's Bovine Lady

12" by 12" original oil on gallery wrapped canvas with sides painted

I thought this cow had such a sweet face and a softness about her. I think I captured it. She was fun to spend time with this afternoon.

What a speedy week it has been. I have been painting a lot and had my student over yesterday. Tomorrow I am at Harbor's Edge for a class again. I reorganized my studio a bit and now have shelving with a wooden palette on top of it in front of my easel and I am really liking the new set up. It's amazing how a change like that can make you so much more productive. It has been such a windy, rainy day today. It felt like it was night time all day and the rain was torrential for hours. I was proud of myself for resisting the urge to take a nap and completed three paintings! Hope your Friday and the weekend are great! Click to Bid!

Bovine Girl Has Her Eyes On You!

12" by 12" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

Hope you had a great weekend! It was a gorgeous day here in Virginia today. I spent the afternoon enjoying Andrew's soccer game outside in the fresh air. Afterwards we ate at Texas Road House. I had French Onion Soup which was delicious. I worked on three paintings this weekend. I am really happy with this bovine girl who has sort of a suspicious look on her face....what are they looking at? Have a great Monday! Click to Bid!

Piglet Sees The Light

10" by 10" original oil on gallery wrap canvas with sides painted.

Such a cute face!!! Makes me want to get a pig for a pet. Not really but I understand that George Clooney had one. If he came with it, I would definitely go for it. :-) For now I'll stick to painting them. I did go to a pig farm when I was twelve and visiting my uncle in England. He had a friend who owned a resturant and raised pigs on the property. It was pretty fun and I remember holding a little piglet. It was very pink and SO cute. Whenever we stopped and looked at animals of any kind....it was always the highlight of my day. Tomorrow is my day to teach. I am looking forward to seeing the ladies again. Hope you are having a great week! Click to Bid!

Charming Westie Portrait

10" by 10" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

I really am charmed by small dogs. My dog Bailee is a 13 pound ball of fur. I have painted her before and sold her portrait because she just has that cute factor. This Westie is so sweet and I really enjoyed capturing her eyes and had so much fun with all the thick curly fur Click to Bid!

9" by 12" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted making framing optional. Click to Bid!

12" by 12" original oil on wrap around canvas with 3/4 inch sides which are painted making framing optional.

Hope your week is off to a great start! I had a super busy day today with renewed enthusiasm after my week away in Chincoteague. I had painted this piece before I left because I wanted to give it additional drying time. I did two today...one of a seagull inspired by all the sea gulls I saw in my visit there and another which is a White HighlandTerrier. I actually saw one in one of the shops we stopped in next to the Comfort Suites Inn and there was also an adorable Scottish Terrier. I'll have to do one of those soon. I'll be working on a pig tomorrow and whatever else crops up. We got some reference photos of a group of ducks that were intent on crossing the street back and forth bringing the traffic to a stop and seemed to take great delight in doing so! Have a great day tomorrow! Click to Bid!

Rooster At The Ready

Great day today. Got to sleep in a bit and have a relaxing day around the house. I already started packing for my trip to Chincoteague! Tomorrow Andrew has his first soccer game of the season. He joined a select traveling team this year. This game is pretty close to home but next week is in Smithfield. I also completed two new pieces. I just listed this one awhile ago. Enjoy the weekend! Click to Bid!

I really thought I'd be tired of painting cows by now but find myself actually enjoying it more and more and trying different ways to portray what I see and feel. I have had many favorites but this one really is very exciting to me. She is striking and rich with light and shadow. I hope you like her as much as I do! Can't believe tomorrow is yet another Friday! I do feel that I enjoy each moment of every day so it is not flying by without me but I am more aware of how short life is the older I get. Enjoy every moment of your day and weekend! Hugs, Norma Click to Bid!

12" by 12" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted. My son Sean called me yesterday and asked that I ship his digital camera up to him at Tech as he forgot it. He has been delivering pizzas part time and one of his "regulars' owns a farm with cows, sheep, and horses! He wants to take some pictures for me to paint so you may be seeing some home grown cows soon from the hills of Virginia! Well, I learned more about how my blackberry works today but still can't just go to a web site on the internet! I can get my e-mail no problem but still have to conquer that mystery. I feel like a kid with a new toy. I was trying to relate how I became this hooked on technology stuff. There are plenty of artists who don't even have computers ...let alone blackberries but I think it all began at an early age, working in my basement at my sister's roll top desk with invoices from my Dad's office and play phone at my side. Several friends and I had our own "detective agency" you see. We were investigating all of the "crimes" in our neighborhood. The most intruquing being the mystery of the blood stains around the basement doors at Whitaker Mansion on the hill. Well, that's another story.... but although the crime scene investigation was pretty fun, I think my favorite part was being alone in "my office" handling all the behind the scenes work....plotting, planning, and keeping track of things. Hence, the blackberry toting artist was born!Click to Bid!