Painted Door

I've just finished painting this door for some clients who live in a country farmhouse and love gardening. It's still leaning against the wall in my studio. I used PermEnamel glass paint for the window. This paint is very durable to paint on glass or mirrors.

These flowers are among the ones in my garden, the iris, echinacea, and sunflowers. I don't have a trumpet vine.

Floorcloth in "Please Match my Sofa " show

I created this floorcloth for the "Please Match my Sofa" show at the Conn-Arts Gallery in Hendersonville, NC. Opening night is tomorrow, June 10th from 6 to 9 PM.

Please click here to see the gallery website, and click on "50 Artists" to see a photo of the gallery with my floorcloth [ in front of a sofa, of all things ! ]

Summer Garden

Original oil painting based on my garden, from which I get lots of inspiration !

Painting can be purchased in my Etsy shop.

Crows on a Wall

My latest painting was inspired by the old crumbling walls in Mexico and the incredible light at sunset when there is a stillness in the air like no other time of day.

I've been working on several new pieces recently as I'm getting ready for a solo show in May. It will be in Chapel Hill, NC.More details to follow.

In the meantime, this piece is for sale in my Etsy shop.

Spring Flowers

I'm painting flowers in hopes that I will soon see the real thing in my garden. The daffodils are blooming and all kinds of other perennials are starting to shoot up.

Here are a couple of my recent paintings, they can be purchased in my Etsy shop.

Thanks for looking !

Full Moon in Mexico

This painting was inspired by a book that was written by a friend. He had a house in a small village in Mexico and the book is part memoir and part fiction about a week that he spent there during the full moon.

I also spent some time in this "sleepy little fishing village" and his book brought back memories of what a magical place it is. My son went there recently with his girlfriend and he reported that it's still magical!

The painting is 30 x 30 inches and painted on a gallery wrapped canvas. I used acrylic paints and a silver glaze on the moon and a teeny bit of glitter in the water.
This painting is sold.

The book is called "The Hourglass" - you can order it on Amazon.

Marbelized Table and new painting

This painting is listed on my Etsy site and is for sale framed. The frame is a recycled piece that I found at our wonderful local Habitat store. The painting is titled "After the Harvest".

The table is also a recycled piece and has a green marbelized top and the wonderful ornate legs and base are antiqued with a coordinating green glaze.

This piece is currently being shown at the PAF gallery in Siler City. The current show is by Chatham Artist Guild members, a preview of our annual studio tour. There will be an opening this Friday at the gallery from 6 to 9 PM [ September the 18th] in conjunction with the Third Friday Art Walk in Siler City.

One Person Show

I have just taken down the show of paintings that I had at Weaver Street Realty in Carrboro, NC. I was their featured artist for the Carrboro Second Friday Art Walk.

It was a successful show, I sold several pieces and talked to lots of great people at the opening.

The pieces in these photos are [or soon will be] listed in my Heronkate Shop on Etsy.

Watermelon Table

I've just listed this watermelon table in my new shop on Etsy. This shop has my painted home decor items, my polymer jewelry, and some interesting vintage items in it. 

Please visit , the shop is called Herons Treasures.

Blue Day Lily

This is my most recent painting, an abstraction of a day lily in my garden. It can be seen and purchased in my shop at Etsy, thanks for looking !!

www.heronkate.etsy.com

Floorcloth for Stagville Plantation

Entry hall of Bennehan house

Looking into the dining room.

Attaching tape to edges

I have just completed a large floorcloth for the Bennehan House entry hall at the Historic Stagville Plantation in Durham, NC. It is 9 feet wide by 11 1/2 feet long. It's a colonial design with white and dark gray marbelized squares and accents in an historic gold color.

The first photo is of the entry hall.

The next photo is a view of the floorcloth looking into the dining room. The color in the floorcloth coordinates with the dining room walls.

The last photo shows me with my assistant , Ducka Kelly, attaching non-skid rug tape to the edges.

If you live near Durham, be sure to make a trip to this lovely historic site.

Two new paintings

These are my newest work. The luna moth is a painting/collage and the Summer City painting is more abstract than usual, I like it a lot and am planning to do more work in this direction soon.

They are for sale in my shop on Boundless Gallery.