View fullsize 🎨✨ Excited to share my love of oil painting with the Wimberley Valley Art League! I’ll be presenting my portrait painting process, inspiration, and favorite techniques next Sunday, Sept. 14th, from 2–4pm at the Wimberley Valley Communit
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View fullsize Tidekeeper and Port Aransas Palm are on view and available at @beecavearts Souvenirs of the Sun exhibition. Tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 30th, is both Bee Cave Arts Foundation’s 15th Anniversary Bash, as well as the opening reception from 2-4. If y
View fullsize Working on this tiny #oilpainting #portraitpainting of Sybbie at @thegrizzlyforager. She’s so adorable, I couldn’t resist painting her. Thank you @thegrizzlyforager for the inspiration! If you haven’t checked out their account, I e
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View fullsize Close-up of my latest piece — a self-portrait from a photo taken during cancer treatment a few years ago. The full painting includes mastectomy scars, so I’m not showing the whole thing at the moment… this was created for a show ex
View fullsize Working on this intuitive #oilpainting of a #sunflower. Enjoying playing with colors, movement, and brushstrokes. It’s good to take a break from realism from time to time to let my imagination play. #contemporaryrealism #contemporaryart #imagin
View fullsize Barn Cat and Chocolate… just my cuz and I hanging out in the barn, grubby little barn rats. 18”x24” #oiloncanvas #portraitpainting #figurativeartwork #cousins #barnlife #countrykids #texasartist #womenartists #austinartist @jkenned
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View fullsize Trying to stay loose with this one and avoid the details until later - working on enhanced color choices that depart from realism, and give this #oilpaintingoncanvas the feel of a soft pastel drawing. I’m working from an old photograph of my c
View fullsize Working on this #oilpainting of my cousin and me as kiddos. I’m the crazed one in the front, and she’s the steady one entrusting her safety to me. I think I’m might call it “Along for the ride”. I might come back and adj
View fullsize My work, Depths of Dreaming, #oilonpanel, is currently on display alongside many other talented #texasartists at the San Marcos Art Center in downtown #sanmarcos! The Aquatica show ends May 31st, so come check it! @smtxartleague
View fullsize I’m so excited to exhibit Forever and Always, #oilonpanel, with fellow #austinartists at @dorf_world!!! Dog Days opens tomorrow, Friday, May 23rd from 5-10pm and closes Sept. 6th. #dogloversofinstagram #dogart #dogdays #jessartstudios
View fullsize Reworking an old oil painting for fun… just keep swimming, just keep swimming 🎶😁 #oilpainters #inthestudio #artworkinprogress #atxartist #onmyeasel
View fullsize Mother/daughter time before the #sanmarcosstudiotour kick off party! #smst25
View fullsize Yay! I won and Honorable Mention at the @vaahouston 41st Juried Open Exhibition with juror, Gus Kopriva! “Footsteps Approaching” is a dark and mysterious self portrait in charcoal. The artists in this show are great! If you can check out
View fullsize Happy Halloween!!! 😱 This #charcoal on paper is titled “No Escape” 14” x 11” A spooky #selfportrait
View fullsize Spooky season!!! 👻. I’m excited to say this charcoal drawing, Footsteps Approaching, 14” x 11”, was accepted into @vaahouston’s 41st Open Juried Exhibition (juror Gus Kopriva!). The show had a 10% acceptance rate, and @susanr