Three Cows amish country farm animals in field

Three Cows  Oil on wood  8" x 8"  $195.

There are a lot of cows in Berlin, OH.  Lounging, grazing and sometimes coming closer to have a look at the picture taking fool on the side of the road.    

Amish Buggy Horse a painting by Diane Hoeptner

Amish Buggy Horse  Oil on wood  11" x 14"  $395.

My husband and I drove down to Berlin, OH recently.  On the way there, we made an impromptu stop at an outdoor market.  Berlin is amish country and there were many horses, buggies and cars parked in front.  This buggy horse waited patiently for its human to return. 

Three Daisies an oil painting of flowers

Three Daisies  Oil on wood  6" x 6"  $95.

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Rolling Harvest three big sunflower paintings

Rolling Harvest  Oil on Arches Oil Paper  each 22" x 22" SOLD

Three big 22x22s today:  I used the new Arches Oil paper for them and it held up very well.  No gesso necessary! 

I painted these by sections, here's a work in progress shot!

Blue Fern Flowers re-worked

Blue Fern Flowers (reworked a bit!)  Oil on paper  each 12" x 12"  NFS

Gave these a suggested boost of blue in the background and enhanced the white petals a bit.  

Blue Fern Flowers pair of decorative paintings

Blue Fern Flowers I & II   Oil and Acrylic on paper  each 12" x 12"  NFS

I'm happy with these!  I feel like my "inner design junkie" finally got a fix.  I may try a few more.

Paintings in Progress decorative white flower

Works in Progress

I'm liking these so far.  Hope to finish them tomorrow.

Trio Pair pair of paintings of white flowers

Trio Pair  Oil and acrylic on paper  each approx 12" x 12"  NFS

Well, two finished paintings are better than two unfinished paintings, right?  I will do another round of white ranunculus next.  These are a little old time-y looking, not really what was I was going for.  The next set will have more contemporary background graphics.
In other news, my give-away bloggiversary winner chose "Cobalt Clues" and the painting shipped to Romania this morning.  

A Bloggiversary Winner has been Chosen!

You may have been expecting an upside down hat with entries in it today.  But this year, I went high tech.  Subscribers were assigned numbers and the winning number was selected by an online generator.  Lucky number 228 has been notified.  If my powers of internet sleuthing are accurate, subscriber 228 lives in Romania and has been reading my blog posts since 2010!  I will give them a few days to check their email and let me know which painting they want.  (Before I pull another name due to absentee subscriber, it's happened before doncha know.) 
This bloggiversary painting give away has proven itself to be an amazing way for me to connect with new people. If you are a new subscriber, thank you.  I don't take the privilege of landing in your inbox lightly.   Don't hesitate to hit reply and let me know you're there.  I welcome your input.  Thanks to all who are long time subscribers too.  Happy Bloggiversary, me!

Paintings in progress

Floating Ranunculus Works-in-Progress

Here's a pair of paintings in progress, each featuring floating ranunculus blooms.  I painted stems and a flat patterned background on one of them and was unhappy with it.  Doncha know I tried similar background elements again on the second and had the same unhappy results....  (They're meant to be a set.) After wiping off both backgrounds, I decided to stop.  :(