Forever Swans

Forever Swans

9 x 13

2009

Original is sold

Signed giclee prints: 13 1/2 x 16: $95

Reference photo use with permission by Pascal Rohner. Swan demo

Honey Bee

Honey Bee

5 x 7

2009

$135 with double mat and frame

Jeff's honeybees inspired me to paint this. The flower the bee is on is more purple in the painting than it looks in this photo.

Swan Love

Swan Love  8 x 10  $275 with double mat and frame

Finished this today, using reference photo from Woodenship from Flickr.

Five Mile Point Lighthouse

Five Mile Point Lighthouse

8 x 10

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Finished this New Haven, CT lighthouse today. Reference photo by Versageek, from Flickr.

House Portrait

14 x 22

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I finished this commission yesterday. The house is in Simsbury, CT. It took about 45 hours of painting over almost a month. Sorry for the lack of posts!

Red Dory

Red Dory

8 x 10

$275 with double mat and frame

From a photo I took in Cape Cod this summer.

House and garden portrait

I finished this house portrait on Friday for a woman who is giving it as a gift to her parents. Next, she will give them note cards of the painting for a Christmas gift. The house is in Vernon, Connecticut. Nice garden!

Fish

Fishies

5 x 7

$95 with double mat and frame

Frog on Lily Pad

Frog on Lily Pad

8 x 10

$275 with double mat and frame

7.75 x 10 signed giclee print: $55

Note card available

I took photos of this frog at my uncle's pond in Cape Cod a couple of weeks ago. Finished the painting today.

Lynde Point Lighthouse

Lynde Point Lighthouse

8 x 10

$275 with double mat and frame

This Saybrook, Connecticut lighthouse is the companion lighthouse to the Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse. I took the reference photo from a sailboat last month.

Saybrook Lighthouse

Saybrook Lighthouse  Signed 8 x 10 giclee print: $55

Note cards:  $2.50  Post Card:  $1.00

Saybrook Breakwater Light is here in Connecticut. I took some photos on our sailing trip a couple of weeks ago. Hope you like it.

Seagull by the Sea

Seagull by the Sea

5 x 7

$135 with double mat and frame

Inspired by my recent trip to Block Island and Watch Hill.

Seagull

Seagull  Note Card: $2.50

Last week we sailed to Watch Hill and Block Island. I have lots of seagulls and sailboats to paint.

Dragonfly

 Dragonfly  8 x 10    Signed 8 x 10 giclee print: $55  Note card: $2.50

I needed a break from my 30 - 50 hour landscapes. I am starting a dragonfly series! Thanks to the photographers on Flickr for inspiring me with their photos.

Moulton Barn in the Grand Tetons

Moulton Barn in the Grand Tetons  14 x 20  $795 with double mat and frame
7 x 10 signed giclee print:  $49  Other sizes available 

Reference photo with many thanks from Bryan Wheeler. Check out Bryan's photos

Grand Tetons

Oxbow Bend in the Grand Tetons
16 x 25
May 2009
$1,295 with double mat and frame
Signed giclee prints:

7.5 x 12: $75

10 x 16: $99

12.5 x 20: $145

15 x 24: $185

Took about 50 hours of painting over several weeks. Reference photo by Jackie Stoner. Thank you so much Jackie!

Swallow-Tailed Hummingbird

Swallow-Tailed Hummingbird

5 x 7

$135 with double mat and frame

Signed giclee print $29.95

Reference photo thanks to Flávio Cruvinel Brandão. He has amazing photos you can see at Flavio's Flickr site.

Lilac-breasted Roller

Lilac-Breasted Roller
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Reference photo by Arno Meintjes. You can see his incredible photos at Arno & Louise. Thank you Arno! The Lilac-breated Roller lives in Africa and they really do have colors at least as brilliant as my painting!

Barred Owl

Barred Owl 8 x 10 Commission 2009

Limited edition signed giclee print: $65

Note cards available

This Barred Owl lives in Vermont.

Cat Portrait

Midget My First Cat Portrait

8 x 10

I finished this commission yesterday. It was a nice change from painting dogs. I took some video of the painting process. It will be my first watercolor demonstration video, once I succeed in editing it.

Watercolor Landscapes YouTube video

I just published my fifth YouTube artwork video. This one has watercolor landscapes of barns, flowers and other paintings with music by Mark Saunders of Mad Agnes. I want to put all my videos on the "Video Bar" but haven't figured out how to make it show my videos. To see the new video go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8YpE2qY-HE.

Cocker Spaniels

Jake and Lucy

14 x 11

2009

I finished this commission last week. Now I am starting my first cat portrait featuring a long haired beauty and a potted plant.

Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle

16 x 13

2009

$575 with mat and frame

I started this painting in June, 2008. I used a photocrom print from Commons Wikimedia, taken between 1890 and 1905. I found better photos but they were not available. I really wanted the view with the mountains and most of the photos show the other side of the castle, or were private or expensive. The castle is in Bavaria, Germany and was used as the model for the Disney castle. I was compelled to paint it as soon as I saw it. I finally finished it over the last week, in a different size and shape than originally started. I may do another one where I hope to capture better mountains and that real "fairy tale" look.

Barkhamsted Reservoir in Autumn

Barkhamsted Reservoir in Autumn

11 x 14.5

2009

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Signed 9 x 12 giclee print: $85

I just finished this painting after working on it all month. It took around 30 hours which is crazy and makes me want to learn how to paint loose. I hope it was worth it. I chose one of about 100 photos I took of the reservoir in October.

How the Leopard Got its Spots video

Tiger
10 x 8
2007
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Reference photo by Jared Hobbs.

Last night I created How the Leopard Got its Spots, my 2nd artwork video. It shows the painting process of Leopard (posted in 2008), Tiger, Zebra II (not yet posted) and the two German Shepherd portraits I did in the fall. Music by Ed Smith. Hope you like it.

Watercolor Bird Video

Today I created and uploaded my first YouTube video! It contains about 25 of my watercolor bird paintings. The music is by Ed Smith, a close friend of mine who has passed on but left us very beautiful music. View and listen at Sharon Farber's Watercolor Birds.

Chickadee

Chickadee

5 x 7

2009

Signed giclee prints:

5 x 7: $29.95

6 3/4 x 10: $45

Note cards available

I used another reference photo from Jerry Acton. Thanks Jerry! This is a gift for a very special friend. Paula is the woman who bought my massage therapy practice from me, enabling me to focus much more time and energy on painting! I give thanks for Paula every day. She told me that she loves black capped chickadees and this small gift will be a surprise for her!

Wood Duck

Wood Duck

8 1/2 x 11 1/2 2009

Original is sold

Limited editon signed giclee print: $75

I finished this female wood duck today. Photo reference by Alan Wilson at Naturespicsonline. I now have a mat cutter and learned how to use it this month. I can paint any size I want instead of limiting myself to standard sizes like 8 x 10 and 11 x 14. I celebrated with this duck!

Another Yellow Warbler

Yellow Warbler II

5 x 7

$135 with mat and frame

2008

Here is another Yellow Warbler I couldn't resist painting. Photo reference by Charles Lentz, another excellent photographer who is nice, generous, and has given me permission to paint from his photos. Check out his wonderful photos!