LuAnn's Daily Paintings

Sant Agatha De Due Golfi

2012-02-01T08:12:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 14" x 20".

Hanalei Center

2012-01-26T09:34:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 14" x 18".

Lo Stuzzichino

2012-01-25T16:08:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 14" x 18". Our most favorite restaurant in the world. Hope we can make it back there one day!

Hanalei Church

2012-01-16T12:01:00.000-08:00

Watercolor. 14" x 20". Lovely little church on the edge of Hanalei.

Il Cafe

2011-12-19T16:20:00.001-08:00

Il Cafe Italiano de Firenza!

Which Way?

2011-12-15T08:15:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 14" x 20".

Tropical Juice

2011-11-28T09:24:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 14" x 20"

Florence

2011-11-18T09:49:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 14" x 20".

The Arno

2011-11-15T11:46:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 6" x 12".

Amalfi Coast

2011-11-10T10:24:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 14" x 20".

Jinnies streetscape

2011-11-09T07:11:00.001-08:00

Watercolor, 20" x 24". I took a workshop with Jinnie May. Please check out her web-site:
http://jinniemay.com/
So I can't take credit for this being original as we all worked from the same photo she provided.
It was such fun!
She is a wonderful, free, spontaneous artist.
I was getting bored with my same-old, same-old, and now I feel rejuvenated. I hope I can use some the the techniques she taught us in my future work.
I will post my first post-workshop piece tomorrow.

Play Date

2011-09-27T07:29:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 11 x 14

Trio of Roses

2011-09-14T14:01:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 10" x 13".

Busy Bees

2011-09-07T15:09:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 11" x 11".

Morning Stroll

2011-08-26T13:07:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 9" x 14".

Charisma

2011-08-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

11 x 14, Watercolor. I enjoy painting boat portraits. We spend a fair amount of time at Haverstraw Marina on our sailboat Gala. I accept commissions...just email me at luanndunkinson@hotmail.com. Thanks for sitting for your portrait, Charisma!

A Beach called Crapola

2011-07-26T15:37:00.000-07:00

Another cold dusk

2011-06-24T12:48:00.000-07:00

Watercolor. Not really a very appropriate painting for a warm but stormy June day. It is one I started in the late winter, put aside, and just finished recently. Another scene from Breckenridge.

Violets

2011-05-18T14:39:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 9" x 12".

Pansies

2011-05-02T07:47:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 12" x 16". Finally, a new painting to post. The only painting I've been able to do lately is wall painting....we moved into a new (old) house the end of March, so April was filled with the moving process and all the "making it ours". To say nothing of finishing up my chemotherapy! So, I believe I can be forgiven for not painting as much. Trying to get back in the groove...but still sooo busy.

All Paintings For Sale

2011-03-11T06:29:00.000-08:00

Fontana dei Quatrro Fiumi

2011-03-02T12:55:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 11" x 14".

And a Friend

2011-02-01T12:22:00.000-08:00

11" x 14". Another version of the carriage horses in Savannah. I really enjoyed painting the first version, so thought I'd have at it again. Done now. On to different subject matter.

Cold Colorado Dusk

2011-01-20T14:23:00.000-08:00

8" x 15": Watercolor. From a recent Christmas trip to Colorado. I'm sure more to come. Its been too long without a post. We were blessed spending Christmas with some wonderful people in Colorado. And now I'm getting ready to have my second chemotherapy treatment, so my painting now is more sporadic.

Tuscan Road

2010-12-16T07:27:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 11" x 14". Fun painting to do!

NJ Autumn

2010-11-28T12:09:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 12" x 16".

Colorado Landscape

2010-11-22T09:51:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 20" x 6". Not painted from an original photo., but painted as a gift.

Sifting Sand

2010-11-16T11:58:00.000-08:00

10" x 10", Watercolor. I'm was a 10 year breast cancer survivor. A few weeks ago they found a small tumor in my opposite breast. One week ago today I had a bilateral masectomy. I am blessed they found it early, and I feel great just a week post-surgery. Life is grand, and its time to start painting again.

Lone Sunflower

2010-10-28T15:03:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10".

Ladies in Waiting

2010-10-11T14:49:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 12" x 16". A group of Italian women on the opposite bench from us waiting for the next ferry. I was drawn to the postures.

The Fountain of the Naiads, Rome

2010-09-30T16:49:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 11" x 14". Am I permitted to say I like this alot? So nice when a painting comes out the way you envisoned it before you first touched the brush to the paper.

Perfect Summer Day

2010-09-22T15:10:00.000-07:00

12" x 16", Watercolor.

Mangia!

2010-09-08T17:05:00.000-07:00

16" x 20", Watercolor. My first watercolor of this size. One of my goals is to not be afraid to work a little larger. This was an outdoor cafe near the apartment we rented in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome.

Welcome

2010-09-02T16:17:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". I sold this piece at the Avon Boardwalk art show. Thank you! They weren't sure they saw this exact door in Italy, but were sure they saw many like it. I'm glad it brought back happy memories for them.

Positano, Campania, Italy

2010-08-11T15:33:00.000-07:00

11" x 14", Watercolor. Truly the most breathtaking place I have ever seen. A tough painting for me. I was at the point of fussing too much with it, and finally just decided it was finished. It is what it is.

La Finestra

2010-08-09T15:55:00.000-07:00

8" x 10" Watercolor. I could not take enough pictures of Italian windows.

Magnolia House, Sant Agata, Italia

2010-08-01T12:22:00.000-07:00

8" x 10", Watercolor. A painting I did of the beautiful garden of the guest home we stayed on last week of our stay on the Almafi Coast. Thanks, Lucia and Francesco! The original was sent to them.

BTW- I'm very excited to be accepted into the Manasquan River Group of Artists!!

Roman Window

2010-07-08T14:53:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 11" x 14".

Market Day- Rome

2010-07-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

I was shocked to see the date of my last post...then I chuckle, because who really besides me ever looks at this stuff?? Anyway, I have an excuse..most of the month of May was spent getting ready for, going on, and then recovering from a 17 day vacation to Italy. My belated honeymoon actually. It was, of course, glorious. So, now with over 3000 photos to go through, the paintings begin. I didn't know which to do first! So much beauty! So I started with this...a rainy market day in one of Rome's piazzas..I forget which one. I called it the Piazza of the Scary Statue.

Savannah Courtyard

2010-04-30T11:56:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 11" x 14"

Friends

2010-04-25T10:36:00.001-07:00

Watercolor, 11" x 14". A group of friends I saw posing for a picture at the Philadelphia Flower Show. My husband pointed out that I've done several paintings now of women in groups of four. I'm not sure why I find that so fascinating.

Tropical Bounty

2010-04-17T14:08:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 11" x 14".

MONMOUTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

2010-04-14T13:28:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". This painting will on display and for sale at the Monmouth Festival of the Arts, at the Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave. Tinton Falls, NJ.
Sat. April 17- Wed. April 21. There will be over 250 works of art there in all media, including fine crafts. Come out and support the 40th Anniversary of this tremendous event!
www.monmouthfestivalofthearts.com

Savannahs Finest

2010-03-26T17:03:00.000-07:00

11" x 14", Watercolor. Funny that the first image of hundreds of scenic photos taken on our trip to Savannah that I decide to paint would be the carriage horses. I loved the contrast of their coats. And the way they moved their heads as one. Wish I knew their names!

Orange Bouquet

2010-03-16T15:50:00.000-07:00

Happy Daisies

2010-03-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

Peppermints

2010-03-13T11:05:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". Wow, time flies. I had not realized my last post was so long ago. I have been painting atleast 4 days a week, so I do have some paintings to post. I have sooooo much subject matter- a trip to Savannah, the Philadelphia Flower Show....so many great photos waiting to be made into watercolors. The trip to Savannah I mentioned...we fell in love with that beautiful place...luckily my son will starting at SCAD there in the fall, so hopefully we will be seeing more of it!

Haverstraw Marina

2010-02-25T14:40:00.000-08:00

11" x 14", Watercolor. A nice image to look at on yet another snowy day in February.

Jersey Fresh

2010-02-17T07:24:00.000-08:00

8" x 10", Watercolor: This is one of the two paintings I have showing this month at the NorthEast Watercolor Society Annual Juried Members Show at the Orange Hall Gallery at Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY.
The opening is Sunday the 21st, 1:00-4:00. I'm excited to attend and see some wonderful watercolors!
www.northeastwatercolorsociety.com

Something Different

2010-02-15T13:01:00.000-08:00

With my painting "Old Homestead" at the Art Alliance show in Red Bank on Monmouth St.
The members show has two themes: Home Sweet Home and Angels and Monsters, so it invited a lot of varied interesting works of art. The show runs until early March, so come check it out. I have two more paintings there too: Ocean Grove Tents and Garden Angel.

Summer Hollyhocks

2010-02-03T14:04:00.000-08:00

8" x 10", watercolor. I've had a few paintings I just can't seem to get downloaded in the right position..they are turned. Don't know why that quirk is happening. So, I know I haven't posted this one..from a photo my sister sent me. She knows I'm a sucker for a good flower photo, especially if there are interesting shadows involved.

Christmas Hurricane

2010-02-02T14:10:00.000-08:00

8" x 10" Watercolor. I finished this over the holidays. Sitting on my dining room table.

My son

2010-01-23T17:07:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 5" x 7". I just realized I never posted this one. My son.
I had a very good art week. I had 2 pieces accepted into the Monmouth Festival of the Arts show. I'll post a link later- it is in April. And had 2 works accepted into the Northest Watercolor Society International Exhibit next month. I am really excited about this because it was sort of my New Years resolution to try for more shows. Especially watercolor shows. So, my efforts have paid off, and its always soooo gratifying to get your work accepted. Like getting an A on your report card! And a "declined" can set you back and wonder why you bother painting. Come on, I know every artist knows what I mean!

The Bride

2010-01-20T07:23:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". I mentioned I was working on portraits. Inspired by Karin Jurick's end of the year portrait challenge no doubt. This painting of myself on my wedding day is my latest attempt. Its hard painting yourself because Im not sure anyone has a firm grasp on how they really look, and Im not 100% satisfied with it. But again, it was time to stop fiddling with it for now.

Koi

2009-12-29T13:52:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10".

Christmas Outhouse

2009-12-23T14:39:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 5" x 7". Merry Christmas!

Portrait Challenge

2009-12-18T10:53:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". This months challenge on Karin Jurick's Different Strokes from Different Strokes website is always fun. Everyone exchanges photos and you simply paint whoever you get. So, I have no idea who this is, and she has received my photo to paint- not knowing who I am. I know she has gorgeous blue eyes, though! Check out all the amazing portraits!

Blue Crabs

2009-12-09T13:18:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". My hubby wasn't crazy about this subject matter, but, boy, was this fun to paint. Plus I was talking with a friend about crab recipes, which brought this work to mind. Poor guys!

Western Pa. in Mid-october

2009-11-22T15:48:00.000-08:00

11" x 14" watercolor. Went to visit my daughter in college a few weeks ago. Although it was mainly a rainy/snowy weekend, the ride home offered this beautiful panoramic view.

Airport Travelers

2009-11-08T19:30:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 11" x 14". Painted for Karin's Jurick's Different Strokes from Different Folks challenge. Check out the website and see all of great and varied works that are painted from a single photograph that she posts.

The Bridesmaid

2009-11-03T14:59:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". My daughter made an absolutely stunning bridesmaid at my wedding. This painting does not do her justice, but it was a challenge and I want to try painting more portraits. Next up...my son, the groomsman.

Passle of Pumpkins

2009-10-21T14:41:00.000-07:00

watercolor, 5" x 7". My favorite color is orange, so naturally I just love pumpkins!

Rooftops

2009-10-15T17:40:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". A painting from this month's challenge photo from Karin Jurick's Different Strokes from Different Folks.

Garden Angel

2009-10-13T15:42:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 5" x 7". A sweet little angel guarding his summer blooms in Ocean Grove.

Wedding Dance

2009-10-06T16:34:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10".

Did I mention I got married? My first attempt from some wedding photos. My daughter's portrait will be next.

Upper Barnegat Bay

2009-10-02T13:47:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 8" x 10". Late afternoon, Labor Day, on the bay.

No Room on the Beach

2009-09-28T16:41:00.000-07:00

Watercolor, 6" x 12".
A hot afternoon in July. I turned around from the Boardwalk art show I where was exhibiting and saw just a sea of umbrellas over the dune.

Yum

2009-09-21T15:57:00.000-07:00

Another photo challenge from Karin Jurick's Different Strokes from Different Folks. Missed the deadline, but looked like too much fun to miss painting.

Birch Trees

2009-09-20T16:46:00.000-07:00

My weekly painting....the birch trees outside my office earlier in the summer.

Hydrengas

2009-09-13T16:06:00.000-07:00

The official flower of the Jersey shore!

potting shed

2009-09-06T09:28:00.001-07:00

Well, not so daily lately. I got married so I was kinda busy for the summer.
Back at it now so expect to see lots more in the coming months!

Ocean Grove tents

2009-07-17T16:47:00.000-07:00

Beach Rules

2009-07-12T05:52:00.000-07:00

Rower in Lake Michigan

2009-07-05T18:05:00.000-07:00

another Karin Jurick's Different Strokes from Different Folks challenge.

Belmar Bridge

2009-06-30T15:30:00.000-07:00

Pt. Pleasant Boardwalk

2009-06-24T16:27:00.000-07:00

Hibiscus

2009-06-21T05:50:00.000-07:00

Scow Ditch, Bay Head NJ

2009-06-14T07:18:00.001-07:00

Just did the art show at Bay Head NJ. Sold a few pieces and painted this while I was at it.

Some folks wanted to buy it when I was done so if that's you drop me a line.

Moo!

2009-06-14T07:16:00.000-07:00

I had to post my cow with the dailies too since I'm not able to paint as post daily as often as I'd like these days. Kinda every other daily now.

Poppies

2009-06-09T17:12:00.001-07:00

Butterflies!

2009-06-04T17:56:00.000-07:00

Coming About

2009-06-04T17:40:00.000-07:00

Shadows

2009-06-01T07:13:00.000-07:00

I have been enjoying the challenges photos so much, I decided to go back into the archives, and try some from before I was turned on to the site. This is one of last years.

Pennsylvania landscape

2009-05-27T15:05:00.000-07:00

Another Different Strokes challenge photo so soon! I was psyched to do it, so I started it right away. Karin submitted it to us in black and white and left the color to our imaginations. Besides, its from my home state! Looks like somewhere around Lancaster....

Madison Ave.

2009-05-17T13:30:00.000-07:00

The latest challenge photo from Karin Jurick's Different Strokes from Different Folks. I learn so much from these. Very difficult for me to simplify and not use every detail I see in the photos we use. And to learn when to stop fiddling.

Sunflowers

2009-05-12T09:07:00.000-07:00

This little sunflower painting is dear to my heart. It will serve as the backdrop for my wedding invitations, to be held late this summer.

White Tulips

2009-05-07T18:21:00.000-07:00

My last flower painting, at least for a while. Time to work on the latest Different Strokes challenge and its a doozy!

2009-05-04T15:07:00.000-07:00

Just can't paint enough flowers lately.

Red Horn

2009-04-30T13:22:00.000-07:00

What a fascinating sailing trip I had this past weekend sailing our boat from north of the Tappan Zee, down the Hudson River to Sandy Hook. Some scenes just waiting to become watercolors!

Sky Study

2009-04-29T10:54:00.000-07:00

Something different. I'd like to do some more of these, the sky is not something I generally spend alot of time on in my paintings.

Pansies

2009-04-27T16:49:00.000-07:00

So many flowers to paint! How will I ever find the time?!

Daffodil

2009-04-23T17:22:00.001-07:00

From a group of great photos taken this weekend in Cape May. Ya gotta love daffodils!

Diana and Her Hound

2009-04-21T15:31:00.000-07:00

Another challenge from the Different Strokes from Different Folks site. I must give credit where credit is due..my fiancee drew this, I painted it. A collaboration!

2009-04-19T16:50:00.000-07:00

I saw this arrangement while sitting at my kitchen table one night and was inspired to paint it.

2009-04-15T18:23:00.000-07:00

I did this for the April monthly group photo project for Watercolor Workshop.

Magnolias

2009-04-13T18:56:00.000-07:00

What a busy time. I found it necessary to take a few days off posting my daily paintings, in fact, from painting almost entirely. I've returned to my job, so I needed to get into a new routine. My first week of full time work is finished, so I can see I can find time to paint again, it will just a bit more challenging than when I was a woman of leisure. Ive been working on this painting in small bits of time, and have decided I need to move on.

See No Evil

2009-04-03T07:25:00.000-07:00

Crocuses

2009-04-02T15:16:00.000-07:00

I've been on vacation. So may have some southwest desert scenes to try in the future. In the meantime, these crocuses have bloomed by my front door while I was gone.

Mountain Stream

2009-03-25T11:53:00.000-07:00

Beach Day

2009-03-24T13:35:00.000-07:00

The latest photo challenge from Different Strokes From Different Folks.