This week was particularly busy. Most days I only had 15 minutes to focus on a piece. The watercolors were fast and free, and the mixed media pieces of the trees were completed over two or three days.

mixed media, watercolor and gouache, Field Maple

watercolor, flower bouquet with parrot tulips

Mixed media watercolor and gouache, Beech Tree

With this annual art project, I am deliberately stretching my skills with mediums I am not that familiar with. In that I am working with traditional gouache and watercolor and other media on paper. A lot of my subject matter will be from imagination, some direct observation.

I am exploring and striving to master something new this year.

Every Thursday going forward in 2021, one piece a week will be up for auction on Instagram at noon EST and the auction will run for 24 hours.

Each auction will have a starting bid of $35 USD and bidding will close at 11:59am EST on Fridays. The details are: The highest bid wins. To bid on the artwork, you must leave a comment in the Instagram post in US dollars. You need to message me your email, for privacy please do not post it in the comments. Be sure to have the comments sorted by “Newest First” to ensure you can outbid the last person. Only bid in whole numbers. $0.50 bids will be deleted and ignored. All shipping is a $5 flat fee. International sales will be shipped via USPS First-Class Mail International, to the 190 countries listed on the USPS website. You are welcome to pay in USD via PayPal or CC through the invoice.

After 24 hours, I will announce the winners through tagging on the image. Then I will send you an email with the winning bid amount, with a linked invoice. You must pay within 2 days, otherwise the art goes to the next bid. If you do not pay your invoice, you will be blocked from submitting future bids to keep this all fair to all of those involved.

Every piece has a starting bid. And I am so excited about getting my work out into new homes!

Mixed media watercolor and gouache, Common Beech will go on auction at noon 1/21/2021

This week in my Instagram stories I asked people to vote on their favorite from this week. Thank you so much to those who voted. I am excited to offer this gouache painting on auction today at noon EST.

Any questions?