"Reach" Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

8" X 8" Oil on hardboard. Sold  lindamccoyart@live.com

Used Palette 1

Oh, it starts out neat enough... colors arranged in neat little rows around the edges of the tile. Smooth center free of brushmarks. Three piles of white so you always have clean white. (This lasts about 10 minutes!)
No raw umber, no burnt umber, no burnt sienna and no black. Maybe someday I'll add them. Not just yet.
I have twelve or so of these. 12"X12" ceramic tile
email me if you have an interest. $10.00 each PLUS shipping lindamccoyart@live.com

Dead Little Bird on Earth Day

Sometimes it's more about the story than it is the painting and so........
I had no intention of doing an Earth Day Painting even though I was aware of it. Running to a meeting at the Starbucks in Barnes and Noble, I happened to glance down behind one of the pillars. There was a little dead bird, probably died looking for a nesting site in the neon sign above the door. Happily for birds, unhappily for the store maintence people they seem to like nesting in the "O" the best. She probably crashed into the storefront window and broke her neck. Not into bird forensics, this would be my best guess. I felt a little sad, such a perfect little thing, feathers still colorful even in death. I went into the bookstore and asked for a plastic bag. The clerk looked a little confused so I told him what it was for. "Of course I can find you a bag, but NOT a Barnes and Noble bag. So after rummaging around for a moment he came up with a plastic grocery bag. I went back outside and scooped up the bird. I went to the meeting, a brief conversation was had about the little find, one person really got why I picked her up in the first place. He asked me today if I had painted her yet, and better get to it before it gets maggots. Ok, here it is. A rather quick oil sketch, I placed the bird on the driveway near the ground cover which is in bloom with lavender color flowers, partially in sunlight. Back to the earth she goes, reduce, resuse, recycle.
6"X6" Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas

Daffodils, Oil painting by Linda McCoy, Copyright 2009

So perfect soaking up sunshine on Easter morning. Thin, transparent petals and the bright greens of spring.
6"X6" Oil on masonite. $100.00 lindamccoyart@live.com
Copyright 2009 Linda McCoy

Hydrangea's, Finished Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

Posted this painting earlier as a work in progress
16"X20" Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas
$300.00 contact Lindamccoyart@live.com
Copyright 2009

The Agony of Female Mutilation, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0l9yDgN-8

Little Places, Little Vases, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

The little amber vase is from The Garden Gate in Lebanon Ohio. thegardengate.net. They have all things gardening there, and I always find a little treasure. I think the small round vase is from Pier One. This was fun to paint, a tiny still life in a bright, sunny window.
6"X6" Oil on Masonite $100.00. lindamccoyart@live.com  Sold

Sill Life, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

8"X8" Oil on Masonite $139.00 lindamccoyart@live.com Copyright Linda McCoy 2009

Hyacinth, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy Copyright 2009

By the time I finished this painting, the hyacinth had fallen over and so did I. So many different values and abstract shapes. Bright morning sunlight, east window.




6"X6" Oil on Masonite

"Up" Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

This is another rose from http://www.oberers.com/ I placed it in the east sunlight, and it seemed to glow. I pushed the reflected lights as far as I could, and deliberately painted the leaves with soft edges to keep the rose itself the center of attention. In addition to white only four other colors were used. Permanent rose, cadmium yellow light, vermillion, and.......

6"X6" Oil on Masonite panel. lindamccoyart@live.com Copyright 2009 Linda McCoy

Master's Piece, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

6"X6" Oil on Gallery wrapped canvas
Copyright 2009 Linda McCoy

"For You a Rose" Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

I purchased this large unblievably fragrant rose at http://www.oberers.com/ in Westchester Ohio. Bathed in sunlight it was an absolute joy to paint.
6"X6" Oil on masonite
Lindamccoyart@live.com
Copyright Linda McCoy 2009

Omnia Vincit Amor, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

"Love Conquers All"
It is the Valentine's Day theme day at the Daily Painters Gallery. I've had the idea for this painting for awhile, the little pumpkin and gourde were sunbathing at a farm stand. It looked to me like the goose neck gourde was watching over the little pumpkin. Oh, silly me.....they are after all, just vegetables.....

Oil on Masonite 6"X6" $100.00 lindamccoyart@live.com for a paypal invoice

Copyright Linda McCoy 2009

Lime Tart with Blueberries, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

Tart on heart napkin. Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas. lindamccoyart@live.com for purchase info.
$100.00 6"X6" Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas.
Copyright 2009 Linda McCoy   Sold

Tuscan Red Geraniums, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

The colors of Tuscany. Warm, sunlit windowboxes. Green shutters. Grey Cobblestones. Worn aged doors. Spectacular courtyards. Rich red Chianti. I must return one day.
Large, 18"X24" Oil on stretched canvas.
$349.00 lindamccoyart@live.com for paypal invoice.
Copyright 2009 Linda McCoy

"Queen of Soul" Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

I lived in Detroit for a few years where, as you would imagine Aretha Franklin is an institution. An associate named Cynthia came into my office one Monday morning and said "Linda you will never guess who was at church yesterday......Aretha Franklin! She came in wearing a gorgeous hat and she sang with us!" I asked Cynthia how it was. "Linda, she ROCKED the house!" How wonderful that she returns to the church she once attended in her youth and still sings with the congregation.
This is her as she sang "My Country 'tis of Thee" for the inauguration. I think she did a great job. How fortunate we are to have her as a national treasure.
My favorite of her recordings? Why "Freeway of Love" of course!
lindamccoyart@live.com 6" X 6" Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas.
Copyright Linda McCoy 2009 Sold

White Hyrangea, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

Large canvas, 16"X20" Oil on gallery wrapped canvas. $300.00 lindamccoyart@live.com for a paypal invoice.
Copyright 2009 Linda McCoy

A Hole in One, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

Just a little pair of antique baby shoes. I guess these were worn by several babies, walked on until half the sole separated from the shoe. These old shoes are always mysterious. Makes you wonder about who wore them. The light blue is a new color called "Yves Klein Blue" from http://www.blueridgeartist.com/oilpaintcolors.html
6"X6" Oil on gallery wrapped canvas. Collected

Copyright 2009 Linda McCoy

Hydrangea's Blue, Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

This is a large (16"X20") painting. Snow, freezing weather.......a great time to paint flowers! Remember how wonderful they smell? Little water drops posing on the leaves glistening in the sun? The smell of earth? The smell of that first spring rain? Spring is around the corner. So for now........a little preview.
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas. $300.00 Email me for a paypal invoice lindamccoyart@live.com
Copyright 2009 Linda McCoy