New member from North Carolina
 

I've been lurking for some time and have really enjoyed reading the posts. I painted children's portraits from about 91 to 97, and then took several years off painting due to some family health issues. Got back into painting about 3 1/2 years ago, first with plein air landscape, then added in still life, and now am rediscovering my passion for portraits and figures and have been attending a weekly open studio for about a year a and a half.

Here are a couple of recent works, one of my husband and one of a friend of my son's. Both done in 3 sittings from life. I'm sure there is a lot of room for improvement, and I'll post in the critique section soon, but any comments are always appreciated.

Cecelia Cox

Hi Cecelia, your work is wonderful! Thank you for joining the forum. I look forward to more of your paintings.

Welcome, Cecelia! Your work is wonderful! So glad you joined the forum, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your portraits.

Welcome to the forum Cecilia, nice paintings!

New member from North Carolina
 

Cynthia,
Your work is wonderful, so loose and free. I remember an equally wonderful painter with your name who showed her work on Signal Mountain, TN. I am wondering, could that be you?
Best, Julia Morgan Scott

Well, I'm not sure about wonderful, but I did used to live on Signal Mtn where I did mostly children's portraits. Thanks for the kind words, Julia, and Mary, Alexandra and Debra. There are so many good painters on this forum, I'm hoping to learn a lot.

Cecelia

Welcome Cecilia. Your work is really good.

Cecelia,
My apologies - somehow I got your name confused! Julia

Lovely work, Cecelia.

Welcome Cecelia. The first portrait hit me when it popped up on my screen - very nice color and sense of coming alive!