CARIBBEAN BLUE DOOR, by Dottie Martz, dottiefromvirginia

              Original oil on 8x10 Belgian Linen         website:  dottiemartz.com

LIVELY TOPIARY by Dottie Martz, dottiefromvirginia

                                                     website:     http://dottiemartz.com

This was part of the mural work I did last week. This is downstairs in the hall and I painted upstairs in the daughter's bathroom.  unfortunately, that photo did not turn out.  it was of three friend standing in waist-deep water facing the ocean.  I will have to have the Mother send me a photo!

All my mural work is done in acrylics.  I only use varnish protection when it is painted on wood.
this was done on the wall and therefore it did not require varnish.

MERMAID by artist Dottie Martz, dottiefromvirginia

Original acrylic on 24x26 coffee table  SOLD    website:  dottiemartz.com

Loved painting this for my client.  She had mermaids all over her house.  First, i painted this ion canvas for her bedroom and then she wanted it painted on a coffee table.  No problem.  I have painted hundreds of pieces of furniture.  I finish them with 1015 coats of a polyeurethane and they are so durable you could actually dance on them!

Please check my website for further paintings. 

4-Panel Flower Room Screen by Dottie Martz

Original acrylic 4-panel screen 5'x6'  SOLD            website:  dottiemartz.com

Noah's Ark Tray by Dottie Martz

Original art on 18x13 metal tray.     Painted for a competition that I was juried into for the Decorative Painters Society several years ago..  I painted this tray in acrylics.  It is my version of what happened that day. 

 I am now painting exclusively in oils.  Yes, you can paint a metal tray in oils...just takes a VERY long time to dry as there is no absorbency!   I must admit, though, I do think acrylics are best for metal trays.  I have painted animals, flowers, landscapes, etc. on metal trays ans sold them all.

When I say I am painting in oils these days...it is because I am painting still life.  I love painting flowers and such and I think it shows in my work.  I belong to FPDP -  the Fresh Paint Daily Painters,  CFAI -  Contemporary Fine Artists International,  OPA - Oil Painters of America and WPSE - Women Painters of the Southeast, where in fact, there is a show that I was juried in at Corse Gallery in Jacksonville, Fl the 23rd of this month (April).   I also was juried into a 21st Annual International Miniature Art Show, in Nags Head, NC.  I submitted three small paintings and one sold before the show started!

Please check my website for further paintings.  I also do commission work and gladly give quotes.
Website:  dottiemartz.com

A Rainy Night in Baltimore by Dottie Martz

Watercolor on 12x16 rag paper       website:  dottiemartz.com

Desk Painted by Dottie Martz

This is the afterwards....the client loved the desk so much that she put it in her living room.  Originally, it was for her bedroom.    website:  dottiemartz.com

Terrier in the Tulips by Dottie Martz

Original oil painting on a black metal tray.  The try is an old one and it is reticulated (cutouts on the sides).  Tony the Terrier wouldn't stay out of the flowers, so I  put him in there!  The tray has been finished with many coats of protective varnish and it can be used. It is available. I have one that I have used for years.  Mine has cats on it, though.

 I do commissions all the time.  Please check out my website to see all of my animals, portraits , still life and landscapes.  dottiemartz.com 

A Little Reb by Dottie Martz

Oil on 20x16 canvas.  This was from a re-enactment of one of the Civil War Battles here in Virginia, but, I don't remember which.  My grandson was about 5 at the time.

Please visit my website to see more of my portraits, animals, landscapes and still life.
werbsite:  dottiematz.com

WINTER WHITES by Dottie Martz

Original oil painting on linen panel 9x12. see website: dottiemartz.com

WHITE TULIPS by Dotgtie Martz, oil 11X14 linen panel

This is my last finished painting for 2011. I am working on several others, but, they are not finished. I usualy work on 2 or 3 at a time. While one is drying...I pick up another. Works out great for me that way. Hoping for a good year and wish every one a happy new year! Please check my website: dottiemartz.com Hope to see you next year!

"Pink Camellias with Blue & White Pottery"by Dottie Martz, oil, 11X14 linen panel

This is just off my easel...I finished it this morning. It is an oil painted on a linen panel and it is 11X14. My winter blooming Camellias are almost finished and I had to get a painting of them before they were gone! I have something blooming in my yard every month. I planned that! I can always find some flower to paint that way! I did this same thing is every place I have lived...even though I didn't paint as much back then (raising family, etc.) Little did I know how precious it was to have a different bloom every month! Even in the snow..which is seldom here in south-eastern Virginia. That is the Pansy....in case you were wondering. They perk there little heads up in the snow and it is beautiful. Please visit my website to see more of my paintings. dottiemartz.com =Hope to see you there!