Carol Carmichael Paints

 This is the first large still life I have done in over a year.  I have a couple of shows I am participating in in March.  I hope!!  The fir...

 Felt like painting something happy today. Poor red headed children getting so much attention everywhere they go.  Including from me!  What ...

 It has been a while since I have painted a cow mug.  I got some wonderful photos of charolais cattle in Mississippi a couple of years ago. ...

 I have been struggling to get back in the studio.  The gloomy weather and political situation in our country has me a bit down.  My desire ...

 A new patron saw my painting of the little blonde, Daisy Jane,  and it reminded her of her daughter.  The little blonde, has a dark haired ...

 We need some sweet things to look at these days. I hope this little one will bring a smile to your face or a memory of someone.  This is pa...

sold  I have been taking a little time away from my studio to relax.  That is kind of hard to do since my studio is above the garage at my h...

These are most of the commissions I have done the past few months for Christmas gifts.  It is so fun helping to make a special present for a...

 I decided to paint my dogs most common pose.  She perches on the end of the couch with her paws right next to her face and watches all.  No...

 Molly is a little camera shy so her family had to work hard to get a picture of her. I think it was worth their effort.  Reminds me of how ...

 Hello! I have been terrible about posting paintings to my blog.  I have been putting things on my instagram page because that is a little l...

 I have enjoyed using my palette knife to work on staying looser. It is so satisfying when you lay down a stroke and it is even more interes...

Sold  A little late afternoon exercise.  I finished two commissions today!  Woot, woot!  This is painted on an 8 x 10" canvas.

 I love painting something very loose before and in between painting commissioned pieces.  I enjoy the freedom to be as loose as I like.  Ha...

sold  I played around with oil sticks to start this rooster.  It is a good stress relief to paint a rooster because I can be a little looser...

 Parydoxx has belonged to a client for seventeen of his twenty two years.  It was an honor for me to paint him. This is painted on a 24 x 36...

sold  My youngest son, Dillon, used to tell people he was six when he was only two. This little lamb looks like it is stretching out to be a...

 I painted this with palette knives only. A good way to paint looser if that is your goal. The color red is so special. I do not use a lot o...

sold Felt like painting something innocent and cute. We could all use a big dose of happy. This is painted on a 6 x 8” canvas. 

 I have always been a little like a bull in a china shop.  I am pretty good at breaking, dropping, knocking things over, etc.  I think a lot...

  sold I am getting over my intimidation of painting horses.  I just have to fight through the painting and look for the correct shapes, etc...

sold  Some days I feel like going more colorful and loose.  This rooster gave me the freedom to push the colors and textures.  This was almo...

 One of my friends reached out last week and said I have not posted to my blog since late August.  I have been busy painting for a show last...

I smiled the whole time I was painting this golden doodle.  He is named after a hockey coach.  Hope this made you smile.  He is painted o...

 I have been struggling through painting lately.  My desire has waned and I have been hyper critical of everything I paint.  I know I will w...

 I did a little more work on this 24 x 30" painting yesterday.  The pandemic has kept me in my studio much more and I am looking at pie...

sold My first attempt to paint one of my favorite scenes in Colorado.  The rustlers gulch trail is a few miles away from Crested Butte, CO. ...