Barack Obama Portrait #1 Gouache on Raymar panel, 9 x 12″ Here in the US, we’re finally down to the last eight days of an election that seems to have gone on for years. Oh, wait, it HAS gone on for years! After two years of non-stop election coverage, I wonder what they’ll find to talk...

“Whiteface” Oil painting on Raymar panel, 6 x 8″ (sold) I feel like the kid who just got my homework in early! This is my response to Week 8 of Karin Jurick’s “Different Strokes” challenge. Compared to the last challenge, this one went quickly, and it was a lot easier...

"New York Stock Exchange" a painting by Lesley Spanos, copyright 2008 “New York Stock Exchange” Acrylic painting on paper, 7.5 x 16″ Here’s another one painted for Karin Jurick’s “Different Strokes” weekly challenge. You can see her original photo...

Acrylic painting of the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago by Lesley Spanos. Copyright 2008, all rights reserved. “Da Bean” 12 x 9″ acrylic on panel Talk about being late – this one was supposed to be done by October 8 so I could send it to Karin Jurick for her Week 5 challenge on...

An oil painting of minature white pumpkins by Lesley Spanos, copyright 2008. “Shhhh! She’s coming!” 8 x 6″ oil painting on Raymar archival panel When I saw Karin Jurick’s photo on this week’s Different Strokes From Different Folks challenge, the image that stuck in...