Poppies Collage

 

This is something completely different!   In my Wednesday Studio class, with Ellen Cornett as teacher, we made flower collages.   It was great fun.  Ellen provided us with papers that had been painted in various colors and patterns.  Most of the students cut out flowers, but I decided the poppies needed tearing to honor their jagged petals.  This is my result.  I did use pen for the black part.

Here's a picture of how it looked when all the collages were hung on the bulletin board:

Glimpse Through the Rocks

 

Wow!  It has been awhile since I posted on this blog....I used to do it frequently, but seem to have paused that effort.  Well, here is something new. It  is a view through rocks at the California coast of a little beach with some driftwood, more rocks  and the air above the ocean beyond.   I did it for an upcoming show at a local gallery "Frame of Mine" that  will have an opening reception on February 14.  The theme of the show is "Landscapes."   

Dove of Peace Labyrinth

Here's my morst recent labyrinth painting......a dove of peace with an olive branch.  It is always rewarding to do these and I enjoy the finished product.  This one is based on a design I saw on pinterest, but I made some changes.  

"Blogspot" has changed to "Blogger," and it is possible I lost my followers.  I'll look into that.  Meanwhile, I will  post on Facebook anyway.  I may just give up this blog.

Drawing from Heifer International picture

 

This is a drawing I did some time ago....like, maybe 10 years!!!!!   I was cleaning up my old sketchbooks and found it there.  I really like it and so thought I would share it here.   It is from a photo in the Heifer International magazine, I think.  I had donated to a family in Pakistan and so now I can fantasize that it is the women in that family with a lamb they purchased with my donation.  I have no proof, but I like that thought.

Smith Home

It has been awhile since I have posted on this blog.  This is my latest painting.  It is of Louisa and Peter's house on E ST SE here in DC.  It was fun to do it and the colors in the painting are a little more vivid than those shown here---but not much.  I deliberately made the houses on either side a little less detailed.  The woman in the front yard (gardening) is Louisa.

One of the most fun things about this painting is that Griffin remembered the red wagon that is beside the steps.  It was fun to do this...a place of lots of good memories.

Flora and Fauna show at CHAW

 This is information on a show I am in at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St SE  in DC Capitol Hill neighborhood.

 This is my painting in the show:  "Deer in Backyard"

The reception is on July 19 from 5:30-7, but CHAW is open most weekdays.  I hope my local friends can make it to the reception and/or the show.  

Creekbed in Northern California

 

This is another painting I did in the book I had written about before---maybe a couple of months ago.  It is a book of handmade papers that my friend Patrick Hamilton gave to me.  His sister had died and she was an artist and it was part of her things.  It is a little sad, because she had not had an opportunity to use it at all.nea

This painting is a quiet creekbed with a bridge in Northern California. It might be near the coast.   I didn't label it and I am not sure.  I am very happy with the play of colors and with the lone figure.  It is one of my favorites so far.