1-4-3 "I LOVE YOU " Minot light- gouache on old encyclopedia page

This is my Girls Just Wanna Paint Challenge group entry for January- the theme is "Love"

 I chose the minot lighthouse because of it's light pattern 1-4-3 - I LOVE YOU.

"Tea is the answer" 12"x24" acrylic on cradled panel

This classic "Brown Betty" teapot was from my moms family. The tea cup and saucer I believe from my stepdad... And the tea a gift from my daughter. Tea is always good when I feel out of

sorts .

From Winslow Homer

Some fantastic women!!!!

I am just back from a fabulous yoga retreat in Ogunquit maine. I had a great time- our hotel looked out at the rolling waves on the sand. This is a sketch. Below is a copy of one of my all time favorite paintings- Winslow Homers "prouts neck "painted in 1900. Some things are still pretty much the same....

Mosaic Wall

This is the outside of a building at Derby Academy. It's their newest building called the innovation center. Last summer I was approached to help design with the students a mosaic piece that would be adhered to a wall. This is a virtual drawing  of how it will be constructed.

We met with the kids and they have submitted designs. We compiled them all and came up with this design- symbolizing "The Journey"

Schoolbus, trees, nest in tree, sun, sky, birds, fox, dog, frogs, owls, cat, moon, water, a bridge, and lots and lots of flowers!
SO this 26 ' by 4' long mosaic wall is  to be completed and assembled by May. YIKES!!!!
I am confident that we will pull it off. Many many little hands!

Still life

This is a set up for a still life I'm working on. I enjoy the quietness of looking at objects. I'm not enjoying the product all that much- it looks a little mushy or something, but it's a start. I want to do more .

Ace of pentacles- gouache on paper

This is a tarot card I pulled from the deck today. Pentacles represent wealth. I'm hoping this means I'm coming into good fortune!

"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."       Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968)

Trader joes tulips

I'm in sort of a stalled position lately. I had great plans for what I would be doing this month but it seems that isn't going to happen. I still paint these little pieces on paper each morning, but I haven't had any oomph for going out and working in my studio. This morning I thought I would try to assemble a set up for a still life painting, perhaps with fruit , books and flowers. That is always a good way to settle back in and focus. The quiet of winter is perfect .This sketch on paper of tulips from trader joes was fun and the blooms have lasted a long time! Totally worth the 2.99 I paid.