Strength and Motion

I wanted the best title I could think of for this

11" x 14" panel painting. The enormous tree

and its massive old trunk was the perfect stable

mooring for the swing. This is from a visit I made

a few years ago to Tolchester Maryland. A really

out of the way, back in time bed and breakfast

with this marvelous pond and ancient trees.

Very soothing place to be.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yesterday I was shopping at my local favorite

store and here are two wonderful upbeat people

who helped me. The headpieces cracked me up!

Now they are smiling at you wishing you a Happy

Thanksgiving along with me!

My bookcover art!

A young friend of mine has just published

her first novel. She asked me if she could

use a painting of mine for the cover. So

here is the result of my answer!

http://shop.vanillaheartbooksandauthors.com/

Will take you to the publishers site to read

about it. I have just completed the book

and this young woman is a VERY good

writer! I'm honored to be on the cover of

such a great beginning to her career.

Years ago

Recently an old friend of mine sent me

this photograph. We went to high school

and university together. While in college,

I painted this and my friend bought it.

I had not seen this image for many years

and am actually very pleasantly surprised

at its strength and feeling. AND I love the

colors!

I painted this image from a photo my Dad

had taken of 2 gals in the wings off the high

school stage during a play. They were

prompters if anyone forgot their lines.

The scarf over the edge ion the left is

a bit disconcerting, but it certainly goes

with the colors in the painting.

Hope you like it!

The magic of help!

These wonderful smiling gals are my two studio

assistants. Kathy, on the left, comes 2 afternoons

a week and is invaluable to my work and promotion

projects. Rene is a senior in high school and she

comes after school once a week and helps me

by keeping the studio clean and orderly.

I am thankful for them both! You notice how

work gets done around here....it's magic for sure!

The art of Halloween

Believe it or not, I HAVE been painting, but not posting

for a while. So here's a treat for you (no trick!).

I decided to have my camera ready when the little

cuties came to the door last night. So here are 3

groups that showed up. I asked them if I could take

their photo, all said yes, then they got the candy

AND my latest art promotion card to give their

parents! They seemed to like it just fine.