This is going to take a while.

Oh boy! This does look different.  I have been playing with number eight. In each vertical rectangle is the #8. In February, we are going to be celebrating our 8th anniversary at the Tannery where I have my studio.

I pick it up with hopes of finding something new.

I figure, I have nothing to lose so I grid it off.

I go to beautiful places

In 2010, I traveled to coastal SC to visit and of course I brought my paints. When I began, the tide was high and then the water disappeared.  Nature made it better.  I found this to be is an "okay" painting and I tucked it away in my unfinished pile until lately.



I have too much fun!

Paper Dolls at the Beach, 2011

Guess which bathing suit is mine.





Somethings are more important.

While on family vacation, it has been tradition that I paint every morning.

It is hard to get someone to pose in their bathing suit so I decided to just paint the suits.  Soon after I set up and began, the grandchildren arrived and they wanted to paint too.  I had brought some place mats .....I can always work on mine later.

It may take me a while to finish

A Sense of Symphony, acrylic, 24 x 36

Tennessee calls me every year.  I  tell her ..." Don't worry, I'm coming". This painting was begun in May 2010 near Monteagle.  I keep my unfinished paintings in a big pile behind my easel and pull them out one by one.  This was in my pile almost a year...time flies faster than me.

Sometimes I get high

I enjoy painting while looking down on a scene. How lucky I am to be able to do this.

I don't expect to finish it right away.

This was begun in March of 2008 and I just finished it.  There was no hurry.  Did you notice  that the pretty pink dress is no longer there?  The pink did not work no matter how much I wanted it  (unless I changed many more colors). This may have taken me to 2015.

Expect the unexpected

While busy painting, this darling girl in pink came out to watch.  Now, how could I ignore her and the bench would be so empty without her.

I go to new places.

My good friend, Diana Dice and I wanted to show our favorite Wyoming artist, Amy Ringholz "the South" and selected Hartsville, SC.  During Reno Fest, we painted the town.