I Must Be A Mermaid....

Anais Nin wrote, "I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."

I have recently done a series of theme paintings, this is the first. Painted in oil on a 16x20 inch flat canvas panel. I miss my Lake, in the winter it looks like a frozen tundra, beautiful and silent. No pounding or gentle surf, no seagulls. Just a bitter cold wind blowing in from Canada, waves frozen and ice dunes as far as you can see.

Abstract Impressionist? All pallet knife, it felt loose and fresh to me, no hovering over questionable brush strokes. A good time.

Sunflower

This weeks entry for the DPW challenge. My favorite thing to paint, after beaches. This was from a photo I took last summer, it had a bumble bee visiting. I left him out of this painting because I did it in a pallette knife, and, well, he got wiped.

Painted in oil on a flat canvas panel, size 8x6 inches.

In your own backyard

Every morning, I sit with my coffee and enjoy a few moments of solitude. The winter has been harsh and I am grateful that I work out of my home studio. Every once in awhile, the gray clouds are gone (never for long), and I get a glimpse out of kitchen window of a magnificent sunrise.

Spring training has begun, it won't be long until I can open that window.

Roses

A surprise painted in memory.....

Salt and Pepper

Challenge this week, paint without color. My very special pewter salt and pepper shakers. Vintage and memories of days gone by.

Painted on a sheet of 8x11 inch watercolor paper.

I Need Color

Painted this today in watercolor. As February winds down, winter hanging on with a vengeance,
all I can say is I Need Color.

Mat size is 11x14.

Tree in Spring

March is but two weeks away. This is a tree in my back yard, I have a little fairy door, window and steps for the bottom of the tree. Of course, the fairies and the fairy door are packed away for the winter. Tonight's temperature is zero. I'm using this time to paint and not venture out of doors.