Little Village

After my dad hung the painting I gave him for Father's Day,
he showed me how lonely it looked on the wall all by itself. So
I painted it a companion.  Now "Little Village" rooms with
"Return to Summer" (posted below).  As said by Felicia Bond,
the author  of one of my favorite children's books, "If you give
a mouse a cookie, he is going to ask for a glass of milk."
I already have paint brushes in hand for when this particular
mouse asks for a napkin. But, oh how I love that mouse!

Two Lemons

I painted this a while ago, when my friend Katie and I had one
of our art days. She's a very talented illustrator and hilarious, and
I adore her so much, I consider her another "sister."  Art day
consists of, well, art and lots of pizza and beer and rib-splitting
giggles and guffaws over viritually everything.  On this particular
afternoon, it also consisted of lots of whining, from me, about this
particular painting that, despite great effort, was not turning out. 
I received no sympathy from Katie, none at all.  She just kept telling
me to shut up and put it aside for a few days and then look at it
again with fresh eyes.  It took a month to freshen those eyes, but
I now kind of even, sort of like it.  Just wish the photo were as
crisp as the painting.  By the way, visit Katie's website.  Scroll down
and look at her charming bunny illustration.  And oh, the rest of her
fans know her as Deirdre.  I'm an old enough friend to call her by
her AKA.

                                                                                                                                                                                   

 
































 

German Village Morning

 

I painted this scene in my plein air class without the cars, because 

I was too darn chicken to try them.  I've never painted nor drawn cars,

and I'm not the best driver of them either.  The painting was 

COMPLETELY boring without them, so when I returned home,  I

faced my fears and repainted the scene from a photo reference. I am 

so proud of myself--they actually resemble cars.