Hide And Seek

We can often surprise ourself when we are in creative mode, I thought I would try to do a painting of my daughter from a picture of her hiding behind the Popcorn tree. I did it in sepia tones , My kids always played Hide and seek at night. I So miss those days
I Call This
HIDE AND SEEK

I finally got blogger to work. And thought I would up date. A lot has gone on, tragic things to go threw.
I came up with this painting from a doodle of the Popcorn tree that is in my front yard. Then came the Mocking Bird, because I was reading To Kill a Mocking Bird at the time. It could be me or my Daughter in the tree. One of my painting buddies said I should be careful of the placement of elements in my painting ( the hole in the tree.) From that the name became-
THEM YOUR EGGS OR MINE?
We got a good laugh I need to work on my picture taking skills as I cut the birds tail off
Enjoy.

Fathers Day

In Tribute to my Dear Dad who past away this last April. He is sure missed. I know he will no longer suffer the pains that life had brought him. That he is in a better place.
He had a Keen since of humor, always telling jokes and rhymes to everyones name. He was always helping those in need, he would go with out to help others. I Love you Dad.
Paula- ma wallah ma tee legged Mala
Tee legged tye legged, bow legged Paula

And Thats the way it Goes, First Your Money then your cloths!

My muse spilt

I have been over whelmed with family episodes. I will not go into . My creative muse spilt , and took a vacation because of every thing. I don't blame her for fleeing, I am trying to settle her back into some kind of Motivation. So many Ideals in my head. What to do first. I hope to work on unfinished projects and get them off my back. Seems as when ya think ya are going to be free to be creative Life reality's swoop in and take a grip on ya. I should work on better work Habits I guess.
I am getting a very late start on a garden. I hope to work on that this weekend. with the price of gas and food and just every thing it is a good excuse to stay home and work on the neglected everything. hope to get back to blogging once again I have been working on some things as soon as I can get, them finished , Pictures taken and loaded.

Black and white show

Hello, I have not posted in a while been jammed up busy had a temporary JOB , the holidays and just a lot on the table to clear up. I Entered the Black and White show at the Ann Rudd Gallery down tow,n this last Saturday had a great time Check out the link www.ruddartcenter.org 2008 Black and white show. my piece is next to the sculpture of a priest and nun on page 3 . An abstract called Zen Garden. I also did the center piece for the food table with the birds. I hope to have more time to post and do more art soon.

Waterseller Ghost

Study of The Waterseller of Seville (Velazquez)1618-1622 I did in class . Water mixable oil on Acrylic pad. I chose only 3 of the elements from his painting I did not included the boy and the old man, as I am not good with people yet. The Ghost is a man standing in line in the shadow, but I saw a ghost instead, OOOOw. As I looked at his painting the more I liked it. You can Google The Waterseller to see the painting it's history and his other art. I liked the water mixable oil it was different and blended nicely and layering washes nicely. Rich colors as well and the look of oils .

When Friends get togeather magical things happen

My Friend Jan from Tampa came for a visit. We Got out the Glass and broken dish shards I have collected for years, buttered them up and finally after years did the Mosaic on the frame she had sent me to do and never did. We had a good time. Wish she could have stayed longer We thought of all kinds of things to cover up. I have things in the making With the scallop shells she brought to me from her Scallop harvesting. Look for the post Coming soon.