Sketches - Row Boat on Blue

Sketch of rowboat

Oil on Raymar Board 8 x 10"

Photo of another sketch I did - getting ready for when I can get everything in order to paint once again. Moving things around. Different paintings spaces. De-cluttering and cataloging. Total Spring Cleaning.

It snowed this past weekend in North Texas. First day of Snow and I open the window to a blanket of snow. Though people grumbled that we had had enough of the cold weather, it was nice to hear the quietness that snow brings. And today it is gorgeous outside. The budding leaves don't seem to have been hurt too badly by the cold weather.

I received a letter from the company that asked to make my blog "green". They tell me that they will be planting a tree for my blog next month. YAY! I wonder what would happen if everyone bought a sapling this spring and planted it. In their own yard or a neighbor's yard...added another life to this planet?

Speaking of adding another life to this planet - Spring is also when birds and bees start getting busy...please be a responsible pet owner and spay or neuter your pet. Having fostered a few dogs and picked up a bunch of strays - it always breaks my heart to see an animal that's been abandoned. Check out Art for the Animals blog on my link to the right!! I'm going to copy a quote from their blog:

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does" --William James

Happy Spring!

Are We Alone

"Are We Alone"

6 x 6 inches, Oil on board

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Do you see the little widget to the right side of my blog page that says "Feed Hungry Animals"?

I clicked on the cat this morning and the trivia question "In four years of work, Bootsie the cat made $75,000.00 doing what?" OMG! Bootsie painted and earned $75,000.00.

This is another little forest painting with the same colors as yesterday's painting. I liked how the magenta next to the bright pale yellow-greens of Spring.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

"Spring Visits"

6 x 6 inches, Oil on Board, painted with palette knife

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Every morning I look out across the treetops (my house is situated on top of a hill and the hill slopes behind the house slopes away) and see the bright Spring green canopies happening on some of the trees as they peek among the dry looking brown branches. I have a house wren bringing bits of branches and leaves into the garage looking for a place to make their nests. At night the cayotes yip their mating calls. Spring is visiting. I like this Season. It just feels so postive and engergetic. Enjoy the fresh green of Spring today - Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Field of Yellow Flowers

Last year we had a wet Spring here in North Texas. The low-lying, flat area of our property which touches the Army Corp of Engineer's land skirting Lake Grapevine flooded. This Spring, the orchard and vegetable garden that we had planted in years previous has been replaced by a field of volunteer Black-Eyed Susans, seeds which were deposited by the flood water.

This is a small painting, 4 x 4 inches, "Field of Yellow", Oil on gessoed masonite, painted with the palette knife.
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The Color Purple

A purple colored margarite daisy. Painted loosely with a palette knife. "The Color Purple" 5 x 5 inches, painted on gessoed masonite board. I'll be posting this on eBay in a day or two.

Spring is coming! I'm feeling it. Our local Home Depot only carries pansies still but we've been have strange warm days (80+ degrees). I love December 21 when the days start to grow long again and Spring when the trees begin to bud and flowers need to be planted.

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