JUST A LITTLE ORIGOMI

OOPS,........ did I say little? How is 8' or more?

Have you ever just cut up images and re assembled them? That is what I did here on the computer.It was a lot of fun to see what I could come up with. So I thought I would post it, also, just for fun. Let me know what you think.

NOT A WAY TO START OUT THE YEAR

A terrific cold. I must have caught the bug at Frank I Laurie's new years party, because she got it as well. But I just got back into the studio and I am not going to let that stop me. Christmas is hard enough to get work done and I need to get to work now.

I was invited to have a piece of my art work in the Lake Oswego Visual Chronicle this year during Art Festival in June. It is an honor to be invited. The only requirement is that it in some way relate to Lake Oswego and or it's people. It is a chellenge to do something that is fresh and exciting. The city usually purchases one of the pieces for there permanent art collection.

BACK TO THE DRAWING PAD

It's so nece to get back into the studio and loosen up the fingers, do a little drawing to get ready to paint. It's always surprising, like any exercize, one needs to practice constantly, or you start to get rusty. So after a dozen drawings I am beginning to feel loosened up a bit. Just thought I would post a couple of them for you to see.

DRIPPING WITH ICE TEARS

Now the thaw has melted most of the snow I will show you two more pictures of my wonderland, and then move on to something else.
Clinging to the branches like tears of ice, the tree becomes something out of a magical world. Click on it to see it's amazing beauty close up.

IN THE STARK WHITENESS OF A SNOW FALL HOW COULD SOMETHING WHITE SHOW UP? BUT THE WHITE ON WHITE FACINATED ME.

The white bark of these trees make a beautiful white on white composition. So naturally I titled it WHITE ON WHITE.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO MY GARDEN ANY TIME, STAY AS LONG AS YOU LIKE AND ENJOY.

A garden in the winter snow is a bewitching place to visit. It is transformed into a playground for your imagination. A marvelous sculpture of crystal and cream, fit for anyones dream. So come and visit my winter paradise.

COME FOR SNOW CAKES IN MY LITTLE TEA GARDEN

How magical is this, a page from Allice in Wonderland in the winter.

COLD BEAUTY

The bending bamboo made a magical entry to a now secret white garden. Amazingly with the thaw it bounces right back up nice, straight and tall.

Waiting for spring, the bloomes of summer past hang tough through the cold.

I love taking pictures of the snow. It is so amazing and beautiful!

WINTERS MAGIC SPELL

Snow, freezing rain, more snow. result.....................a dragon in the tree.

TWO PAINTINGS SOLD

"Cat Paws"

Park Place gallery in Leawood Kansas, has recently sold two of my paintings. 'Cat Paws" just sold this month", and Shadow Talk" from my series Red Lace, sold the end of November.

I wish to thank every one at the gallery for working in my behalf. It is like getting an early Christmas present. They have worked very hard to make Park Place Gallery a beautiful place to shop for art. I m honored to be represented by them.

"Shadow Talk"

HOME AGAIN-HOME AGAIN.

For an artist who leads a rather solitary life in her studio, this artist was a bit over whelmed by the near 4000 passengers on our cruse ship. And that doesn't count the crew that was at your every call. Good or bad it was an experience to remember. We had a lot of fun, but for us it was just too structured. We like to drift where the winds will take us and see what adventures unfold. But the ship it self was an adventure, and took the entire trip to discover it's many secrets. The time ashore was never enough, but what we did see was wonderful, and we would love to go back on our own and explore further. The colors were spectacular, and I even managed to see a couple of art galleries.

As you might gather from my paintings I love glitz and glamor with a little theater thrown in. There was plenty of that and I had fun playing the part and dressing up in wild outfits. (Hay, I can do that I'm an artist.)

OFF ON AN ADVENTURE

I  am so excited!
We are going on our first ever cruse Starting in NY and going up the St. Laurence sea way. I am really looking forward to seeing some beautiful fall colors. I sure there will be a lot of artistic inspirationalong the way. I hope to come back with some good pictures and maybee even some drawings or a painting. I will check in again when we get back in two weeks, or perhaps a bit more when I get back to normal.      

JUST A FEW SIMPLE LINES

 

A drawing doesn't always have to be complete to make a statement. Sometimes less is more.