Been Working

We've had a week of snow and freezing temperatures like we haven't seen in years. This will be my excuse for not posting anything in nearly two weeks. Oh, and the Thanksgiving holiday. The night the snow began, I was fortunate to have a house full of women getting nail art done on fingers and toes to celebrate two birthdays. For the first time I had my toenails painted a unusual color for me. Olive green served as the background for tiny copper maple leaves which startle me each night when I strip off the warm wool socks. Anyway, I delivered this painting, entitled Prayer that night:



Since then I've been working on the sketchbook project each day. The format is so small that periodically I have to do something larger to get stretched back out. This is the first layer of something along those lines:



And finally, when I'm working a commission piece, like Prayer was, I always keep paper or a canvas out to experiment with techniques or color prior to applying to the commission. Elements is the outcome of that habit.




A successful outcome. I'm loving the movement as well as the gold foil in it. Ain't it grand when a plan comes together? Always love the occasional happy accident.

Remember, every one of us is an artist in some way or another. What have you created lately?