Open Book....

 My amazing daughter

 Mermaid meets a tree with seedlings

Self from the past

A tiny peek into my sketchbook... I've been living in ink this summer.  Immensely enjoying drawing with the dipper pen into a bottle of ink and just letting what happens... happen.  I don't really share this with anyone in my 'real life' so, there you go:)  

Hope you all are savoring every little last minute of summer madness and sultriness.  I am trying to squeeze every tiny, last drop out if it.  Back to school looms, for better or not.  Even though I'm a grown up, I still can't make up my mind what may be better... endless summer or the excitement of the new (school year).  Hmmmmnn.

Dispatch from My Summer Mindset...

Hello!  It has been a long pause between posts but... thought I'd share a few paintings.  This one is acrylic on canvas... about 28x40".  Unfinished feather and tree mandalas of sorts.  More to come...  These will likely be in a show I'm having in December in Liberty Lake, WA.  It's great to have the luxury of several months to paint and ponder for an upcoming exhibit.  Hope you are having a lovely summer!


PS

I am posting on Flickr quite often these days if you'd like to meet up with me there... click the link first link at upper right hand corner :)

Beaded Braclet

Making seed beaded things lately... It's just an experiment.  I like how it's going.  This has been brewing inside ofe for at least two years now... Feels good to get it out!  

Happy hump day and happy spring :)

Bench no. 1

Here is the other bench which goes with the peach/brown one in a previous post.  I'm going to be looking for more furniture to paint... It's an unexpected pleasure:)

A Woven Friday...

Me and the dog at home, listening to records and figuring out my daughter's 'kid loom' she got for Christmas.  (I secretly wanted one too...). 

A perfect way to spend a little quiet time while the kids are sleeping in.  It's another 'teacher day' and it's raining again.  Board games and popcorn, perhaps???

Happy weekend:)

Painted Bench

Just today I finished this tall stool/bench as a commission.  So happy with the way it turned out.... Maybe I missed my calling as a furniture painter:). Inspired by African motifs.

The Wheatfields

Here's a new woodblock print of my daughter.  I drew from a photograph from last summer...  Can't decide if I want to add color.  Hmmmn.