" Dreams of a Soldier"

18" x 24" Oil

This is a painting of my first husband and I and how I felt vulnerable and pensive and scared during the time he was in Viet Nam. (I felt like when your a little kid and they did the air-raid drills and you would get under the desk with your arms over your head to protect yourself) He would write me letters and I would read them over and over till the next one came. My only thought was him and would he come home. I felt like a ballerina turning pirouettes round and round dizzy in a vortex of worry and fears clinging to these letters as our only communication                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    during this year. When Johnny was in the most serious situation of his life, he constantly strategizing .

Seaside Siren

24" x 36" Oil Painting

Summer Rainier Cherries

12" x 12" Oil Painting I changed the background and wanted to show both. I like the dark background much better it lets the cherries be the star of the show.

Have a Bing Cherry , Go Ahead Try 'em

From the Root Cellar

"Crimson Beauty"

Wednesday brought torrential rains and there was only one die hard student there for about the first hour so I painted on this beauty that was started as a demo over a year ago and never got finished. I only had started the bottom center petal of the largest bloom and of course all the yellow and green. I always start with yellow.

One hour into it two more students came into class and I had three more petals almost complete. Demonstrating to the three students that showed up. Today I finished it up after a few hours of work.

I'm pretty satisfied with it so I'm posting it. I may decide to put some loose golden background swoosh's because there are a few small blotches here and there if you look real closeyou can see them. I love it as a botanical but... out those d___ spots and their still there. Grrr!

"QT Pie"

"Sweetie Pie"

Me and My Hi-C

In 1972 I lived and worked in Clearwater tere was this fabulous friut and vegatable market called "Little Big Market" on South Fort Harrison. I used to shop there often. One day in the late '70's I was shooting for my photography class
and got this shot of one of the street people that lived behind the market. I could hear him smack his lips and aaah at the refreshing flavor of his Orange drink that was given to him by the owner of the market. I won awards with the photograph and finally thirty some years later decide to paint it as its one of my favorite photos.

"Cold Shoulder"

I'm sorry I haven't been blogging lately. A Death in the family has stopped the flow... I'll be back soon as I can handle it.

"Neckline in Light"

Now for some abstracts

" My Poor Little Match Girl"

Chapter 10. Women Who Run
With the Wolves My response to the chapter Clear Water : Nourishing the Creative Life.

To paint in a style unlike our normal style. I usually paint large and realistic so I painted small,loose and stylized.
This woman appears to have everything necessary to have a good life, Beauty, intelligence, a good and loving heart, even wealth (notice the fur coat was real). But she was wasting away, starving herself from real warmth and nourishment in the pursuit of the "Other" world.
She is exhausted and selling herself short of her true worth.

"Candies"

"Allie"

"Shoreline"

"Oriental Dish"

"Lone Palm"

"Lil Red Wagon"

"Morning Kiss"

This once again is my niece and grandnephew from a photgraph I took in my studio about 20 years ago. I just painted this while I watched the Republican convention. I was struck by the love of family while watching them, and feeling the loss of my Dad and came across the photograph and wanted to paint it.

"Italian Tonight"

"Triple Play"

Luscious Orchids fascinating Flowers. Prints of these make fabulous placemats.

"Pelican Fly By"

This is a real stop action painting The Birds are awesome to watch here in Florida and I just love painting them too. He was circling around and diving and eating his prey always looking for the next victim.

"Washed-up"

Sometimes after a storm Old beat-up shells find thier way to the shoreline this was one of those.

" Peace on the River"

This is the view from a condo that My ex husband and I owned in North Ft. Meyers

"Under the Kaypock Tree"

The Kapock Tree was the name of a famous Clearwater restaurant in Clearwater, known mostly for the beautiful gardend that surrounded the dining halls. there are many beautiful statues among the flowers and this is one of them.

"Captain's Riverboat House"

This house is in Brooksville and the story is that a riverboat captain built it to resemble his riverboat so he would be at home when he wasn't on the riverboat. Men... They'd always rather be fishing.

"Madona of the Kiss"

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This is actually a black and white photo of my neice and grand nephew that I posed them for back in the 80's he now is 20 years old.

I used this painting for a Christmas card one year I got so many complements on it and people framed the card.

"Bahama Mama"

This was a photo with flora and fauna but no human or bird so I put a bird in for interest

"The Eyes Have It "

This beautiful cat was a gallery cat he didnt get along with his housemates so the gallery owner moved him to the gallery. there he was the King of his castle.

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"Enchanting"

This swan was so fabulous and the sparkle on the water was really flotsum and jetsom of a dirty pond but I turned it into sparkles of glistening water, which so much rather suits the majesty of the swan.

"Sunflower" Handpainted Ceramic Tile

Sunflowers make me happy

"At Rest"

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"Kingfisher"

"Prima Balla-Fushia"

"Blonde and Beautiful"

"Blue Heron on Rooftop"

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This heron was on a rooftop next door my house was elevated so he was right off my lanai.

"Red Dance"

"Calla's"

These calla lillies were so well arranged I just had to capture them. I know I know "So Okeef"

"BB's Babtism"

"Nesting"

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" A Lovely Bunch of Violets

"Johnny Jump-ups"

"Rogers Palm"

"Indigo Rest Stop"

"Sunlit Iris"

"Rainbow Salute"

"Fresh Veggies"

" Boot Ranch Beauty"

"Dragons and Blooms"

Watercolor, Alcohol, salt (Margeritas anyone) and a credit card is all it takes sometimes. The only thing was I got a little precious on the dragonfly.