Hey, Sailor

I do love a man in uniform. 
"Little Sailor" - 8x10, Mixed Media

Hold On

I have such a weakness for cute little boys and puppy dogs.

Little Red

"Little Red" - So, I just realized the 10x10 panel I painted this on won't fit into my 8x10 scanner bed without cropping out something. This one is 10x10 in real life. Just pretend there's more sky and foreground...

It's Sunny!

"Sunny Side Up" -  9x12, Mixed Media

New Dolly

Just finished: "Dolly" - 8x10, Mixed Media

Bonne Annee!

Happy New Year!

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on... 

-Joni Mitchell

Flexible Flyer

old neko and me

I recently uncovered a stash of childhood mementos.  From a stack of first grade schoolwork I found this drawing of a horse.   (I even named him!)  Maybe it's that I especially like children's drawings, but something about this 40-ish year old drawing tickles me.


And, here is my self portrait at age 6.
(Wish I was still this cute.)

sprechen sie deutsch?

I just found these three really cool old

(German, I think?) prints.  Now pondering how to use 

them in some future art project....

Thankful

This is what I'm most thankful for...

 Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Saturday, what a day

I spent Saturday afternoon in a little workshop taught by artist Chris Cozen.  I learned some new things that I'm planning to put to good use in the future.  Mostly we messed around with a variety of different techniques/mediums, and each of the participants walked away having completed a couple of small pieces.  Here are mine...

Sweet Green

Here is my newest painting, "Sweet Green",  (8.5x 10.5)...a companion to "Dearest Blue".  Both are mixed media pieces featuring the same little girl from a vintage postcard.  I have enjoyed experimenting with mixed media....so much so that I'm heading off tomorrow for a  little afternoon workshop at Zinnia in Pasadena, taught by a mixed media artist Chris Cozen.  Should be fun!

Wings

I like things with wings.  To me, there's something about the promise of flight that brings with it a sense of freedom.  And some days, I'd just like to fly away.