Plein Air view

This is the scene that I enjoyed painting in Woodbine.

PleinAir Painting

I joined Mary O and fellow painters at her plantation in Woodbine to enjoy an afternoon of painting and her hospitality. The scene was peaceful and yet the Spanish moss was flying in the wind gusts over the marsh inlets.

PleinAir Painting

Screech Owl

I enjoyed a visit to Jekyll Island for the annual Shrimp and Grits Festival. The exhibit of birds of prey was fascinating, and this little Screech Owl was on tour, and allowed his tail feathers to be patted!

Summer's End

The summer season is ending. I painted this watercolor during this season in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. Everyone is enjoying the last warm ocean water on the beach, and fun on boating before time to haul out the boats for winter months and restoration. It is a special feeling of fall coming, but also thoughts of the winter ahead...nostalgia.

Oysters and Eggshells

Today I delivered this watercolor painting to the Glynn Art Association to be hung in the juried member exhibit beginning on September 2nd.

Schooner sail Portland, Maine

Imagine spending a lovely afternoon on board ths schooner in Portland, Maine. My daughter, Laurel, planned this event with the weather providing journeys of old!

Vineyard Dessert

Drool...Kiki's homemade bluberry pie and topped with her homemade vanille ice cream creates a delectable dessert on a summer's eve on Martha's Vineyard.

Summer Dinner on the Vineyard

Kiki's presentation for Laurel on her summer visit...how beautiful is this!!

My Friends - Nigel and Sophie

Here are my dear friends, Nigel and Sophie, who care for each other too!

Singing Beach

Here is a copy of a watercolor painting I did of Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. The sand on this beach makes a singing sound as your feet shuffle through it. In the early fall "townies" are pleased to have their beach back again for all their walks into the winter months...and the dogs have a chance to run again!

Alice's Roses

Alice grows beautiful roses and brought this bouquet to our painting class for our brush strokes! This rose variety is Queen Elizabeth.

Kayak Trip

Kayaking in the fall with the family...tide is coming in so we didn't go all the way out to the river. I worked my feet in order to turn the kayak. It was fun as long as I used my paddle correctly. I got in but I was lifted out by my son!

Autumnal Equinox Egg

At the time of the Autumnal Equinox, it has been said that an egg can be put upwards without falling at a certain hour of the day of the Equinox.

This egg was set in an upwards position on a day not associated with the date and time in question.

Therefore, one can set an egg up at anytime by having the egg yolk sitting heavier at the bottom of the egg!!!!

Lizard's Meal

This Wolf Spider has been feasting on bugs for weeks awaiting his photograph to be taken...Alas...the lizard found the spider first!

Amaryllis Glory

This month I will have this painting on exhibit at the Glynn Art Association in the Juried Member's Room Exhibit. These Amaryllis bulbs are now listed in the fall catalogue of Messelaar Bulbs imported from Holland. Each bulb send up 3 flowers, and then performs planted in one's garden at a later date with the same intensity of color.

Back yard garden

Temps this morning let up so that gardening was a tolerable and pleasant, although warm, event. The leaves had piled up and all needed a spruce up. Also, I found a lemon verbena plant to preplace one 3 years old that had been lost in last year's freeze. There is more to do, but that is the pattern of a garden.

Sophie Looking

Sophie has discovered a new vista..."just watching!"

Mr. Bing's Zinnias

Mr. Bing, my neighbor, shared some of his brillant zinnias with me. The colors are like sunsets or fireworks, and my students and I will enjoy painting them!

TRUST JESUS

When Nigel, my puppy, and I walk early mornings at Gould's Inlet, I always look up at the sign in the upper window of the lovely three story white beach residence: "TRUST JESUS"! This morning I looked up, and...the message is gone!! I felt a great sadness, and will now look to see if anyone is indeed living on the third floor of that empty beach house...no life on the other floors or out front.