10"x8" oil on gallery wrapped canvas

"Adventure can take many forms. Sometimes, following your heart is the greatest one of all."
- Dagny Scott

Holy Cow- middle of winter and I need a beach day really soon. This will have to do until I can leave town and really make that happen. If you've been following my blog for any length of time, you see that my paintings are a bit of escapism. Shouldn't something you look at on the wall be a bit of a mini-vacation? A way to hold off & keep the 'hope alive' until you can make that happen. Sunny warmth in the winter, dappled shade in summer, beauty when you really need it most. If you think I'm being dramatic, well, living with me in the cold, dark of a New England winter can be a bit trying at times. Yes, there is certainly an austere beauty about snow, but my temperament prefers sunshine, beaches, & flowers year round. I think it's how we grow up that determines what we love. I've come to realize that growing up in Central Florida really does leave you at risk for having a 'disneyfied' take on life. And you take this with you where ever you go. So even though the first few snow falls up here are quite magical....I've 'punched that ticket' and am ready to move on to spring!!! which is glorious all the way til summer shows up! That's even better!

Still trying to "live in the here and now" but the "now" has been somewhat "trying". Patience is a tough lesson. ;-)

Wee Sprites, Sea Sprites (Inch Beach, Ireland)

About This Painting:
Middle of winter and I'm needing a beach day in a big way. Here's my bit of escapism......

Media: oil on stretched canvas
Size: 8 in X 10 in (20.3 cm X 25.4 cm)

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20"x20" oil on canvas

"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."
- Lin Yutang

This painting has been a process over time. I started with sketches from last summer, then blocked in an under-painting. There it sat while other projects came to a higher priority. Until now.... I finished it last week and I am just now getting the energy to blog about it! There lies the noble art of leaving things undone. My current priority has been healing, wellness and painting whenever possible. The memories of these particular sheep keep coming back to me when I look at these here in my studio. They came running up over a rise of rocks, and then stopped in their tracks as if startled by us. But then they quickly proceeded to start eating as if , "maybe if we look like we're busy, she won't notice us". But there is always at least one sheep 'on alert', ready to have them all run off again if things look too threatening. The sky was late in a summer afternoon, with some changing weather blowing in, that high thin pinkish blue, no shadows cast. The waves off of Culoo rock were crashing behind us, we sat for a bit on the rocks, listening to the ocean, watching the sheep...watching us.

I now have two new paintings started on 2 different easels in my studio. New
beginnings waiting for the next burst of energy.

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18"x14" oil on canvas

"A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently."
- Michel de Montaigne

Some points of motherhood are universal to many species. I'm so sure of it, I'd be willing to bet my "mom handbook" on this one. When you allow yourself to just sit & observe another group of animals- such as sheep in this case...I can hear so many little scenarios playing out, "Come on, keep up....and quit making that face at your brother. Don't dawdle around, there could be a wolf around that rock...or a tourist!" "Mom wait. There's a resting rock! Can we stop here?" "Hey she poked me" "Well he stepped on my side of the grass". "ARE WE THERE YET?" hehehe. I'm sure I saw that poor mom roll her eyes! Yeah, I know the look, doesn't matter what species!

Some good news on the radiation treatment front: Friday I am at the mid-way point of treatments. 'Only' 17 more weekdays after that. I'll be glad to be on the other side of this adventure!....heheh - "Are we there yet?"

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8"x8" oil on gessoed birch panel

"You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him."
- Leo Aikman

Todays painting is "Side Street in Dingle Town"(Ireland). Just around the corner from this little street is an ice-cream shop that we went to a couple times (was it a couple times in one day?). Best tasting stuff ever. Yes, it was a delight just to wander about town that day. This is just a bit of winter 'escapism' for me!

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"If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters."
- George Bernard Shaw


Here again is "Crisp Morning, Late Autumn New England". Painted en plein air at Harkness Park before our snowy weather set in, it was chilly, but nice to be out painting. This piece will be in the members show at the Mystic Art Center. The opening reception is this evening, (Friday), 5:30 - 7:30pm. For more information about the show & directions, click here. I hope to see you there!