More work...

Lately I've been enjoying mosaics, but sprinkling a few acrylic paintings in, too. With the technical detals required of my architectural work, I find cutting glass and listening to books on CD most relaxing...wish I could do that every day. I now have a great additional workspace in my large basement room...it's newly painted and organized and feels great! These are my two latest paintings...these zinnias and black-eyed susans are from my garden...the yard just won't quit this year!

More Mosaics

I've been quite luckly lately finding great items to "re-purpose" with mosaics...an old clock with the clock face removed becomes a turtle lazy-susan.....a small wooden centerpiece becomes enhanced....a 12" pink-painted wooden bowl gets a new life...this bird bowl will be donated to the Lakewood Arts Council Silent Aution during the month of September...you can bid on it at the gallery or online at http://www.lakewoodartscouncil.org/

Garden Tour sources

Earlier this month the LAC had their annual garden tour...read all about it at http://www.lakewoodartscouncil.org/ A wonderful place for photo sources of all kinds, the gardens filled my camera...these paintings are of daisies I saw along the way (both 18x24 acrylic)...and after painting one group in color, I thought it would be interesting to paint the same view in black and white...maybe later I'll try some moonlit painting...

Foxgloves in SC

In May, I visited my home state of South Carolina..a beautiful time of year certainly! My sisters' gardens were no exception..my oldest sister has quite a spread, and I was taken with an area full of foxgloves...and here is the result!

Mosaics!

Recently I decided that I should develop a real mosaic technique, not just painting mosaics...SO....I started collecting real tile scraps, smashing dinner plates, and keeping my eyes open for interesting materials to mosaic...one of the first finds was a lazy susan from Goodwill...just perfect for mosaics! Using the opalescent stained glass scraps that I had from many years ago, I completed the lazy susan...and used small metal beads for the birds' wings! Fun!

Lots Going On...

A lot is going on these days, I just cannot keep up with writing about it...this is my latest painting before I decided to do more glass mosaics...and here is the glass mosaic that I completed in May as a wedding gift for my niece.

After that visit to South Carolina for her wedding, I have lots of reference photos of lush vegetation, geraniums, and magnolias! I'll be sitting at the LAC Gallery on Monday June 14, so I'll work then to get back in the swing of things! Note that the Artists Choice Exhibit is now running at the Lakewood Cultural Center...lots of great artwork to see! It closes on June 18th...see it now!

On a Roll!

I'm still pulsing from the recent workshop...here are more of the results from my painting time last week...more to come.