Changing ones life.

 The winds and the storms blew the leaves off the trees.

I am not quit ready for winter but I know it will

bring TIME.

Time to explore the wonderful world of fiber art.

As Maya Angelou said

"Success is loving life and daring to live it."

I have decided to focus for once in my life.

THat is itself will be a challenge.

Starting in January I will concentrate my efforts

in a mixed media of fiber art.

I will give to the local High School

all the materials I do not need and

Simplify

Explore,

Create.

With nature as always my love

I will interpret  my love of same into art.

Stay  tuned.

Saturday's delight. The Robins journey.

Every year the Robins spend a week here at the Ridge.

They dine on the berries from the big Cedar tree.

Drink and bathe in the Koi pond by the house.

What a nice way to start the day.

Love my birds. 

A Sunny Monday morning.

I just love the first half hour before and the

first half hour after sunrise.

The colors glow especially with the

help of the foggy mist  from the

cooler night time temperatures.

                                 Fall is my favorite time of year. I am

                                 getting ready to spend 5 days in Brown

                                 County Indiana in a log cabin with 9

                                 other women creating art with pastels.

                                 Wednesday I deliver the centerpieces

                                  to the Bravo Arts Brunch and continue

                                  on to Brown County for 5 days. What a

                                 treat to make new friends and spend time

                                 in the hills of Brown County.

                    Sassafrass trees make the best color in the fall.
                                   Enjoy the days  it will soon be winter.

Back from vacation.

            Just back from a week of recharging my spirit in Wisconsin.
            Lots of rain and clouds but on the last day sunshine came
            back in Door County Wisconsin.  The trees were glowing

               red and gold. The skies were blue - a perfect end to the week.
               Found lost of galleries to look at art. Very good fine arts.
               As always I get some new ideas.  This would make a great
               quilt. Good food and good times now back to the studio.

Sunday Morning Sky

We look out at the winter landscape  to see the bones of trees stark against the Sunday sky.

     The frozen pond with the  benches abandon  until summer comes.

              The Crows bench empty no time to gossip now.

Life is all memory except for the one present moment

that goes by so quick you  can hardly catch it going.

Tennessee Williams

Getting a start on a new show. Walk through the woods with me.

 I have a solo show in May 2011 so I got busy yesterday.

Primed 24 bare canvases.

  with a mixture of blue, purple and black gesso.

 It makes a navy under-painting the shows through when I paint.

Gives a nice glow to the finished painting.

The  14 8"x10" canvases will be a series.

       I ordered 20 more 12" x 12" canvases
      from Blick to do another series.

                 This painting starts with  a Jasper red gesso.
                 I like using a color gesso  under-painting.
                 Adds another dimension to the painting.
                 The photograph of the Kankakee swamp is the subject.

                    This painting has the purple gesso under-painting.
                    The  finished painting will be spring tones.
                    The inspiration is the photo below I took in the 70's.

      I haven't decided yet what I am going to do with the leaves.
      My theme is "Walk through the woods with me"
     my favorite place to be.
      I just like the way they curled. Great shapes.



Doors can be interesting and lead to new  experiences. This door is in Milford, Indiana  at Camp Alexander-Mack. I recently went on a retreat with the Midwest Collage Society to Camp Mack and opened a new door in my journey as an artist.