OUT WITH THE OLD YEAR

Just a little fun with digital photographs of my work from this past year. Now it's time to start anew and hope for productive ideas and unseen colors.

JOY TO THE WORLD

Lana so enjoyed helping to add the winter decorations to our gazebo in the backyard!

Newest painting - two hand prints!

 Someone I met at the Athens ARTSfest visited with her two children so that I could get impressions of their hands on the same painting. The kids picked out the things I added to the painting. Intense blues and reds were decided on for the main colors. We decided to make the plaster layer thicker than on my usual pieces - in hopes that it would emphasize the "reality" of the hands that made the prints.

 I think a grandmother is going to get the painting for Christmas!

Four new, wide & narrow pieces:

Craft-time for Christmas = SANTA!

Through the years, I've made about fifty of these Santas. Friends Greg & Sharon asked that I add their dachshund with jolly old St. Nick. 

 After the primer and the lines, I use my acrylic paints to color Santa.

 Sophie was a little apprehensive at first, then she spent some time petting the little fellow.

Santa is just a little wooden. Merry Christmas!