Setting up outside today, I just whimped out. The artic wind was howling and I decided to call over to a friend who has a studio nearby to see if I could go and paint there. Sometimes it's nice to have the company as well:
What has gotten into me painting these objects, I really can't say, but I am having fun. I fouind these rollerskates and bought them just before my birthday so that I could go skating in the park. I wasn't as good as when I was
I wasn't kidding about that artic wind yesterday, so as a result there was snow on the mountains this morning, beautiful! I found this spot in a wet field on the side of the road. (Sorry about the bad photo..) I guess I spend a
Today with the artic wind blowing and rain threating I went into my friend's garden looking for a cool view to paint. Not finding anything that captured my interest and freezing after just 5 minutes, I spotted these miniture daffodils. Perfect! Today they were the
Today I was grateful for the rain and to Jessica for letting me spend the morning in her beautiful place. As I sat down to paint this, thoughts of the Welsch painter Gwen John came rushing into my head. I haven't thought about her in
Raining again! It started raining as I was painting here this morning in one of my favorite squares in Florence, so this is today's result..I think that this is really a special piazza in Florence, and it is one of the few without cars, so
It may seem silly to paint these, but in thinking about it there is nothing silly about them. I mean, I went through so many bad pairs of these canvas pliers, that I found it easier to stretch canvas with my hands at a certain
Last year I saw this square in an earlier form (before traffic exsisted..) in a 19th-century painting in an exhibit here in Florence and it looked like a much more enjoyable place with wide gardens and the avenue. Now it is one of the many
Today's painting doesn't have much to do with Italy in particular, apart from the fact that most people eat citrus from Sicily all winter long. I've become addicted to grapefruits and even crave them. Today I didn't have as much enthusiasm for painting, I'll just