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Atena Lucana a little hill town near Salerno
About the painting; “Sitting in the morning sun” This is a 15″ x 22″ watercolor on Arches paper. It is for sale. It is from a photo that I took early in the morning, while on a stroll through this small hill town. It was extremely peaceful, and this woman had probably just finished her…
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Miniature Artwork Raffle – For Japan Relief
My favorite miniaturist artist, Diem Chau, is raffling off some of her wonderful crayon sculptures. The winner will get up to 3 crayons carved to their specifications with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Japanese Red Cross Society. Each raffle ticket costs only $10.00 and the drawing is March 24th. Go to her…
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Stella Canfield’s Workshop
This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend a painting workshop put on by Stella Canfield. Stella’s vibrant use of color and motion intrigued me and after attending one of her demonstrations I decided I needed to go to her workshop. That morning it was raining out and I spied three women walking along…
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Seattle International Randonneurs Spring Populaire Bike Ride
Yesterday I participated in an annual “rite of spring” bike ride. My husband invited me to be his guest writer on his blog if I would be so kind to write my impressions of the bike ride. So I did, and I hope you don’t mind going over there to his blog to see all…
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Dancing through the night
It’s cold outside and dark, but inside it is friendly and warm and the music plays with an irresistible rhythm and the dance floor is covered with lively couples orbiting the room. This winsome couple focuses on the beat and on their moves as they dance gracefully in effortless unison, captured in a moment that…