first light

30x30"

I woke up to a wall of fog this morning.

a fresh start

In Maine, spring's rebirth lies deep down under the ground.  March came in like a lion, and despite a brightening sun,  continues to roar through the days with cold winds and even the occasional snow squall.  There is still a solid pack of ice and snow covering most of my backyard.  I trust things are growing beneath the frozen surface.  While I wait (not so) patiently for the first early blooms, I've put out some colors of spring on my new glass palette.

sitting pretty

before

after

Earlier in the year I was invited to paint a chair for the Teen Center's 'Sitting in Style Chair Auction'.  The Teen Center is a great local resource for kids to go after school and its free to the community-very handy for working parents. Old chairs were donated to the Center and local artists and crafters spruced them up.  I found this banged up  captain's chair and reinvented it into a hot pink garden scene.  It doesn't resemble anything that grows up in these parts, especially in March.

shadows and light

Early spring, still frozen swimming hole at Grammy's brook in NJ

In another part of the world, early spring rain in California

a good cause

garden flight, 14x14"

A small piece in the '44N 69W: Radius Belfast' show at the Aarhus Gallery.  20% of all sales go to area food banks.

roots

my grammy's hands, she's 92

words to live by

living in twilight, 36x48"

"Sometimes life isn't about making a difference.  Sometimes it's about making your mark.  And sometimes those marks make a difference or bring joy to another person's world."

~Kristin Ellison

(I keep these words posted on my studio wall)