Happy Mother's Day

I will be taking off for a trip to Alaska this Mother's Day.  On the long flight, I'm sure I will be excited to get to my destination, have new photographs to work with, new sketches, but I will most be thinking of my sons Neil and Andrew. One son even arrived on Mother's Day!  I will be thinking of all our grandsons and our dear daughters-in-law, and I will be thinking of my husband who is the rock in my life.  The flight will take all day with lay-overs, but somehow...I think the time will fly by.

Enjoy your day!

Alaska Train Trip to Whittier

Another sketchbook painting - Whittier in Alaska.  It was the most interesting town.  At the time we visited, the only way to reach it was by rail. We drove our vehicle onto the rail car and road for what seemed a very long time to this very tiny town. There were a couple of gift shops and a restaurant and of course, fisherman selling the day's catch.  The great thing for merchants in this little place....they had a captive audience for 4 -5 hours until the next train came through.  I had plenty of time to paint my little blue cabin on the hillside.  The scenery was beautiful!

Travel Sketchbook - Dunn River Falls

This small painting is from my travel sketchbook.  It is very small, but easy to carry around and complete a quick painting without much set-up.  I painted this as we relaxed on our vacation to Jamaica.  It was a family trip with my dad, his lady friend, my brother, his wife and my husband and me.  So as you might imagine, I had little time to paint, but was inspired by so many things, views and wonders.

#2 Red Onion

On some days-cold, wet and rainy days it is nice to just pick an object and paint paying no mind to it's color, weight, size or shape. And herein lies the problem.  This was a fun little painting to do on a Friday afternoon.   I will be painting an onion and garlic series!

#1 Oregon Snow - Camille

It snowed in the Pacific Northwest and I decided it might be a good inspiration.  My first painting took me forever. I had several sketches drawn and finally just decided to paint.  I found each decision was difficult but I'm sure that will improve with practice.  I look forward to painting will everyone.