In my profile I had mentioned that it took a trip to the local art festival AND an image to spark my foray into expressing myself with paint. I have tried to find the online image of that painting. I have found others by that artist but not that painting. Duh- it finally occurred to me I have the poster hanging on the wall - so down it came and I took a photo of it - please excuse the reflection! The artist is a Florida artist named Trish Thompson. The painting is named "Riverside Park Palms" I believe it is referring to a small park on the north shore of Lake Monroe.

Well, off to try a slightly different technique -I am going to try to paint on a big canvas- I have tried to paint on other canvases, but it is such a different feel - it is springy- as well as the cost issue - my problem of overcoming my feeling that I am "wasting"- HAH! I say to the universe! I am wasting and I don't care- maw-ha-ha. Ok, I do care a little bit.

This is a photo of half of this painting. It doesn't quite show the depth of color variations, especially since the original is about 12x22 inches. I may try to get a better photo tomorrow. This photo was taken just as it was getting dark outside. I cannot take a flash photo as the light causes a funky reflection.

This is the painting I am trying to get an objective opinion of... would you mind taking the poll? Or if you prefer, please leave a comment -

What do you think? This is what I have been experimenting with lately....

Wild Sunset

Here is a sunset from last week- What colors! I love this pine tree and have used it for a model in some artwork.

I am beginning to develop a more focused idea as to the purpose of this blog. I will try to take photos of some of my art work and hopefully Linda's as well. She is such a techno-phobe... it will be difficult to convince her to participate... but I'll work on her to soften her up. She has many beautiful ideas to spread around. She loves to talk - I can't imagine why it is so difficult to get her to post a blog.

For better or worse, I begin a new job on Monday so I may have a bit less time to be creative. I have also found it is more difficult for my brain to make the "shift" from left brained work to right brain creativity. Another challenge!