Some of my recent paintings

OK this is a little like Dan's last blog where you had to build a pig pen to have a ham dinner. We had to buy a computer for me to write my next blog. Oh sure I could have gone over to Brynn and Dan's and used their computer, but it is more complicated than that. I had to take pictures of these paintings, but our camera was full, so I had to wait for the new computer to download, so I could take pictures of my paintings. Then, of course I needed a special tutorial to know how to get things going. Et voila! Here I am pounding away on my keyboard writing a blog--A BLOG! Will wonders never cease? Really painting the pictures is a snap in comparison. It all began with Michaela wanting me to paint a picture of Kansas for a friend--that one I don't have a photo of--it's in China. Then another of her friends visited and took a picture I had painted for Arianna several years ago. But, as the saying goes, "Mom can always paint another one." In this case it was two.

Arianna is always looking for the quintessential Kansas picture--you know flat horizon with green fields in the foreground and lots of clouds. Her other interest is in the preraphaelite movement. So she found a painting she liked and I copied it for her.
Then Brynn wanted a couple of pictures to help her rejeuvenate her living room. So I whipped out some poppies originally painted by Georgia O"Keefe and a fairly large picture taken from a photo of aspen trees.

And lastly, I decided to use my last canvas to paint a picture that I brought back from Immanuel mission. I think these two little girls are old ladies by now. So that's what I've been doing. B &I are talking about whether to enter the art fair in May. Maybe...