New York

This was a failed collage that had absolutely nothing going for it except a little texture provided by some rice paper. Although the color in this photograph doesn't do it justice, it's a really nice piece now.

Chrysler Building and Friends

Also an old painting that I tore up and reworked. Sometimes a more interesting image comes from that process.

Escape

This is a collage that I also reworked. Better now, but I'm not sure it's finished. I'll put it on the wall and look at it for a few days and see if something else develops.

Window to the Past

This is an old painting that I did in a workshop several years ago. Like most workshop paintings, they don't really have time to gel into something you like. So, reworking has been an exercise that I've enjoyed. I like it now.

Bird Food

It's been a really long time since I have painted anything, and this last weekend, I made up for it. All the things I've been wanting to do came spilling out. Sunday was a delight because I had my good buddies Ava and Shiela in the studio painting with me.

I've always thought that you cannot create in a vacuum.

The View Out Back

Sometimes God gives you blessings that you can't believe. Wayne and I have been so blessed to live in this wonderful place. The view out our back door is really beautiful. Usually, you can see a doe and her fawns grazing across the yard, or sometimes the big bucks come out of the woods to pay us a visit. During the long hot summer we have had, we kept a trough of water for them next to the fence.

This painting is also a challenge painting from Polly to paint some part of your house.

Betsy

This little cow is a challenge painting from Polly Jackson. She gave us the challenge a couple of months ago, and I put off painting it - I guess mainly because I was not very inspired, or I had my doubts about being able to do it very well.

Well, I think she is beautiful, and I don't know why I waited so long!