Coloring Outside the Lines - a Blog -

Commissions are done... last Christmas cards went out this morning... dough for pizzelle cookies is made and doing 'time' in the refrigerator to enhance flavors... back to the studio to this work in progress...     [...]

In 1971, a little boy found an acorn and carried it with him all summer. When he changed his paints the acorn went into the pocket. In the fall his mom asked him what he wanted to do with the acorn, if he wanted to plant it. He planted it in a pot and in the spring, he planted it in the back yard.  I was asked and honored to paint that special tree - The Oak Tree - for the daughter of that little boy, as a housewarming gift for her new home.     Private Collection [...]

#55 - 72 Seasons Project - November 7–11   ‘Big, gentle, calm, kind If I were an elephant That is what I’d be’   Available matted and mounted with Haiku beneath [...]