Blue Bottle

TIme to do a redo.  enlarged the flora and grass and got rid of the black window shade.  Wish i was better at photographing my work.. ugh 

My friend, Gretchen D, gave me some wonderful frames..  SO, guess what<  one was 12x12 and i happened to have a canvas that size, wah la.. Reference:  I used a photo of a w/c painting i did in the 90's . it is completely different 'cause of size, medium and arrangement of the subjects, OTHERWISE>
 i may have to make the flowers larger..  i wonder..
7-30-20  i decided to mess around some more with this painting..  added some yellows and blues,  See the difference???  Tis better...      1-3-21   I changed the title..  

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Hold Tight SOLD to my God son, Nick

The precious photo, used for my reference, has been cherished in Carl's family probably since the 30's when his mother took it. These are Carl's two older sisters. Their personalities are already showing through. (I won't go there, ha)  It's done is watercolor on some weird paper i found in my stash..  love it.
   I changed the title cause i entered it in a show and that is the title i used..  titles are very important to me, as are chocolate, sleep, my phone, art and my family..  not it that order, of course.

Lunch Boy

As i am going thru old photos, i found a photo of this Pastel i did in the 90's.. It has hung in my son's home since and is faded some.  As much fun as Pastels are to use, they are not easy to frame and apparently they fade away without fixative. 

Real photos, as it were....

Wow, going thru the box of photos of earlier paintings has turned into a memory boost..  i painted the top one in 2000 in acrylic, the other one is earlier in watercolor.  i remember taking the photo, i used for reference, years ago.. the photo was mostly of the geese as they covered a harvested field near where i grew up (Dresden, ND )   seems like the grain elevators moved apart but Hiltner's big house and the stone church were important. ..and i'm sure the land was flat.