"WE love a parade"

Once again, i am painting folks.. this is from a photo i took years ago @ a small town parade.. The watermelon t-shirt caught my eye at the time. Not sure if the background is too pale but i want the gals to be the focus and the most important.  Their chairs and hats were the best parts. 

I wasn't happy with a square format so I added more to it.. NOT sure if helps.  had fun adding little figures using the U and the W..  only those of us that watched Dave's video last week will understand..  Just another of my weird paintings..  so there!!! then!!!
2017..  did more fixing..   purple background changes things, for sure....

3/25/2019    Finally settled on a red smaller frame for this painting, i had to crop it somewhat..  i did a lot of stewing over this.  SO loved the gals and the memory of the 4th of July parade in a small town. 

Street Bike SOLD

I added a bike to an old street scene painting and framed it really neat ( a free frame, of course). It sold @ Uncorked the first night. I was there and met the gal that bought it and it was exciting.
SOLD

DownTown

Well, i seem to have paintings all over the region (Bismarck, Jamestown, Fargo, Moorhead).. Yesterday, i hung 20 of my favorite works @ The Uncorked on Broadway, in Fargo... they looked OK.. will be dragging my friends and family there for lunch or a glass of wine for the whole month of October. I'm dragging my Book Club there tonight. so it goes!!

Art @ the Lake # 6

This year, we "played with clay".. we each got 13# of fresh clay to work with. It was so much fun and everyone created wonderful stuff.  It was a surprise to us that after we formed our images, we had to hollow them out so when they are fired, they don't explode. They will be fired in a couple of weeks. If they are as wonderful i as i think, i'll post them again.
The weekend was a blast with lots of laughs, secrets shared and good food, plus having the creative juices flow.

Happy Mother's Day SOLD @ RRFAS '14

This is an Acrylic on canvas.  Used a photo i took one mother' day. I always wondered what Mother Nature thinks of those bright blue flowers, that are colored by a florist and by me....

Landscapes done @ the workshop

Aren't these beautiful? I really don't think I'll ever use a watercolor palette again. No saving the whites, no mixing pigments on the palette, just put it out there..  Only problem is, Calvin does it so much better..ha...
Thanks to the Cormorant Art Club for putting on this workshop.

workshop in August 2013

My Pal, Bobbie, and I are following the directions, as you can see. We had a great time at the Calvin deRuyter workshop in Cormorant Village. It was wonderful. We actually painted directly from the watercolor tubes with stiff brushes on 300# paper. WOW..