HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hope you have a most wonderful, gratitude-filled, Happy Thanksgiving!

This Old Barn

Journal - I've been painting this barn in different seasons each year. For some reason, I really love the feel of it. But as the years have passed, it grows more and more broken, and the plants around it take over more and more of its structure. Still, like an old friend, it makes me feel like home.

Season of Squashes

Journal -- This time of year I am absolutely in love with squashes! Small pumpkins, large jack-o-lanterns, gnarled and bumpy ones .... they mirror the colors of the leaves ... and say FALL!

Praise Song

Journal - Sometimes a poem will inspire a painting -- and this one by Barbara Crooker certainly did .....

Memories

Journal - More memories from Sunset Beach ---

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

On Sunset Beach with the Girls

Beach Journal - Finally having a chance to upload some images from my trip to Sunset Beach last

week ...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

With Halloween around the color and the leaves really taking on color, I thought I'd share another collage/painting created during Karlyn Holman's workshop last month.

Pumpkin Time!

Our temps have finally acknowledged the change in seasons ... we're due for a week in the 70s -- fall weather at last!

Grapes

Harvest Moon - grapes ripening, colored leaves. Fall is fast approaching .....

A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

Though in my part of NC we won't see this rich color until November, the yellowing leaves, bright blue skies, lower temps and humidity, have me in mind of that marvelous season.

Mixed Media- Gelli Paper Poppies

Something different -- taking some ideas from Karlyn Holman's workshop, I decided to try a gelli print collage - this time poppies ...

Northern Lights - 3

Last of the Northern Lights series ...

For the Table

Another painting from Karlyn Holman's workshop

For the Table

Northern Lights 2

Another from Northern Lights series...

Red Winding Path

Another workshop painting ... Our dive into abstracts ...acrylic paints, deli papers, on canvas

Northern Lights 1

Another from Karlyn Holman's workshop - From a series of the Northern Lights --

Fall Sunflowers and Fruit

Several friends and I are just back from a week long workshop at Cheap Joe's in Boone, NC with Karlyn Holman! The facilities, food, home we rented, restaurants and the weather couldn't have been more pleasant!!! And the best part was Karlyn herself -- FUN, informative, filled with new ideas, and megawatts of creativity! I chose fall for many of our project creations ... I suppose it was the incredible 60-75 degree temps, fresh mountain air, and the beginning of the color changes ...

Under the Grape Arbor

Getting Ready for the Upcoming Season

Herbal Art Retreat

Been preparing for this event for a few weeks.  Had a blast!

Menu:

Breakfast: Toasted Coconut, Banana and Thyme Muffins

Break:: Boursin Cheese Mix with Herbs

Lunch:
Tortellini with Sage Butter and Olive Oil
Garlic Bread
Herbed Salad with Herbed Vinaigrette

Dessert: Citrus and Rosemary Popsicle
Chocolate Mint with chocolate bits Popsicle
Mint Chocolate Cookies

For the ride home: Aztec Chocolates

Drinks: Coffee, Unsweetened Tea, Herbal Teas, Citrus Mint Punch, Lemon Balm for flavoring tea, Water

For Planting: Basil, Chives, Cilantro, Thyme, Dill

Artwork coming soon ...