August 25, 2008

The Porch Protector

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet

White porch,
White posts,
White table,
White chair,
White cup,
White cat-
the guard.


Pastel, 10x13, $300.
[matted & framed]




August 22, 2008

Momentos

Last night my neighbors house burned to the ground. Devastating.
This brought memories of my teen years when our family house burned. Scarey.
Besides the people and pets, the only other thing that meant anything were the photo momentos.

Pastel, 5x7, $50.

August 21, 2008

Solitary Sail

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth: Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet series-

A single sailboat on the sea.
A person viewing from the shore.
Who is more solitary?



Pastel, 5x7, SOLD

[New Hampshire]

August 19, 2008

NE Beachrose

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet

Beachrose.
Rosa Rugosa.

Sea mist waters the rose.
The sun opens it.
The blue sky and ocean frames it.

Pastel, 5x7, $100.


August 18, 2008

NE Horse Country

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet
3 horses in line.
1 chestnut, 2 white.
Polo grounds to the right-
Left to the farmlands.
Even horses have politics.
Pastel, 5"x7", $100.


August 14, 2008

Narragansett Boat

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet


Rhode Island.
Fishin's done.
The boat goes to sleep on its blue, bouncy bed.

Pastel, 5x7, $135.



August 12, 2008

Beautiful Peaches

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet


Summer peaches.
Fragrant, fuzzy, and juicy.


Pastel, NFS

August 11, 2008

New England Rose Covered Cottage

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet

Roses.
Rambling.
Climbing up the cottage.
Then tumbling down; dropping petals
and sweetly swelling the salt air with pink perfume.
Pastel, 8x10,
$250. Framed
$150. Unframed





August 7, 2008

Olympic Memories: Little Beauties at Opening Ceremony

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet


Olympics bring the world together.
Tonight's opening ceremony will do just that.
My Olympic memory: In 1984 at the LA Olympics I saw these little Mexican girls all dolled up, as was their family, ready to celebrate the obviously proud and momentous event of someone they knew representing their country.
It was a 'heart squeeze' moment that I did not forget.

Pastel, 11x14, $500.
[Portion of painting did not fit scan]

August 5, 2008

Impossibly Blue... and you

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet


Impossibly Blue...
and you.


Pastel, 5x7

SOLD [Wisconsin]

August 4, 2008

Raspberries-a gift from the Earth

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet

A gift from the Earth.
Ruby red pockets of juice.
Pick one.
Eat two.
One for me-
None for you.
All's fair with kids!

Pastel, 7.5 x 9.5, $175.


August 1, 2008

Beautiful Tree

Tribute to a Beautiful Earth Series:
Celebrating and Conserving Our Planet


"I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree."
Said Joyce Kilmer 1886-1918

This tree was posing in all its beauty.
Trunk velvet black against the vibrant greens.
Sun dappled through the leaves and grass.



Pastel, 5x7, $100.