Travel Memories: Key West-Hemingway's Cats, pastel

Winter thoughts of warm places.
Key West- home of the illustrious Hemingway.
Loving the independence and spirit of felines, "Papa" surrounded himself with them, plus the flowers, guava trees, and coconut palms as he wrote his manly tomes in his carriage studio. Today, protected by his will, about 60 roam his "museum", barefoot and polydactyl [extra toes], sporting names of Hollywood stars and celebrities, and sunning on the deco tiles. Oh, to be a cat.


Pastel, 8x10

$170.

Full Flower- pink amaryllis

Pastel, 8x10, $125.

Someplace Warm- tropics, bouganvillia, vacation

From the cold and the gray.
Take us away.
To greens and flowers and warmth and sun.
To tropical drinks and fun.


Watercolor with pastel, 5x7, $100.

Ballet turns- pastel, dancers, ballet class

Class.
Music.
Twists & Turns.
Escape.


Pastel, 5x7, $100.
[much softer than scan]

January ghost-snowstorm, umbrella, whites

January.
Cloaked in white.
The ghost of winter.
Brrr.
Pastel, 8x10, $170.
[woman walking to the beach in a storm]

SOLD

Self Portrait 1- drying hair, woman in mirror

January.
Back to me.

Pastel, 5x7
[SOLD california]

"To the Lighthouse"-Truro, Cape Cod, bike

It's winter.
There's snow.
Skies are gray.
But Cape Cod is calling.
With sun.
Blue skies.
Sea mist and flowers.
That ride to the Lighthouse will have to wait.
Anticipation and memories must satiate.


Pastel 8x10
SOLD, Connecticut
A lovely woman commissioned this painting as a Christmas present for her cyclist husband.
Read his comment

Horse Barn

Like "Ole Bessie" in the barn.
We have to wait out the storms.
All kinds.

Watercolor, 5x7, $125.
SOLD, Massachusetts

Tara's Roses-Calico cat, pastel, flowers

Tara.
My cat.
Brings me roses.
Drops them at my feet.
Where she finds them-
who knows?
But she always knows when I need one.
...lately, she's given me a few.

Portion of pastel, 18 x 23, [NFS, artist's collection]

A Winner

In November, I had a "Thanks-Giving" offer to my subscibers & buyers to win a free painting from Lightcaught. This painting "NE Coast" was chosen and won by Dorothea Readhead of Carson City Nevada.Interestingly, the largest category of paintings chosen were related to the ocean. And, a number of people chose these same paintings: "Perfect Day", "Summer Day at West Beach," "New View," and "April Rainbow."
Thanks to all of those who responded and sent in your entries and wonderful comments.

Pastel, 8x10
[WON, Nevada]