Faces of Avery

This is his "regular face". I love it.

Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?

I painted this landscape and bear painting for a good friends son. It is different than my usual style but I think it will be perfect for the bedroom of a great little 6 year old. 

Oil On Canvas

18x24

A few adventures caught on film, well not really "film", its digital. But you get the idea...

National Botanic Gardens

Playing Train

Montezuma's Castle

Boating in Greer AZ

National Air and Space Museum

A thoughtful friend

A great little treat bag complete with homegrown veggies, cobbler mix (that is very rare in these parts), blackberry filling, my favorite cake that makes great cookies w/frosting and sprinkles.  What is better than this? 

Thank you Carlota! I cant wait to try the cobbler! Hey want to come over for cobbler? 

A Fish Wish for Avery

A Fish Wish for Avery

by Me

2 Paintings 9x12 inches

Oil on Canvas

Details of each fish to follow

Avery loves fish! He needed a little something to brighten up his space above his little table I love the bright oranges and yellow against a bright blue background.  Each one has a little personality all its own to me.  But that could just be my imagination running wild while I was painting these little guys.  I hope Avery likes them as much as I do.  They will hang side by side and hopefully bring a little life to our dining room corner.

Ben vs. Wild

Ben vs. Wild

By Autumn 

Oil on Canvas 18 x 24

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER! (finally)

Color Inspiration

Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1953

To me the colors are perfect.  I especially love the little bit of orange that peeks out at the bottom.  With the subtle differences in the brown and the texture it seems like I could look at this work of art all day.  It may look like some blocks of color, and you may think "hey I could do that" but I think there is alot more to this than you notice at first glance.

 Im thinking something in my apartment needs to be fushia, brown, and orange. The colors are too good not to copy.

Antique Treasures

Prescott Arizona has more antique stores than I can count. Many of them are in super old buildings that have endless rooms with nooks and crannies and twists and turns. It is very easy to get lost in some of these places, but that is half the fun. Im also 95% sure that all of them are totally haunted-that is not a joke. I have always been interested in antiques and vintage clothes, especially coats and jackets. The only thing I really dont like is antique dolls!! I get the shivers just thinking about those creepy things. (If anyone would like the story I can tell you about the time my Grandma took me and my sister to her friends basement that had thousands of antique dolls, scariest place on earth!!!) But this time I may have found my new antique love, dishes! I saw these two wonderful bowls on my most recent trip.  The pine tree branch is exactly like the trees that surround my parents house.  It just looks like Prescott National Forrest.  I am super excited to start collecting the whole set of "Brown Pine Branch" by Larchmont-Sango. Maybe by the time Im 90 I will have a full set!

Any Takers???

I just signed up, does anyone want to run with me? We have plenty of time to train and get in shape! I am by no means hard core so dont be afraid! Its Oct 11 (a Saturday) so clear your calendar...

All Aboard!!

Cass Mountain Scenic Railroad in wild and wonderful West Virginia

We recently took a little weekend trip to WV to ride a historic steam engine and spend a few nights in a caboose!  The train departed from the town of Cass and took about 2 hours to get to the top of Bald Knob, the 3rd highest peak in WV (but at only 4,700 feet) where our little red caboose was waiting.  The caboose is set in this big beautiful meadow next to a scenic overlook.  It was equipped with a little gas refrigerator, a real coal burning stove (which we didnt get to use because it didnt get even close to cold), 3 nicely padded beds, and a nice sitting/dining area.  There is also a bathroom facility on the other side of the meadow. We rode up the mountain on the train along with about 100 other people, at the top we got out with all our stuff and the rest of the people left to finish out their scenic trip.  Once the train left it was so quite! I cant remember the last time I experienced that kind of silence.  Living in the middle of a big city in a big apartment building next to a fire station, we seem to get used to background noise so this was a fun change.  (Click the first line for a link to the official website)

Avery and our weekend home 

Getting the hang of these things, he wanted to spy on the cows on the farms below

The steam engine and a view of the train cars we rode up in

The scenic overlook where we spent alot of time hanging out

We did alot of sitting, napping, blowing bubbles, throwing rocks etc.

The beautiful view around sunrise from the overlook

The discovery of Cheetos and how many can he fit in his mouth, I think he is taking lessons from the squirrels 

Our wildlife friend, she was not afraid to come close. I on the other hand got pretty nervous.