Mediterranean I

Done a ways back but posting it now... In person, the dark blue is more blue-violet, and the turquoise above it is very vibrant.

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January sun

That weak, hazy light of the winter sun trying to burn through the fog. Observed it like that, mused about it for a day, then tried to recreate it in pastel.

That's from a few days ago, when I managed to get into the studio. I am still sick. I think it's flu, not a cold, due to the fact that a fever now accompanies it. The Husband has it too. We're both shuffling around the house exhausted, dizzy, and coughing. Fun. I don't even care about any more sympathy (yeah, sure), I'm just so tiiiired of this and want to feel normal again and be in the studio.

Some more pics from India, and then a little vid of Lynx below. Bonnie, your request was heard--to know what Lynxie's been up to. Now I have a request of my own: I must see a Cloud video!

$115.00 - January sun (Ready to Frame)

Lynx in a vid here going a little nuts over a cat toy that's just a long strip of fuzzy stuff, which I call a "squirrel tail" (there's also a peacock feather there). What cracks me up is when Cleo (black cat) sashays over to investigate. Lynx is so deferential. This is because he got beat up repeatedly by her when he was little, until it finally got into his silly stripe-y head that she rules. Look closely--just in case he had any second thoughts, she actually waits a moment to see she has his attention, and then whacks him in the face with the end of her tail. A cool customer, she is.

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The dance

Pastel from a couple of nights ago.

One (Random) out, two (Lynx and Miss Lemon) in. Look how big Lynx has gotten! He's on his way to being the gigantic cat I predicted when I first saw those huge paws on that little kitten. Consider: look at his size; he's only 6 months old!

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Koi

These remind me a lot of the innumerable koi I saw while living in Japan for six months, about two decades ago.

Lynx looks so sad and lonely here. This is one of his younger shots.

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Untitled 40

A strong one.

Hate how when images are uploaded onto the blog, they sort of wash out and blur a bit. Has anyone figured out how to correct that yet? I know we're all waiting...  This is a lot more vibrant in person.

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Untitled 18

I was too exhausted last night from planting warm-weather vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, eggplants), to do any painting. Here's one from several months ago.

$295.00 - Untitled 18 (Framed)

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Untitled 37

The other day I looked out the kitchen window and saw my sleek little black cat Cleo in the midst of the neighbor's giant red tulip patch... Aahhh.  If only I had a photo, but I know you artists out there can picture what it looked like.

In lieu of that, you'll have to content yourselves with this recent pastel.

$295.00 - Untitled 37 (Framed)

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Untitled 36 (Blue Glow)

My most recent pastel.

$295.00 - Untitled 36 (Blue Glow) (Framed)

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Not slacking off!

I have been doing some oil painting and pastels lately, but (here comes the excuse, right) I'm having trouble photographing stuff. I don't know if The Husband inadvertently (or otherwise, ha ha) changed some setting on the camera, but if so, I don't have much chance of getting it back the way it was set, because neither one of us understand the damned complicated camera. Yes, it's true, even The Computer-Geek Husband doesn't understand it and all its millions of possible settings, the digital beast. All the art I've been trying to photograph is coming out weird...colors really off and coming out way too saturated. Hopefully a miracle will happen soon and somehow we'll figure it out.

In the meantime, here's a pastel from this past fall, one of my favorites in its simplicity, called, not surprisingly, Hazy Day.

$295.00 - Hazy Day (Framed)

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