2010 - Year of the Tiger

"Tiger" (show announcement image) is sold

Portrait of a Persian (oil) 6"x6"

Oil painting of Charlie at 16 mos old. Six inches square.

Retouching old oil painting

kept me busy today...but still not finished yet.

This is my sister on her pony long long ago.

Sumi show at Seattle Center

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Not much time to paint lately...

Hoping to get back to painting eventually. I taught a sumi class to seniors today which was fun and rewarding. Their work was bold and imaginative. Teaching seniors is the best for me because I enjoy the honesty of their work as well as their humor which is often lacking in the younger set who seem to be a bit ego-ridden...fragile egos worry too much. The seniors are seasoned and thoroughly in the present moment, focused and interested in the process of making art. I will take their small paintings and mount them onto cards for them to send, or keep, as they choose. I hope to continue teaching at the facility where I was today. Nice people and excellent classroom with optimum lighting. Soon I will post their work after I get the photo software installed on this new computer (or hubby does it for me). Glad summer is over...

mats

Whether it's for framing a painting or grooming at cat, mats are a real pain in the neck. I quit. The cat is going to the groomer for a major belly shave on Friday.
No artwork lately, although there is some teaching prep going on; I start teaching again this fall.