Thursday, July 12, 2012

Gallery Additions -
Another show is coming up, and I have been painting steadily to prepare. Four new entries include: Lucy -A painting I did of my older dog. She is now thirteen and recently diagnosed with Lymphoma. I guess the painting was a cathartic exercise as I came to grips with the future. She is now in the midst of chemo and is doing well--so far.
Feeding time was based on a fellow traveler who stopped during a tour of Dubrovnik to feed the pigeons.
It struck me how giving and nature-loving man can be when he stoops to aid the lowliest of the bird kingdom.
R.I.P. is of a little old church and surrounding graveyard located on an old plantation on Fort George Island in Florida. The location, perhaps from its age, takes on an almost otherworldly feeling of peace.
And, Eager Crew was from observations of the antics of local pelicans. These were excitedly greeting boaters on the downtown dock in Fernandina Beach.