We are using this time to repaint our living room. We are putting light color over dark. We will be moving the sculpture by Dave Munson next to get around the corner.
Artists shelter in place
Christmas portrait
We got everyone together for Christmas.
Bad advice
Well wishers have lots of advice about my chronic illness. “If You Just…” Duh! Don’t you think I’ve tried all of those things? Chronic may mean that it never goes away. So I deal with my fears and frustrations in this painting.
Jungle Folly
We redid the floor in our bathroom. The garden tub was never used, so I’m making it into a Jungle Folly. Lots of LED lights. If this winter is as dark and wet as summer and spring, we’re going to need a little jungle time.
For the real American heroes
Memorial Day isn’t theoretical or hypothetical. It is about the real people who have served this country with honor. My father served in WWll and was wounded. There are so many more that are in my small sphere. The flags on the lawn are real. The painting, called Trumped Up Flag, is my disgust with the ……leader.
Birth
Forty years ago I was pregnant. Then I was a mother. Thru ups and downs we’re both still here.
New stairs to gym
The Fines Creek Gym is more than eighty years old. This summer the old broken concrete stairs were removed. Photo from inside the gym. Now they are replaced, thanks to sponsors. The first step was sponsored by Donna Livengood, Gregg’s mom, in memory of his dad, Gale.
Disruption
Everyone has disruption in life. After hearing Dr. Blasey Ford testify to her sexual assault, I realized I’d had something similar happen to me. I had repressed it, and always thought that the bad behavior of some men was my fault.
Alonso Davis
In a summer session at the San Antonio Art Institute(now gone) Alonso Davis challenged me. Do you want to think of yourself as an artist, or a housewife? Made me mad, so I painted Dogs of Hell. After he set us up to paint a mural (on a barber shop wall) I designed, helped paint, and finished the 10’x20′ mural, that stayed there for ten years. I chose artist. Thanks, Alonso Davis, west coast muralist.
When artists get snowed in…
they become elves!