More Inspiration

I brought coloring books, sketch pads, and pastels this time rather than my paints. But just look at these photos! I'll have to paint when we get home: 

Such drama! The play of light on water makes any ordinary scene a delight. 

Future projects

I'm sifting through vacation photos. Look at these gems that would paint well: 

Everywhere one looks in St. Augustine is regal architecture, a treasure of textures and light. We slowed to creep through a narrow alley and I took the above photo into someone's drawing room. Rain poured from the sky and speckled our car windows while gleaming yellow light shone warmly within. 

Here is a peek through arches at the Lightner museum. 

And oh, the sunsets! Look at that mother-of-pearl cloud behind the silhouettes do palm trees. 

What will J say?

I've been asked to paint a lot of different subjects.  Left to myself, I like calm waters, eerie trees, green fields.  However, everyone else has other visions of the perfect place and time, so I've painted golf courses, fanciful trees, bridges, paths, and oceans reflecting all types of water.

For the first time, a friend asked me to paint a relationship.  It was supposed to be a basic representation of earth and elements and attraction. As usual, it took a turn where it has become part paisley and part Dr. Seuss.  If this thing no longer represents her color scheme, I'll keep the crazy thing and start hers over.

As usual, I now both love and hate it and am a little obsessed by adding more curlicues to it. Got out of bed on Sunday morning at 4:30 AM to get back to it.

What do you think?  What will Jessica say?