Tiger graphite drawing

I did this drawing a while ago and have been meaning to add giclees of him to my Etsy shop. You can see them here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/76755175/tiger

In honor of this momentous occasion, I am giving away a free 8x10 inch giclee to anyone who leaves a comment here on my posting of this tiger. So post before July 13th, and I will select one lucky winner! You've all been so supportive while I've been getting back on my feet. Hope you win! He comes printed on Moab Lasal Gloss paper printed in archival inks. Have a great day!

"Sky Water"

I've been listening to some meditation tapes and this is one section that I love listening too. Hope it will bring you some peace today!


"In such a day, in September or October, Walden is a perfect forest mirror, set round with stones as precious to my eye as if fewer or rarer. Nothing so fair, so pure, and at the same time so large, as a lake, perchance, lies on the surface of the earth. Sky water. It needs no fence. Nations come and go without defiling it. It is a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface ever fresh; a mirror in which all impurity presented to it sinks, swept and dusted by the sun's hazy brush,—this the light-dust cloth,—which retains no breath that is breathed on it, but sends its own to float as clouds high above its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still."
Walden ~Thoreau

Pick up at the Brush Gallery

Well I was happy to bring my Dad over to see my artwork at the Brush Gallery in Lowell before the show closed. He's up here from South Carolina for the summer. After that we attending a birdhouse building seminar and each build out own. He's outside staining them now. Copper roofs to be added tomorrow! So happy now that spring has arrived!

Finally feeling better!

It's been a long haul, but I'm feeling almost human again! Back to creating new artwork right after vacation. Newfound Lake in New Hampshire is one of the 3 cleanest lakes in the country! We were lucky enough to find a place that allows dogs and Cleo is looking forward to vacation as much as we are.

getting over my operation, ah, that's operations!

Went in to get my gallbladder out and they decided my appendix had to come out also. So I've been very sore and mopping around the house all week. Beginning to feel a bit better today. By tomorrow I should be up and around, though very slowly! 4 to 6 weeks recovery for an appendix. Oi! Well, it's warmed up anyway, from 48 to 88 degrees in a week, just as New England likes to do. All the flowers are blooming and I need to get my dahlias in the ground! I'll have to get my hubbie to help me out. Not supposed to do any lifting, etc. for a while still. I miss doing my art. But I've really been out of it. Maybe tomorrow! My Dad is coming to visit in June so I'll keep him busy sanding me some frames. He loves to keep busy, at almost 93! Hope I'm that spry at his age!

Been so busy

I've been soooo busy. Held my colored pencil workshop and was so busy having fun, didn't even shoot any photos! Sorry. We were spread out over 3 tables and all the students were great. They asked me to teach a weekly class right after summer.

Then went to the opening at the Brush Gallery and met some wonderful fellow artists. Had a great time. It was an awesome show.

Now I am updating my bird prints in my shops to include the scientific latin names, the person who classified and named the species and the date that was done. I'm hoping that will appeal to people more. Here's one example, but you can see more on my Etsy site: http://www.etsy.com/shop/roxy5235

It's been raining here for about a week, but today the sun finally came out! What a relief! Hope you are all enjoying the weekend!

Door poster

Went to drop off my pieces for the Brush Gallery show and there was my owl on the poster. I'm having a fun month! This must be my "15 minutes of fame"!

Rooster is finished but still drying

I thought I posted this earlier, but I guess not. It's up on a shelf drying. I'm really happy with the way it came out!