The Garden at St. Davids in Austin TX

I have not been able to do much blogging here as of late.  I spent a month with my daughter Rachel in Austin.  She had her baby 5 weeks early and we spent 4 weeks in the NICU.  

I am happy to say baby and Mother are well and at home.  There were not many moments that I had available during that time to do artwork, but I did get a chance to do a couple of watercolors.  

Hopefully I will be soon posting some Mother and child paintings.  Certainly I have some inspiration to do some!  Newborn babies are so wonderful, and they have a way of stopping time.  It seemed like the month of May sort of evaporated in the Texas sun -- and I wouldn't have spent it any other way.  Donna

The Last Watermelon

There is a man in our community who grows produce and sells it from his truck, I have actually painted a picture of him with his truck and umbrella about ten years ago. It was the day before our first freeze and he had picked everything in his garden. I was driving by and I saw him with some watermelons, so I stopped, he said he wasn't sure it was mature but he would cut it for me before I bought it to be safe. I said,"oh no, I'm just interested in painting it." It may show up again in a still life or two, we'll see.

Treasure from the Produce Stand

Eggplant with Onion

I finished this last night about 10:00. I can't describe the feeling I have about it. All I can say is I am so glad to be an artist, I love painting, it is so fullfilling to me.I have great joy in being able to capture a thing on canvas.

Pomegranates

These beauties were fun to paint. Pomegranates are one of the festive fruits of the winter time and I am always drawn to them for a painting subject, their little succulent fruits are packaged so beautifully. Oh- I like to eat them too!

Amberg,Germany River Boat

This is another painting of a scene in Germany. The name of the town is Amberg, it was the town my sister shopped at when she lived there. I got to spend several days leisurely enjoying the beautiful buildings and covered bridges in the small town. I took watercolors and sketching materials, and of course a good camera,I just wish I would have taken alot more photos. All the small towns seemed to be situated on a river. I captured this small river boat on film, it was bigger than a gondola. I have always desired to paint it and recently I have been able to scan my older slides into the computer and paint from looking at the computer screen. Which has worked out great.