cabbage and kale

 It is dark and rainy today. The fire is going, the room is warm  and I have settled down to paint. 

I have a friend that likes my garden paintings, all of which have been sold. It has been a few years since I have painted one, as I have been interested in other subjects. This friend asked me to paint a garden scene so I will make a few before I get back to my abstracts. I won't be going out to the garden to paint right now but I have taken many photos of the flowers and vegetables.  i picked some kale yesterday for dinner. Even though it has been covered by snow and frozen, when the temperature  is above freezing the kale unthaws and is good to pick. 

cabbage and kale, watercolor 14x21

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winter night

I did this painting  from a sketch of a house in Waldoboro, a number of years ago and it sold. I thought it appropriate since we have had a few days of very cold weather. 

All the Christmas decorations are put away and it is time to do some serious painting.

winter night

 

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wet snow

It has been snowing all day. wet and sticking to everything, so it looks like a lot more snow then has accumulated about 4 or 5 inches. Mira has been out running about  but not me. I did my walking on the exercise bike. I have a fire in the wood stove  making the room cozy and I have my paints out and I am painting!! . Yes I am working on the commission of the cove scene for Lynn my neighbor.  

This  scene was painted looking out the bedroom window 

wet snow

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Christmas letter

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Every Christmas I write a letter that is a review of some of the events of my life. Christmas has always been my favorite time of year. It is a time when people are kinder to each other. I love the stories, music, decorations, lights, family gatherings  and best of all I love a live balsam fir tree that reaches the ceiling decorated with ornaments and lights. I celebrate Christ's birth, his energy of light, love and hope, transcending and overcoming darkness.  

winter early evening