Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of my brother John Kevin’s death. He was 16 at the time and drowned in an accident at a public pool where he served as a life guard.
I had the desire to work on some sweet, light and joyous. How’s this?
Tag: Flowers
Painting again
This is a quickie little thing I did in a very short amount of time. Have you noticed I really, really, really enjoy painting flowers?
The upside to downpours
In case you haven’t heard, the Tampa Bay area has been overwhelmed by water the past week and a half. We were fortunate and avoided the early onslaught as we escaped to Maine for a beautiful wedding and a fantastic soul-soothing respite at the Wave Walker Bed & Breakfast overlooking Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park. Ahhh… the fresh sea air, the glorious fields and flowers, the incredible food and hospitality afforded us. Big thanks to Donna and Philip Doyen, our hosts at the B&B, and to our lovely Walsh/Mason and Vickery kinfolk up there and best wishes to the lovely bride and groom.
For the trip, we flew Southwest Airlines into Manchester and drove the coastal interstate route up to Acadia. On the way back, we took Route 1 and fell in love with the adorable towns we meandered through. We did stop in Rockland where the Farnsworth Museum is. It features a couple of Wyeth exhibits right now and many other wonderful works. Since Andrew Wyeth was my first art love, we thought it appropriate to stop in.
It was very hard coming back, believe me! But return we did. To rain and humidity and heat. It’s been okay, though, since I took this opportunity to refine a couple of old paintings in need of more tone and tlc. I also did an abstract that I am proud of and started on a painting of sunflowers.
If you enjoy these, you can purchase copies, notecards and even duvets of them at this site.
The Mother’s Day flowers, in a painting
Rather than let them just wither and die, I took the opportunity to paint the beautiful Mother’s Day flowers my son sent me. What do you think?
Mother’s Day, 2014
So, it was another emotional and joyous Mother’s day! I heard from both of my boys, my awesome stepson and stepdaughter over in England, and David treated me special as well.
Pete surprised me with an enormous, over-the-top arrangement that he had sent to my office on Friday. To say it was stunning is an understatement, as you can see for yourself.
Needless to say, I’ll be painting these! So, to summarize, it was a gorgeous Mother’s Day and I’m signing off to go paint. Hope you’re all having a great one as well.