Hospital Stay

Life takes some twists and turns when you least expect it. We were eating out with my parents two weeks ago and my dad tripped outside of the restaurant hitting his head on the concrete. He has been in the hospital since then and I have been with him, too. Hopefully he will get to go home soon away from all of the walls, carpet, linoleum, needles, to the green fields and countryside where his house sits. First he must get well!

Being here I have noticed the lack of art around. The cutest art they have is Mona Lisa washing her hands when you enter. I will post a picture when I can. My watercolors and a few supplies are here with me, but I have yet to get them out.

We've had a visit from a therapy dog named Jack who was part chihuahua and part jack russell terrier. He is 13 years old and loves all of the attention he gets from patients and you could tell he loves his job!

Hopefully everyone else is well.

Boy Meets Girl and they Fall in Love

I think you could find many different verbs to describe all the emotions of falling in love. And they are all opposites of each other! Worried-Happy, etc. etc. etc......Think roller coaster. That describes this sweet painting titled "Lovesick". They give each other Valentines cards and here they got each other the very same card! She's amused and he hasn't even noticed yet as he's worried if she'll like the card. He is from New York City...dressed in all black.

Little chihuahua wears his heart sweater looking for love.

As for colors....you can see I went back to my light mossy green. I think it makes a soft background color. I look at out walls and they are all the same colors, but the shadows fall and with the lightshades make about 10 different colors in the room...except they all come from the same color. I try to remember when I paint that nothing is going to be the same flat color! Light affects all areas.

I am trying to make some small paintings that have a hint of valentines in them. Up for sale on ebay now.