12/9/23

Fall in Pearland Texas

     Colorful leaves and hay bales - around the Gulf Coast of Texas, this is what fall looks like in Pearland. Actually this year, it is far more colorful than usual for some reason.

     This is a plein-air sketch of hay bales and Tallow trees growing against a fence line. If the truth be known, there really wouldn't be any color in our landscape if it wasn't for the invasive Chinese Tallows and poison ivy vines.



    I'm still working on my landscapes. I do not feel that I'm confident enough to paint them yet; everything grabs my attention.  But I do know that if you want to be good at it, you cannot seal yourself in your studio and paint. You have to paint outside every chance you get...there is no way around it. So after my umpteenth landscape, I might have a painting I actually like.  



10/27/22

Pepper and Bella

Pepper

Pepper is my neighbor's horse. He is a quarter horse trained as a roping horse. 



Bella 

Bella was a beautiful companion; loved hunting. She was shot by the man that lives down the street.



6/19/22

The Muse

 





The Pear

My sister and I had the privilege to paint a Pear for display in Pearland, Texas.  Not only does the Pear depict Pearland's former mayor, Tom Reid, but also it highlights many of his achievements during his time in office, primarily with education, transportation, and art and culture. 

Mr. Reid was instrumental in building Pearland's first library, which bears his name. He served for approximately thirty years as Pearland's mayor and retired with the designation of Mayor Emeritus. 

My sister and I collaborated in painting the Pear. We were lucky that it squeezed through the front door of my home. And we quickly realized that it takes...a lot...of paint to cover a four foot pear. 


The entrance to the Tom Reid Library is depicted over his shoulder.













7/17/21

The Princess and the Pea







This is my granddaughter, Emma. And I love this photo of her. It's like a surrealist painting.

Pictured is a very large pear that she is featured on, and there is a Statue of Liberty resting in the background, shades of Dorothea Tanning.