I love this Arts and Crafts Festival!  Lots of neat stuff!  Lots of handmade stuff!

Always plenty of things for your kids to do.  Friendly folks.

And they always have a fine selection of food!

 

Hope to see you there!

Remember this?

A Boat Full of Tulips

Well!  You should see it now.

The front.

All decked out in summer flowers. 

Photographed at the Carpenter house on Lakehill Beach Estates Road.

The back.

Bill Carpenter gives Freida all the credit for their gorgeous flowers.

Love this yard ornament.

Bank Fishing

Look like fun?

It is!

This is such a typical scene around here.  Fishing from the bank doesn't require any fancy equipment.  And there are miles and miles of beach to fish from. 

Photographed at Paris Landing State Park

Sunflowers

Sunflowers have always been one of my favorite subjects to paint or draw in a very tight, detailed style as you can see by these pieces I did a few years ago.

Sunflower Window

Watercolor & Ink

Sunflowers

Colored Pencil & Ink

 

Sunflower Forest

Ink

 



I haven't actually painted since about 2008. Most of the images I do these days are photo manipulations and the occasional collage that might have just a little hand painting or drawing.

Lately though I've been kind of jumping around ... doing different things, trying my hand at things I have never done before (like jewelry) and experimenting with a new take on some of the mediums I've used in the past.

So it was time to do something different and a little challenging.  I wanted to try something a little looser and vivid.  So ...

Sunflower On Red

Acrylic

 

This was really an experiment with acrylic on a 14" x 18" canvas.  But, I think I really like it and will be doing some more along this line.

A Day In My Neighborhood

A day in my neighborhood might include ...

Fishing at dawn.

A drive through the countryside.

Or,

a deadly encounter.

Now, what would a blog about living at a lake be - without the occasional snake?

Thanks to John Peddy  at Sweetvalley Cabin Rental for the photos.

Jewelry Updates

Jack Jones Flowers & Gifts, which has carried my art prints for several years, now also carries my jewels made from upcycled buttons, paper and other doo dads.  Here's a little sampling. 

Fluttery and unbelievably light earrings.  You won't believe these are paper! All paper items have been sealed to be water resistant.

Button bracelets are eye catching and fun to wear.  No two are exactly alike.

Old Levi buttons for the Boho style.  Unique, fun and swingy.

Eye catching red with black edges and brass fittings. 

Feather light!

Also availabe at T.F. Rice & Co. and on my Etsy shop.

Lake Signs

Love this sign I saw at T.F. Rice & Co.