10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
“Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.” -Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Fresh Air and Sunshine
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
“Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder
Spring Will Come
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” -Robert H. Schuller
En garde, Spring!
24″x48″ mixed media on canvas
Rain in the forecast? We are ready.
Walking to School Series No•14
When a House Becomes a Home
8″x10″ oil on panel
This is a closing gift commissioned by a realtor. What a sweet way to say hello or goodbye to a place you call home.
Grown in the Wild
12″x9″ pastel on sanded paper
“Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.” -Lorde
Blooming Bulb
5″x7″ pastel on sanded paper
“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” –Hans Christian Andersen
Bluebonnet – up close and personal
8″x10″ pastel on sanded paper
Howdy Blue
14″x11″ pastel on sanded paper
“It’s not only the state flower but also a kind of floral trademark almost as well known to outsiders as cowboy boots and the Stetson hat. The bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England and the tulip to Holland.” Wrote historian Jack Maguire
The season is short, I plan to make the most of it.
Spring
5″ square pastel on sanded paper
Spring: a lovely reminder of how truly beautiful change can be.
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