may 13

 Painting on location waterfalls, streams, RIVERS. BUT THE LAST  PAINTING WILL HANG ON MY WALL WITH ALLTHE  OTHERS THAT  HAVE A  STORY.

SO MANY OF  MY TRAVELS  HAVE  BEEN DOCUMENTED BY MY PAINTINGS . THEY  HAVE  STORIES ATTACHED  TO THEM. MOSTLY WHEN AND  WHERE   BUT  A FEW HAVE  STORIES  ATTACHED THAT  ARE  NOT  EVIDENT  BY THE  PAINTING'S APPEARANCE. LOOK AT THIS  ONE. DOWN THE  STREAM ARE  PEOPLE.  AS  I WAS  PAINTING, I REALIZED  THERE  WAS  A  CHILD SCREAMING NOT  WITH HAPPY JOY BUT  FEAR. I  BEGAN TO RUN TOWARD HER. HER  DAD WAS  HOLDING ANOTHER  CHILD AND   TOO FAR  TO HELP THE   CHILD WHO HAD  WANDERED  TOO FAR  FROM HIM TO HELP HER.. SHE  WAS  BEING   PUSHED  BY THE   RUNNING  WATER AND   COULD NOT  RIGHT  HERSELF IN RELATIVELY  SHALLOW  WATER. AS  I REACHER HER, I TRIED  TO COAX  HER  TO WALK  AT  A DIAGONAL.. I WAS  TOO HIGH TO STEP INTO THE  WATER. AS  I LOOKED  FOR  A PLACE TO ENTER  AT A LOWER  LEVEL, A  WOMAN WHO I HAD  SPOKEN TO EARLIER, CAME  RUNNING  WITH A  BETTER  IDEA...SHE  WAS  CARRYING A  BRANCH.  SHE    ALSO PLUNGED  INTO THE  WATER  TO HELP THE  CHILD.. I WAS  ABLE  TO REACH THE  WOMAN AND  FORM A WAY TO GET  BOTH TO THE  BANK, I LEARNED  HER  NAME WAS  MARIE AND  AN ARTIST  AND  PROFESSOR. THE  CHILD 'S  NAME  I AM AFRAID  LEFT  MY MIND AS  SOON AS  I HEARD IT.. QUITE  AN AFTERNOON.

TUESDAYAPRIL26

I CHANGED  THIS  PAINTING .. TOOK OUT THE  FLOWERS  AND  REPLACED  THEM WITH SMALLER VERSIONS..

PLUS  I STARTED  ANOTHER  ONE.. THAT  I WANTED  TO DO IN THE  FIRST  PLACE.. I AM GLAD  I WAITED.. I GAVE IT  MORE  THOUGHT .. AND  I SAW  ANOTHER  ARTIST'S PAINTING WHERE  THE  REFLECTIONS  OF THE  TREES AND  THE  SKY TOOK OVER THE  PAINTING... AND  MADE IT  SO MUCH MORE  INTERESTING THEN TRYING SHOW THE  TREES AND  SKY ABOVE THE SHORE  LINE.

THERE IS  A  DESIRE TO SELL A  PAINTING.. OF  COURSE.. BUT  STAY TRUE  TO THE  WAY I SEE THINGS.. SO  ...I AM TRYING TO PUT THEM IN A DIFFERENT  PRESENTATION.. ...

THIS PASTEL IS  FROM SHALOM PARK. OPAP  WILL PAINT THERE SATURDAY.

MONDAY

FIELD  OF  WILD  FLOWERS  THIS  SPRING .. COOL MORNING ..TO PAINT A  LOVELY  SIGHT. PASTEL IS  SO GOOD  FOR THIS  SUBJECT  ALTHOUGH  I AM VERY TEMPTED  TO REURN WITH WATERCOLOR  AND  ALSO  OIL.. STAY TUNED.

GLAZED  WARM COLORS  OVER   SHAPES OF  FLORIDA FAUNA AND  FLORA

FRIDAY APRIL 15

TO SAY I HAVE  BEEN BUSY WOULD  BE  AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
BUT  ACTUALLY I HAVE  BEEN DISTRACTED  MORE  THAN  USUAL.

I AM SO TRYING  TO PAINT  WHAT  I KNOW BUT  IN A  WAY THAT  SHOWS  CREATIVITY

THE  CANVASES  OF  DIFFERENT SIZE AND  SHAPE  ALLOW  ME TO NOT  HAVE  TO PAINT  UNIMPORTANT AREAS.. BUT  ALSO CALL ON ME  TO BE  MORE   SEARCHING AND  CREATIVE.  I ALREADY KNOW  WHAT  I WANT TO DO NEXT, 

I WANT TO FINISH THE  OAK TREE AND  AZALIA  PAINTING  WITH   "FINISHING"  TOUGHES.. I FEEL THAT  TH E  AZALIA   BUSHES  ON THE  LEFT  CANVAS  ARE  TOO  BIGHT.. SO I WILL  GLAZE  A HAZE.. OR  FOG INTO  THAT  AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE  TREE..

SUNDAY

IT  IS  HARDER  FOR  ME  TO GIVE  IN .AND  ACCEPT THAT  I CANNOT  COMPETE   OR  GET  SOMEONE TO  BUY MY PAINTINGS.. SO I AM TRYING THIS  NEW  FORMAT..

I HAVE  SO MANY IDEAS   OF  WHAT  I WANT TO PAINT.. IN THIS WAY..

THIS  IS  OLD BORING  SQUARE  FORMAT.. PASTEL OF  A SECTION OF  BEACH FROM NOVA  SCOTIA

THURSDAY CONTINUED

VINCE

SYLVIA

THE  FINI  OF THE  PAINTING I SHOWED  EARLIER  AND  SOME OF THE  WORKS  FROM OTHER  ARTIST IN   THIS  MORNING  OTOW ART  GROUP.

THURSDAY

ALWAYS  WONDERING . AM I REALLY PAINTING WHAT  I WANT TO PAINT  OR  AM I TRYING TO PAINT  TO POTENTIAL BUYER?  I HAVE  INVESTED  HEAVILY INTO MY PASTELS. I HAVE THIS  IDEA  OF PAINTING IN THE  MONTAGE METHOD AND  YET  I TAKE  ON  SINGLE SUBJECTS.. I LIKE  TO PAINT  WITH LOOSE  STROKES AND  LOST  EDGES BUT  AM PROUD  THAT  I  CAN PAINT  SHARP DETAIL.  I SEE THE  IMPORTANCE  OF PAINTING ON ONE SIDE OF THE  COLOR  WHEEL  (HARMONY)  BUT  LOVE THE WAY  LIGHT   BOUNCES  COLOR OFF  SURFACES.. FLOWERS ... CLOTH.

HERE  ARE  A  FEW  THINGS  I PAINTED  LATELY... I HAVE  SINCE  FINISHED  THIS  DEMONSTRATION ,,, I WILL  TAKE A  PICTURE OF THE  FINISHED  WORK AND  POST  IT  LATER.