Flower keeper

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This flower is a new addition to my garden this year and the name escapes me, they were planted from a seed package.  If you know please comment.  They grow 3-4 feet tall and produce lots of blooms.    This vase was a great keeper for the flowers and added complementing shapes.

From the Garden

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The garden seemed to take forever this year.  Once it started producing it has been a great crop.  Our cucumbers are 18 inches long, no kidding.  There are two tomatoes plants .  When they started ripening there were so many tomatoes it made 8 quarts of spaghetti sauce.   We have been so busy eating everything this is the first painting of my vegetables.  

Cracked Eggs

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While making breakfast here it was ...right in front of me.  My little egg beater who roams around the kitchen happened to catch the scene.   What a character...he pops up in my paintings every now and then.

Crooked Tree Arts Center 

Petoskey, Michigan

September 20 - November 15, 2014

OPENING RECEPTION: 2014 JURIED FINE ART EXHIBITION AND GLPAPA EXHIBIT

September 20, 4-6 pm.

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WHITE RIVER LIGHTHOUSE IS IN THE EXHIBIT, HOPE YOU CAN STOP BY AND SEE ALL THE GREAT PAINTINGS.

Red beauty

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The simple beauty of an object brought to life by the paint.   This depth of color is amazing and why I paint with oil colors.  

August

Spent most of this month traveling to the Smoky Mountains and up-north Michigan.   Although this was a time of fun and family as an artist you are always gathering insight for your work.

The Smoky Mountains has captivated me for the last five years.   Recently I started a landscape which is a view from Clingmans Dome the highest point in the park at 6,643 feet and crosses the Appalachian trail.  Learning the history of the area keeps me going back for the beauty of the mountains and the valleys where the settlers lived.  There are a lot of historical places to visit in the park.

Deck and I with our granddaughter Kaylee stopping on the Blue Ridge Parkway after our rafting trip.

Us girls were in the front the best place for the ride.