dreams of happiness

with winter here, i am sad in some ways to see the leaves have lost their beautiful green leaves, but there is still a lovely, quiet and stark beauty to the bare branches as they move gently in the winter wind. birds sit quiety on the telephone wires, facing a faraway place, perhaps dreaming of spring and summer and the warmth of the sun. the fall leaves float down together in large groups, as if they are dancing together. it is beautiful, but i will miss the green leaves all winter, dreaming of the sunshine of spring and the flittering, fluttering excitement of new life as the snow melts and we can run outside in our shorts and summer tops. how fun summer is. i was born in the summer, in august and it is my most favorite month of the year. but december is on it's way with christmas and that is beautiful, too. i hope your day is blessed with lovely things and lovely thoughts of beauty......

sacred pools, faraway and imagining

sometimes i don't even remember pictures i save, i find so many. these are very beautiful and inspiring. i found them on>>>>> a butterfly in my hair, all the mountains, amy wilson, yevgenia on etsy, ensuite and undine's island.

new paintings

here are some newer paintings i did recently. i could paint for hours, i love it. especially love painting on really large canvases.

I miss having a cat so much......

Our Fairy Castle & other Art at Brooklyn Exhibit (More photos of Castle in next 2 posts!!)

Mike and I recently had our Fairy Castle (an amazing house made from nature, 2 1/2 feet tall) and other artwork in an exhibit in Brooklyn, New York. The first picture is of Mike and I with our Fairy Castle at the exhibit. The following four photographs are of our Fairy Castle (be sure to see the two following posts after this one that have many more pictures of the Fairy Castle!!!) Next photo is of Mike's sculptures: "The Soccer Rabbit", "The Director, Daughter" (sold), "Ciero and his little Blue Plane" and "The Travelers". These pieces are made from papier' mache', cardboard, clay and acrylic. The next photo is of the group of pieces from the exhibit, little fairy furniture and characters made from natural and found materials), followed by a detail of that photo./ The following pictures are of each piece individually: "The Woman from the Sea who Lived in the City", "Bathtub for a Forest Elf", "The Tiniest Little Room", "Orin the Orator", "Dressing Table for a Princess", "The Happy Prince's Throne", "Tiny Hobbit Scene", "The Wisp of the Forest", "Mossman", "Throne for the Tallest Elf", "The Smiling Giraffe", "Rueben the Reader", "Hearts and Woven Dreams", "The Winged Dog", "Tiny Bed for a Fairy Princess", "Ivarcinsky the Inventor", "Sunny", "Arnold the Assistant", "Randolph the Russian Dancer & his Son", "Pauline the Poet", "The Forest Writing Desk", "The Chair of Memories", "The Little Lost Bed from the Sea", "Arthur the Artist" and "The Dancing Prince". These pieces are from about 4" tall to 10" tall and are really quite amazing. The following two posts have tons of wonderful pictures of our Fairy Castle!! Be sure to visit those posts, too!