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NY NY

  I am thrilled to announce that Karin Jurick has added me to her NY blogger list on her blogspot.  I was fortunate to attend her first NY workshop in May 2010.  I learned many invaluable tips to further my artistic endeavors as well as meeting some wonderful new art friends.  One of Karins’ tips was to create a blogspot to display your art.  I was a little slower to do this than most.  Something about 7 children and the cares of this world.  This painting was done at Karins’  workshop.  One of NY’s finest.  His expression while dealing with NY city traffic was priceless.  If you are not familiar with Karins’ art, check out her website.  Google Karin Jurick, sit back and enjoy!

Winter break

We just returned from a wonderful trip to Jackson Hole Wy.

Lots of fun in the snow, skiing, snowmobiling, good food, friendly people and great art galleries.  If you haven’t been, I highly recommend it as your next winter destinatiion!

Forever young

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barrel races, heroes, horses

This is Fay.  She is a friend of mine who happens to clean my house for me once a week.  After she feeds her horses in the morning she cleans all day, every day, then goes home and rides her horse.  She barrel races on the weekends. She is kind, honest, works for everything she has, and doesn’t ask for anything from anybody.  She is 77 years young.  Since I’ve known her she has broken her hip and her leg.  Within 5 to 8 weeks she was back on the job after each break.  When you are looking for the heroes in America today, try looking at the hardworking, uncomplaining , consevative women around us.  Now that’s feminism you can write about.  Correction: fay is 78 years young.

Afgan girl

Posting on a blog is new for me.  I guess I am what you would call a conservative feminist.  Anyone wondering what that is should read The Flipside of Feminism, a book recommended to me by my daughter.  I am working class enough to believe that if you believe strongly in something you do something about it.  That is why I support women who believe in the revolutionary idea of supporting all women, even the unborn ones.  That’s why we have 4 adoptive children.  The photo of this Afgan woman was so compelling I had to paint her.

What a punk!

this is Buster, who I call Punky because he was such a punk.  He was our first rescue.  The start of many.

At Last…….

I was saddened to hear of Etta James passing.  What an amazing voice.  Her iconic  song sums up the way I feel about finally getting some art work on this site.  At Last!

 

Hello world!

Hello!  The world I know is a funny place.  Filled with kids, animals and on a good day, painting.  I am an artist.  But, first and foremost I am a wife and mother.  I have a wonderful husband who indulges me in the things I love.  I have 7 children who I also call space invaders.  Add 3 dogs and 4  horses into the mix.  I love spending time with my family, rescuing animals  (which include dogs, cats, squirrels, raccoons, hawks, sparrows and the occasional duck) and painting.  When I am not painting I am thinking about painting.  I’ve included a photo that sums up who I am (the one in red in the middle), and a quote by my favorite historical figure, Winston Churchill, ” This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts”.