A sample of different art at different times with different materials. Soji my daughter's dog is in my moleskine from my last visit there, the squiggly water color is recent, the rabbit was an Easter card to a friend. The dancing dogs, arylic, has been in process. the dogs ar 14X24. the moleskine is typical size, the rabbit 5X 7" and water color 14X20" lizzzzzzzzzzzzzzy

rabbit princess

This is before her nose was added, for those who are having a hard time ...it is a sprite on a rabbit the grey thing, she has a yellow flower skirt. the reins are yellow too. more views available.lizzzzzzzzzz

better view

first felting attempt

China town Portland 4/07

well the african...

painting had a loading error, I not that good at loading stuff yet. lizzzzzy

This is a drawing in my moleskine of my inner child doll. I had a very full and prolonged childhood. I invision my inner child doll as worn out. She is made from muslin for the body and an old embroyered hand towl with a slip of old cotton lace. At present she has only one leg, but I am thinking of creating a button on leg. It just seems right. The injury was to my left hip, though no one could tell I was EVER ever hurt, I still hurt in the hip. I hate the A word (arthritis, an aging disorder...). The doll will apear in her "flesh" when I feel she is finished. Lizzzy

Ok, I am not yet good at getting it all in the photo, but the writing on the wall says." Birds sing before the dawn with aniticipation. There is a small painting done by a local woman of birds. Liz ooooozes creativity, I wish I had half the energy she does. I think I will paint the switch cover, it is too dominate. lizzzzzzzzy

Here is another painting I did about a year ago. I was thinking about the suffering of women in Africa, their screams muffled by our Western indifference. I am looking to find a good organization to aid a woman.
I just watched Last King of Scotland, Uganda was once a garden of a country, after Obote Amin and Aids, it is a human desert. I hope to do more paintings with this in mind. I feel apart of the spirit of all women. Lizzzzzy

I am getting better at this now. Too bad my teacher is going to Atlanta Georgia. she has the scanner too. but this is also from my trip to the Pacific NW. Loved the area. A perfect place for someone who loved rain, wanted the ocean and the mountains. lizzzzzzzzzzzzzy

HA! this is from my Moleskine I take on trips. this is my attempt at being a cartographer. My father loved maps, I taught seventh grade geography, loved geography, seventh graders, and teaching. Hated grading, and polititics, teacher meetings, and the copy machine. lizzzzzzzzzzy

This is a painting I did maybe a year ago, it is part of a pair. this is the first picture I have been able to add to my blog. I keep trying and so far this is it. I love to trout fish, I love to clean trout, and even better to eat fresh trout. It is not like any other fish, to me. The brook trout are my favorites. this sounds so wooden, like a robot. but here is my painting on my blog. Lizzzzzzzzzzzzzzy

April showers...and thunder and dead flowers and

It has been so long since I relaxed and sat down to say anything. I took off from Arkansas-land and went to NW America, Portland OR and Seattle WA. My hubby travels, and I don't/can't. So I keep the home fires warm. He was on assignment in that part of the world so I went to visit. After a 10 hour trip, 8hours from Dallas to Portland...yes really. A two hour delay in the airport, then two hours on the tarmac then 4 hours there...the other 2, the time to get from my beloved Fay-town to Dallas icky. I got in at two am and I am very much a creature of habit, and retire early. so any way... Mt Hood with snow, the Columbia breath-taking-River Goarge, MT Rainer, Olympic National Park, Pebble beaches, Japanese Gardens, Chinese Gardens, (yes they are different). I may have my friend Lila help me post drawings from my moleskine-I travel with the Moleskine instead of a camera.
I have cleaned my art space, so I am ready to create! I have been in the house a year, and that is the last room to be packed, then because it takes so much energy and decissions to unpack...it takes the longest amount of time and mental energy. which I have been lacking.
I am not a true Blogger...I know that now, so duh, now what? I will figure it out.
I am so excited I will be in Virginia for Mother's day!! My daughter invited me and I am thrilled. I have been manic since I got home, and have channeled my energy. I had the contents of my closet all over the bed room floor last night, whew what a mess to clean up, but the final product is worth it.
I hate what is happening to my body, I now work out at the gym 4-5 times a week, 8 months now, and have gained 3 pounds, concidering I was 10 pounds overwt. to start with it is a problem and DONT dare give me the pound of muscle weighs more than fat...I have just started writing down what and how much I eat, So now I am keeping an eye on calories too. hope , hope hope.
Life is really more complex than that.
I have discovered felting, really excited, look out dolly girls!!! Lizzzzy