Karen

Sounds like they’re really going to cut off food & funds. He does know people are watching, doesn’t he?

And now add starvation as food assistance is allowed to expire without new funding😡

This is alarming!! FFS I knew this & the mechanics behind it back in the 1980’s!! So teachers are being ‘misinformed’ in climate science too?? We’re screwed 💔. (I naively thought the actual science would power an energy revolution.)

What followed, the challenge to resume painting & hopefully, continue development of my watercolor skills, is incorporated in the smaller, singular paintings.
My knuckle has healed to be usable again—it’s just larger now. Motor skills are a different issue. To be continued…

The 3 multi opening paintings came after 5 months in a new painting class, evolving my own style, learning botanical watercolor. Then I broke the index knuckle on my painting hand…no painting for a few months.

The Art of the Land, an annual fundraiser for the McHenry County Land Conservancy opens Friday, 10-23 to Saturday 10-24. Juried exhibition, music, food & cash bar at the Starline Gallery❣️
Interesting story on this work-my collection of watercolors.

That is all just so true! So it’s up to us to be the rescue squad?

❄️❄️❄️💩

This is criminal assault. 🤬

I’m preparing for winter floral painting by collecting beautiful images for models & inspiration🥰

Intrigued by the challenge of “a bouquet.” This will require more tries…

Bravo Calgary for being realistic about the huge downside of this technology, factoring in these realities & balancing them with available resources ❤️‍🔥

She’s had this job far too long😡She’s beholden to too many of the wrong ideas & people🤬Come on AK, you can do better…

Thanks so much!! Such a hard Schlep to the day, I slept for 20 hours afterwards 😅. And now, I seriously have a ‘framing bug!’ I need to find more larger frames. What fun - grateful for some escape❣️

The Autumn ArtWalk was great last Saturday & was very happy with our turnout! Grateful to be settling back into a painting routine—doing exhibitions take a lot of time away from studio work!
Great to get feedback on this new work, & added to my jewelry, there was a lot to look at😍

Downright creepy🫣

I’m testing some framing ideas.

Thank you❣️Those little exercises are a new discovery!! I want to do more circles. And the autumn palette is just getting started 🫣

The small orange series - two exercises & two flower cards🧡

Inspired by today’s class exercise. It started with color tests & ended up here😂

That’s a good question!!! I’m nervous to even be showing paintings 🫣 I haven’t done it much. I need cellophane bags for cards, mats & backing for unframed, plus a few frames😳

New week of new work & I tried to make a reel—BlueSky cropping leaves a lot to be desired here.
But what I LOVED about this series was my return to using high granulation watercolors💜. It’s another step to regaining brush control after a broken knuckle. I’m not fully back yet, but it’s progress❣️

I’ve long been a monthly donor to my local NPR station & I hope they can find ways to keep going🙏🏻

This is truly morally bankrupt 😡Did the majority of voters really WANT this perversion in their moral code??

This whole Trump term is SUCH an abuse of the formerly vaunted US legal system. This loud, obvious weaponization of the legal system to torture, harass, & find vengeance has got to be stopped & punished, it really all wrong🤬

Thank you❣️

Whew! Finally squeezed in some painting❣️ it often takes time to get back in the flow, so sequential days really help. Newest first & earlier 2nd. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

The orange brothers, Sunny & Bibs, have fun poses. Staying cool in a Midwestern heat wave .

So these assorted mishaps & ‘accidents’ span a pretty long time frame?? Lousy time to have a corrupted DOJ.