"Out My Window" (oil on canvas)

As I paint what I see through my living room window, the scene is very entertaining.  The plants and birds are like a theater production; change is constant.  It’s impossible to be bored!  As I write this, our cat Cicely is napping inside, while the mourning doves I see outside look like big fat cats. 
 

As Virginia Woolf once said, "Everyone needs a room of one's own."

To me, it's my studio, my command center!
I have so many ideas in the works and I just want to keep at it.
It's truly my happy place! It provides a space for inspiration, experimentation, exhibition, solitude,
and rest. I can easily enjoy a "stay-cation" in my studio

I recently completed an unusual assignment that I found met my skills.  The grandmother of young children commissioned me to recreate the famous Vincent van Gogh painting, “Starry Night.”  She wanted art in the children’s playroom that will be enjoyed as they grow.  (This was a wonderful excuse to visit The Van Gogh exhibit before it left The Clay Center.) The painting is about 30x40 inches, about the same size as the original.  It takes a lot of paint to fill up such a large canvas!  This is the first time I have recreated a painting, and I would be interested in doing more.