"I run.."

 
"I run for hope, I run to feel, I run for truth, For all that is real...I run for your mother, your sister, your wife, I run for you and me and my friend...I run for LIFE." - Melissa Etheridge (Heading down to NYC tomorrow to take part in the Revlon Run/Walk for Breast Cancer)

Rise and Fly...

 
"Time is swift, it races by. Opportunities are born and die...still you wait, and will not try..A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly." A.A. Milne (A pensive sparrow on a ledge at the New York Public Library)

Tangled Up in Blue

 
"We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view. Tangled up in blue." - Bob Dylan
(An interesting and enormous glass sculpture at the New Britain Museum of American Art)

You've Got a Friend...

 
"...winter, spring, summer or fall...all you got to do is call...and I'll be there...yes I will..you've got a friend!"
(never forget this!!)

Don't Look Back

 
Bob Dylan and my artwork in a corner of my sister's kitchen. Dylan, as always, has it right...don't look back...keep on keepin' on!

Painting for a friend

 
It's raining and the last day of my spring vacation...what better place to be than in my studio painting while listening to some good music. This portrait is for my friend..hope he likes it!

"High Point" of my vacation

 
Well. another vacation week is coming to an end. I feel like I got alot accomplished though, what with the Fish Auction, painting in the Studio, Museum hopping, finishing the patio with Dave...and the high point of my vacation...NYC with the girlfriends...and walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. A mixed bag of wonderful memories...just what a vacation should be!

Lisa Hoke Exhibit

 
Lauren, Martha and I went museum hopping today and ended our day at The New Britain Museum of Art's, Lisa Hoke exhibit. The entire stairwell is covered in a glorious burst of painted plastic cups, two stories high...beautiful!

Give your Earth a hug...

 
"Only when the last tree has died, and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught, will we realize we cannot eat money."-Cree Indian Proverb

"a pair of Queens" plus one

 
Worked and reworked this painting...not sure about it...but enough..have to move on to next project.

Pearl River

 
OK...I have 4 minutes to get this done as I just got home and it's 11:56 p.m. New York was spectacular today..will post more tomorrow, but here's a shot of one of my favorite stores, Pearl River in China Town...great stuff!

In the Pink!

 
Every spring I wait patiently for my crabapple tree to blossom in our front yard. This is the beginning of a glorious burst of pink. The tree's brillance casts a pinkish glow into my bedroom through my windows. I love this tree!

His Work Gloves...

 
"Sometimes,if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands."-Clint Eastwood. That's exactly what Dave's doing...he is a perfectionist and would rather build our patio himself than have someone else do it!

Opening Day...

 
"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing what they are fishing for."-Henry David Thoreau....Opening day on the Farmington River in Collinsville

Moi Fish

 
Thanks Karen for snapping this picture for me with my fish.

One Fish..two fish....

 
....all kinds of funkadoo fish...The Fabulous Fish Auction Gala took place tonight at the Pia Sjolin Gallery. With roughly 200 wonderfully creative pieces of fish up for bid (including two by moi) it was a great night. Thanks to all my family and friends for their support!

Women and cats....

 
"Women and cats do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."-Unknown....everyone in my house knows Chloe (our cat) runs the show!

Mikel's Dragon

 
Today, I turn over my blog to my student, Mikel. He did an amazing job on his ceramic project, making one of his favorite creatures..the dragon. I was so proud of his artwork I told him I had to post it for all to enjoy...so here it is!

Consider the lowly skunk cabbage...

 
"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which it's loveliness arises." - Pedro Calderon de la Barca: Spanish poet....so why give such a stinky name to such a beautiful plant.

Let her fly....

 
"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another." - Lucretius. A quiet little angel sitting peacefully in the spring sunshine.

Chicken coop

 
I spent alot of time wandering around this old barn, full of hidden nooks and crannies...very cool stuff indeed!

chiseled features....

 
"As we grow old, the beauty steals inward" - Ralph Waldo Emerson.. An interesting face sitting amongst the garden planters at Riverside Nursery.

One little Robin...

 
"Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds?" - Pablo Picasso

Sorry guys...I just had to post this :)

 
So I'm driving through the parking lot today, trying to find a spot...when I see this bumper sticker...grabbed my ever present camera and SNAP! Not saying I believe this, but it is kind of amusing, no?

It's a DD Hazelnut Ice Coffee kind of day

 
When the temp goes up over 80 degrees, one has to make strategic adjustments to one's day. Today was officially my first DD Ice Coffee of the summer season (even though it is still spring)...ahhhhhhh....lovin' it!