I don't understand how the regular bloggers do it.  I just don't find myself that interesting, but it seems to be the thing to do for internet sales these days, so here goes again.

Below is a photo of the Creek with Fisherman which won first place in the Montevallo Art Show Quick Draw competition on April 14.

There is also a photo of the painting that I did on April 13 of the home of the President of Montevallo University.  It was a plein air painting completed in less than 3 hours.

Also there is a photo of one of a series of sepia botanicals that I have been doing with pen and ink combined with watercolor technique.

In the meantime, I have had cataract surgery on the right eye and next week they will use a lazer to clean up the left eye.  So the miracle here is that someone who is almost blind can indeed enjoy painting!  Maybe with new vision, next month will even be more enjoyable!

I started this painting at about 2:15 on Saturday, and it was sold at the wet paint sale at 4:30. If you can see the price, that was for wet paint, unframed.

One of the first questions people ask me is, "Are you painting anything?" I am frequently left speechless because I cannot produce something that proves the answer to be, "of course!". This past weekend, we had a wet paint sale in Selma, organized for us by Karen Weir and the Selma Art Guild.... Louella Clements, Paige Hodo, Gena Clements, and several others who are also members of the Alabama Plein Air Artists. I sold six paintings! I thought I might come away with some new work to show as proof that I am painting, but it is gone and I am NOT complaining! Many thanks to all of the hard workers in Selma who made it possible for the Alabama Plein Air Artists to sell thousands of dollars worth of paintings at the Saturday wet paint sale!! We love it when this happens. It is great for us and the organizers who get a percentage! It gets the Plein Air Group invited back and welcomed!

Below is an article about me which appeared in the Winter 2012 edition of the Oglethorpe University alumni magazine Carillon. I am particularly proud because they called me and interviewed me, not visa versa. I did not pay for this advertising. It is a wonderful honor. (I received my first college degree from Oglethorpe in Atlanta, majoring in Biology and Chemistry.)