Good Day. The last couple times we have been looking at the progress of the willow tree commission. I thought you may be curious on the progress of the creek commission as well. Here I have started on the under painting and have gotten the sky and creek laid in. I have declared today a full day of painting so here I go. More soon!

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Hello! Welcome back! My trusty and hardworking computer decided enough was enough last week and crashed, so now I am finally back with a new computer and something to look at! We were following some commissions when I last wrote and I am still working on those. Here is the second piece I wanted to share with you. This will be the first willow tree we have followed but I can really see me enjoying another someday. Willows always remind me of going to my Grandparents house when I was younger. They had two huge willows side by side that grew so large that we would play house under them and we each had our own room! It was fantastic. My patron for this piece has some special memories for her willow I am sure because it was a special request. I get to mix colors for it today. More to come!

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Hello. Here is the drawing for one of the commissions I am working on. This piece will be 48" high and 60" wide. That's BIG! It will be lots of fun but lots of hours are ahead on this painting!

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Hello! As we are following commissions now, here is the final look for the winter scene commission we have been following. It turned out amazing! It is 20" tall and 24" wide. This patron already has the same hill and tree in summer time. How fun it will be to hang them in the same room together. The studio is a hopping place right now. 14 days until my next show and commissions already started. Crazy but wonderful!

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I'm so excited, my photo is going the correct direction this time!! This is a photo of me finishing my first 10k race. I've done several half and full marathons but never thought about how much funner it might be to run fewer miles! I ran for a great cause though. We were supporting the Children's Hunger Alliance. Make sure those kiddos get the food and nutrients they need.

So now it is back to the studio. It has been quite a while since I've been able to spend some quality time painting. Now I have 4 commissions to be working on so I'll be painting quite a lot in the next few weeks! We will following a couple of those commissions because they are very fun and I can't wait to share the progress on those.

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Well, I tried to wait out the system to see if it would figure out why my pictures keep posting sideways, but evidently I didn't wait long enough! So, our heads are turned again! Here is the latest shoreline painting I have to share. It is called Whispering Grasses. I am in Chicago now for a show in Glenview. If you are in the area, please stop by!

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My apologies for the sideways photos. I cannot figure out how to fix it so I suppose we'll have to turn our heads for now. This is a finished look at "Distant Shores." It was one of the under paintings we saw earlier. It is 11 x 14". Enjoy!

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