Mask Update! He is in the show... I just found out today that the lion mask was juried in to the About Face mask show at the Plaza Arts Center in Healdsburg. Yay!

The Lion Mask (Leonardo the Poet)

I warned you I was goofy about lions.  There is about to be a juried mask show at a local gallery, so naturally, I decided that my mask entry needed to be a lion.  My friend Beverly suggested his name.   She said he looks wise and thoughtful, like a poet.  I don't know if  he fits into the parameters of what the judges are looking for, but I am hopeful.  I will submit him on Thursday and will probably know by this weekend if he is accepted.  Wish us good luck, please.

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Rusty Deer

Among the charming scenes everywhere you look at Rose & Thorn, is this trio of deer sculptured in pieces of rusting metal.  They looked so at home surrounded by Lillies of the Nile and herds of grazing chickens, I couldn't resist painting them.  An Angel loaned me a gob of Cinnabar Green for some highlights and advised me to paint my chicken red.  That's what I love about Monday Morning Painters.  You get to go to the greatest places and hang out with marvelous people.  
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Laura's Meadow

One of my most recent oil paintings is this sunny green peek into my daughter Laura's favorite place in Sebastopol. It's a lush grassy meadow amid a small forest of oak trees, the kind of place that makes the busy world drop away for a little while. On exhibit at Sonoma County Harvest Fair, 2009.

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Me and My Lion

This is a picture of my banner lion and me at a juried show.  He is a collage (paper mosaic) of about 70 pieces of pictures from old National Geographic magazines, with a bit of acrylic highlights  on his mane and chin.  He is a prizewinner, and my personal favorite.