It's nearing the end of October and the weather is going to take a slide into cooler temperatures. It's been warm and pleasant up until now, which has been welcoming.  However, winter is coming soon here in northeastern Ohio and I don't want to think about it.  Lately, I've been thinking how the weather affects the art that I do. My favorite season to paint is the obvious one, summer. When I work outside it has its drawbacks too.  When I gesso or paint a background color on my panels if they are flat on the ground then debris falls on them, leaves and bugs fly into the panels.

Come join the party! "Red Maple" was juried into the Columbus Museum of Art Women's Board 2018 biennial fundraiser "An Evening with Art".  It will be held on March 3, 2018 at the Columbus Museum of Art, with proceeds dedicated to children's and family programming.  For more information please go to the website: 
http://www.columbusmuseum.org/calendar-and-events/an-evening-with-art/

This painting I did as a commission from my original version which was 3ft x 4ft.  The commission is 24in x 30in and it turned out nicer in its compact version since it is very minimal.  The original idea for this painting was to depict the house with a very limited colors using only shades of red and white.

This photo is called "Tape Rose" for a specific reason.  This "flower" formed naturally from discarded tape that I use for my paintings.  After I pull of the tape off of my paintings I roll the tape in a ball and throw it away.  The last group of paintings I didn't throw away the tape rolls individually but I kept sticking them together because it reminded me of a sculpture.  And as I was going to throw away all the tape I noticed a flower had formed in one of the rolls so I took a photo of it. It was an interesting occurrence and a nice surprise. Also, it made its way to a photography show at the Summit Art Space this summer called "Photography Now".

I've always wanted to paint Marblehead in a way that interested me.  This painting will be on auction at the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center annual fundraiser "Nature's Night Out" on August 26th.

The Freedom Tower.

This is a view of  NYC from the new Freedom Tower.   I love this city and the phenomenon that happens when you bring all the people, buildings and things together in one space.  It's amazing with the enormity of activity and events that everything is organized and runs smoothly most of the time.