A few days ago I went over to the Houston Arboretum to paint the lily pond. It was hot (mid 80’s) but there was a nice breeze so it was pleasant after all. I feel very fortunate to have such a beautiful place to paint in “my own backyard” which means it’s only 5 minutes
“He is risen. He is risen indeed!” Happy Easter to all my friends and readers! This was my Easter card from last year, I didn’t paint one this year.
On our 4th day in Paris my daughter decided she wanted to go to the Louvre. I wasn’t up for that, I have been there before and I really wanted to paint! So we went our separate ways for the morning. I walked from the Louvre to the Tulieres Gardens, thinking I would paint the
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My daughter and I visited the Pompidou Museum, a GIANT modern art museum in the heart of Paris. I probably wouldn’t have gone there but my daughter wanted to go so we went and I am so glad we did. It’s an amazing place. It has five floors of art and we only went to
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On my third day visiting my daughter we took the train 3 hours from Geneva to Paris. Here is a photo just after we arrived in the Gare St. Lazare. We immediately took a taxi to our hotel. We had stayed in this quaint hotel before and asked for the same room. When we didn’t
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I spent a day travelling to Geneva, Switzerland to visit my daughter who is studying abroad for a semester. I took a 3 hour flight from Houston, then a 7 hour flight to Geneva. It was beautiful as we approached Geneva, the sun was just coming up and I could see lakes with snow capped
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On Friday I packed my bag and drove 200 miles to San Antonio to attend the Awards Dinner at the Greenhouse Gallery. I am thrilled to have one of my paintings, “The Offering” in the show. I had reservations at a lovely little Bed and Breakfast which I found with no problems. I got there
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Every February and March hundreds of people come to Houston on horseback to see the Houston Rodeo. Trailriders come in groups from all over Texas, sometimes spending 2 weeks on horseback just to ride into Houston the day the rodeo opens. This gentleman was driving a couple of horses and sitting atop his chuckwagon as
