Small Paintings

A couple of quick paintings I did while in Colorado - both are done on 5 x 7" paper using watercolor.


{Half-melted snow outside our window}

{Pine trees at sunset}

John Statz's Kickstarter Campaign!

Hi all,
Just wanted to share my good friend John Statz's Kickstarter campaign with you guys!  He's using Kickstarter to fund his next recording project/ record.  If you donate more than $10 you will get a digital copy of the CD once it is finished - please consider supporting independent (not to mention awesome) singer songwriters!

To go directly to his fundraising page, click the following:
John Statz - Kickstarter Campaign

Snapshots of Colorado

{Landing in Denver}


{@ Red Rocks}


{Scoops @ the Ethiopian Restaurant}


{Driving through the Mountains on the way to Frasier}


{Out for a walk with the Husband}


{Nice view!}

{Dead Pines and Sunshine}

{Day Hike near Rocky Mountain National Park}


{Moose! We saw two on our hike - this one and another one that we were about 30 feet away from!}


{Johnny and Nate trying to cross the mountain creek}


{One of the lookout points we hiked to - This is where we saw the first moose in the distance}


{Nate and I}


{John, Heidi, Nate, and I after our hike}


{Mountains and Clouds}


{On the drive back to Denver}


{Just east of Denver from the plane}


{Heading back to Wisconsin}

We had a wonderful time in Colorado - John and Heidi were amazing hosts, and we are already starting to talk about where we are all going to go next year.  It is fun to hang out with another Musician/Artist couple!  You should most definitely check them out:  John Statz  & Heidi Keys

Sorry about the recent hiatus - we've been on vacation in Colorado!



I'll be back soon!

Two Hawks

{Two Hawks - Verithin Black Pencil on Bristol - 9 x 13"}

The most recent drawing in my ongoing collaboration with Joe Briggs.

Gardening

In honor of my dinner of frozen pizza and beer, I am posting some pictures of the progress in our garden.
First off, the reason I'm having pizza is this 10x10 foot garden bed I dug out today.  After finishing the never-ending digging I was useless for the rest of the evening.

I am exhausted even looking at the picture!  I'd still like to do one more bed along with this one, but I'll get this one planted before I move on to the next one.
My little seedlings are really starting grow - just in time!

{Tomato Sprouts}

And last but not least - we bought our cats a present:

A window mounted bird feeder for our cats.  Our cat Bobo (aka - Bobopants, Pretty Boy, Bobo-fet, Buddy Boy, etc..) loves birds.  He watches them for hours every day.  All we have to do is mention the word 'Birdy' and he'll run over and start 'barking' at the birds.  Yes, our cat barks.
Hopefully some birds will come visit the feeder soon!

Thrifted Recently:

I love this casserole dish.  I'm collecting robin's egg blue retro cookware for the kitchen, and this piece rocks.
 

Some lovely glass jars to be made into tabletop terrariums.


And the icing on the cake - these lovely leather heels.  I lusted after the same pair for a year in the store hoping they'd go on sale, but they never did.  Amazingly I found the same pair looking like they were only worn once, for two bucks at the thrift shop.


Lucky day!

In the Studio

Now that I am finally done with grading and all of the other little details that teaching online includes, I am free for the summer!  Time to get back on track with my studio work. 

I am excited to keep working on a long-term project I've been working on with my good friend Joe Briggs.  He is a poet, and we've been sending words and drawings back and forth for a few months now.   

I've also got a lot of unfinished projects that I'd really like to get off of my back!  Nothing like a long summer to tie up loose ends. 

And of course there are always new projects to be started.  

Rascal helps me with my work: