The Busy Month of May

Clematis, image 28" X 20"; framed 36" X 28".

"The Wonder of a Balloon" , featuring fifteen-month-old Jessica.

Jessica at nine months of age, shown with her mother.

The next set of photos are of Angella in a dress featuring McDonald products and logos.

Front view

Side view

Back view

This May I painted and framed two new watercolors, "Clematis" and "The Wonder of a Balloon". "Clematis " is a large painting, 36" X 28". "The Wonder of a Balloon" is a smaller painting of a charming fifteen-month-old toddler who was fascinated with a birthday party balloon. I had painted little Jessica with her mother a few months earlier. She has become a favorite model.

I spent four days with artist friends at Oak Haven Lodge in Sevierville, Tennessee. Three of those days involved painting scenes of the Smokies. Plein-aire painting is a challenge I have set as one of my goals.

A family project in May was the creation of a dress for my daughter-in-law, Angella, to model in a church fund-raiser. The theme for the dress was McDonald products. Materials were collected from a couple of local McDonald establishments. The images were enlarged using my scanner and computer, then cut out and attached to the dress with contact cement. Angella designed the jewelry to complete the costume. This was great famly fun and we all enjoyed the results. Enjoy my merry month of May.