the moon is filled with unshed tears, still beautiful.

32" x 48" oil on aluminum

clear day ending

8" x 10" oil on recycled aluminum

en plein air...the vista house from chanticleer point, Corbett, OR.

I had run away from home and sat on the grass below the stone wall of the viewpoint. It was so quiet, a warm evening. Lot's of mosquitos but not biting. The people visiting the viewpoint couldn't see me unless they walked to the edge of the concrete retaining wall and looked down. Children always do this. One little girl said "What are you doing?" in a whisper, as though I were doing something magical. I felt like I was. One little girl said the same thing, louder, as if she thought I were doing something wrong. Some japanese people watched for quite a while, but I don't know what they were saying. ( There was some laughter.)

Once, after I heard a guy say "Are you coming?", I looked up into the eyes of a woman . "Beautiful", she whispered.

and it was.

I have been getting ready to be the featured artist at the Columbia Gorge Art Festival next weekend. There is a very nice article about me by Sharon Nesbitt in the Gresham Outlook this week. Check it out. article
I'm honored, and hope to do a good job for them.
I've been trying to get ready, but am having a bit of trouble settling down and deciding what to do next. I hope to spend some time in the gorge painting this next few days. Until then this painting pretty much says it all for me.


all at sea
16" x 20" oil on aluminum

Our trip to Washington D.C. was everything I'd always imagined it would be, and much more.

National museum of Native American Arts



Alexander Calder!
A very happy event was making a connection with Kristy's Uncle Don, who is living in D.C. right now. He showed us how to ride the metro, and took us to see some things we wouldn't have seen otherwise. It made us feel so connected. We had long visits, lingering over many delicious meals. We had such a good time catching up and making new memories.
He took us to the National Botanical Garden Wow!
Of course we had to see the Lincoln Memorial and from there we walked back to town, past the Vienam wall, the nurses memorial, the World War two memorial, (beautiful) and the Washington monument.

We were absolutely filled up with art, food, fellowship & fabulousness,

but as you all know

there's no place like home.