Life's a Stitch

My turn for some painting. Finally. We've settled enough into our house, having located all the boxes of art supplies, that I've gotten back into more frequent painting.  In our house design, we created a den-sized "studio," just for me, a complete luxury that lets me close the door on the mess task oriented clutter that accompanies creativity. In my ongoing attempt to diverge from my hyper-realistic painting style, I took a course in loose and lively irises. When I got home from the class I scrubbed out a good portion of the very dark background and re-did it. Who says you can't correct watercolours? 

The second was a wee little painting of the lily pads at our vacation hangout in Washington. It was a 75th birthday gift for a friend who also spends a good deal of time there.

I'm so appreciative for that little space for art to call my own.