Grownup Perfume

In high school the first perfume I bought was Jungle Gardenia in an effort to duplicate the unforgettable, heady scent of my gardenia prom corsages. But, later when I was working as a college intern I decided to pick out a perfume to match the woman I had become. It was L'Air du Temps in a beautiful Lalique bottle with a bird on top. Today when I smell the blend of gardenia, musk, rose, carnation and sandalwood it takes me back to that day when I chose my first 'grownup perfume'.

Watercolor, and cutout lace, 3x5, NFS

Tribute to Mary Cassatt- High Tea, pastel

Artist Mary Cassatt [1844 –1926] painted women in their daily environment with a special emphasis on mothers and their children.

Put up the pinky.
time for tea.
Tea for two.
or a party of three?
Scones and things.
Real cups- a sip.
A moment of calm
with no dot com.

Pastel, 8x10

Feed the hungry- bowl, watercolor

November.
We think of food.
Thanksgiving.
Time to feed the hungry.
Feed the mind.
Feed the soul.

Watercolor, 5x7, $100.

House in Trees-Fall in New England

Buried in the leaves.
A house emerges from the treetops.
Like a Phoenix rising.
From the fire.


[A view in Manchester-by-the-Sea while walking the dog]

Pastel, 8x10, $135.

Fall leaves-nature's palette, pastel

Careful where you step.
Tiny works of art lie under your big feet.
Palettes of nature's paint.
Form abstracts.
Every which way you look.

Pastel, $100.

Fall on Swan Lake, New England, fall landscape

Not sure where I saw this.

The trees were on fire.

A mirror with white sailboats- swans in full sail on a painted lake.

Pastel, 8x10, $160.

Fall Sunburst-Color-sunflowers

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. Fall colors are bursting. Catch a sunflower before the frost does.

Pastel, 8x10, $175.

Fall in Firenze-colors of Florence, Italy

It's fall in New England.
Trees are glowing: rust, terra cotta, gold...
In Firenze the streets are always aglow: rust, terra cotta, gold...

Pastel, 8x10, $150.

Take a Bow, Baby ballerinas, tutus

Good job.
Take a bow.

Pastel, 5x7, $125.

Mustard Field- Czech to Slovakia-landscape pastel

Traveling from Czech to Slovakia:
The train zoooomed.
A slice of yellow pierced the green.
Like the split of the 2 countries.
"They had a divorce," said the man in Prague.
Split down the middle like the mustard field. A little bitter.

Pastel, 5x7, $100.