Tuesday, July 20, 2010

BOA BABES AND THE NAKED COWBOY

Hello Folks.  Here is a watercolor I did of the Boa Babes (see previous post) posing with the Naked Cowboy in Times Square.  It was so much fun.  We four friends were on our yearly NYC jaunt and we happened upon the Naked Cowboy. So we gathered around him, stuffed money in his boot, and had a passerby take our picture.  When Wanda, Ruth, Pat and I went to NYC, we often lost our daily inhibitions and could become rather boisterous.  But that was the point of the trip, wasn't it?  Thanks for passing by.

Friday, July 16, 2010

THE PARASOL


Good afternoon.  I am quite proud of this painting as it combines three things that were on my mind to paint:  a cityscape, umbrellas, and something Asian.  So here we have an Asian woman in the city, caught in a rain storm with just a paper parasol while others rushing around have conventional umbrellas.  I feel sorry for her.  Her dress is already dripping.  She stands in a puddle of water.  And eventually her parasol will wilt and collapse on her head.  She doesn't look happy, does she?  But she does look like she is quite stoic and will wait to see what happens.  Life seems to be like that to me sometimes; others are hustling and bustling and seem purposeful, useful and well-equipped, while I feel stuck and, (ha ha) bogged down.  Thanks for passing by.

BULLRUSHES


Hello folks.  Back again to painting.  This oil painting is a 20x24 oil painting that I was inspired to paint to go with my new living room furniture.  I painted it early one morning.  It was in my mind to do something earthy, with nature as the theme, but I had no specifics in mind but color.  And, it seems this building sort of rose out of the bullrushes and it has prompted some folks to say, "the Parthenon", when they see it. What do you think?  Thanks for passing by.