Weekend Painting

Willis Wharf, 8x10 framed, $99

 Look how big Sadie is!! Fifty two pounds!

Two to Go to Display

HI! I did a small landscape this weekend. Willis Wharf. I enjoyed making the colors like fall and doing the little building with dry brush and that Daniel Smith Lunar Black,which is granulated.. I'll be in the Harvest Festival in October and Trisha of the Chamber of Commerce called Friday and asked me to place 2 paintings at the Visitors Center in New Church,Va. They will be having 2 pieces of art from each artist showing at the Harvest Festival. I will deliver them to Melfa tomorrow. These are the paintings I've chosen. I wanted it to be as much Eastern Shore as possible. The Blue Heron and ES Sunset.  I'm honored to have my work there.

 I haven't been able to decide what to paint lately. I need a zap to get it going.. what are you painting? What has inspired you lately??

 love to you,Diana

Zooming to the Vet!

Well I had an emergency today. J. woke me at 6:30am something was wrong with Daisy--(our Labrador) and sure enough when I saw her I knew she had a temperature. She was panting with a very hot nose and not a normal pant either.

So I took her temp and it was 103.9. A normal dog temperature is 101 so that wasn't good. I got a bucket with ice water and wiped her down. She was pitiful, the soulful look in her eyes.We had to do something. I ended up taking her to our vet again. All the way to Pocomoke,Md.to Dr. Johnson.It takes almost an hour to get there. But it was worth it. He gave her a shot, more antibiotics this time a z pack and something for arthritis and sore joints. I had planned to paint all day to finish this little commission but instead I'm zooming up the shore..the photo is of our return trip going across Shields Bridge.. a tiny bridge in Belle Haven,Va.

We did stop on the way home and got her a .99 burger-(-I got this idea from my friend Susan who drives her dog,Sam to the drive up window and orders him a vanilla ice cream cone and puts it in the cup holder for him. Sam is a sweetheart--Susan is too!) and now Daisy is snoring loudly on a blanket as I paint.

I've gotten a little painting done and stopped to post this. It's a landscape of Willis Wharf again. I've used some of Daniel Smith Lunar Black on the building. This has a granulation to it, which I love for texture on old wood. I'm looking forward to Meditation Class tonight at 6pm at The Bear and Cub Coffee Shop. I can use some tranquility..what a blessing Daisy is going to be ok... take care, talk soon,Diana

The Clam in the photo of my painting is a lovely work of art by Albert Buck Doughty. I bought this from him recently. He makes it by welding parts of old plows and machinery into these amazing works of art. Google him --I know he's on Facebook.. he's a great guy as well as artist!