Zinnia Flower

I am getting ready for our annual Melvin's Art and Wine Event this coming weekend. I am working on four paintings. Here is a painting in progress - one of my zinnias (12"x16"). I will post it again when it is finished. I haven't painted flowers for a while and am in the mood to again. Could be looking forward to spring (oh spring)!

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Callas for Doris

I ran across this painting when I went on my mnartists.org site today. It was painted two years ago while I was staying with Doris. She had been sick for quite a while and I was giving her daughter and my good friend, Joan a break so she could take a vacation. Doris passed away not long after that. I miss her, so this one is for her today.

I would like to invite you to check out my website on the mnartists.org site at: Minnesota Artists. You can send my artwork as an e-postcard to your friends.

The mnartists.org website is an online database of Minnesota artists and organizations from all disciplines. It offers to Minnesota-based artists a free website. If you are a Minnesota artist, check it out for yourself.

Painting for Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center

Watercolor - 18"x 24"

Painting Donated to
Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center

This is the painting I donated for the 'Second Annual Prairie Evening Under the Stars' silent auction for the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center on September 11, 2009. It is an earth conscious event to benefit the environmental education of our youth and programs at Prairie Woods. This year, they are facing pretty extreme funding cuts from the county and other sources that fund PWELC. Their green silent auction will feature everything from locally grown foods, environmentally friendly products, original artwork and handmade items by local artists!