Moor Springtime

One of my favorite memories will always be of glimpsing sheep roaming the hills, moors, beaches and roadways throughout the western coastal counties of Ireland. It’s been a few years since we’ve been able to travel there, but in my mind’s eye, I can still see these free-grazers standing their ground or running with their specific “gang.” And no place was sacred – they easily navigated church cemeteries as well marched confidently down the main streets of small villages.

This week’s painting is another Liltie – Moor Springtime, 4” x 6” (framed with double matte is 8” x 10”) captures a mama ewe and her lamb high on the Irish moorland.

Coneflowers

I'm working to prepare a delivery of paintings for later in April to the Plum Bottom Gallery in Door County, WI. It’s been a busy winter for the galleries and I’m planning to have 13 to 15 new watercolors ready for this delivery. It’s always fun to take the roadtrip to one of the prettiest spots in Wisconsin and a delight to meet with the team in the galleries at Egg Harbor (farm location), Egg Harbor-Main Street, Fish Creek and now in Sturgeon Bay!

This week’s focus is on painting Lilties – and Summer Sunshine, 4” x 6” watercolor, is a favorite close-up of beautiful Coneflower blossoms.

Back to the Lilties: Flying Free

It’s March, and we are already experiencing the wild ride of this month! Last week, we had a few days of gloriously warm spring weather, followed by two days of blizzard conditions with 12” of heavy snow, and then today, it’s warm spring weather with snow melting off the roof. And so it begins . . . the wide fluctuations of temps, the start of Lent this week, Daylight Savings Time returning on Sunday . . , and slowly, but surely we are on the march into Spring.

And it’s the time of spring activities for the grands – High School plays (Music Man and Buckshot and Blossoms), baseball season for four families, and the football season for our Arizona clan. We are so looking forward to enjoying this season!

This week’s painting is a Liltie (4” x 6” on 300 lb. watercolor paper), and Flying Free is another study of the patterns of birds in this area. It is a such an incredible sight and a cacophony of sounds as the birds rise up off the lakes and ponds and take flight. We are blessed to be surrounded by nature and I’m so grateful for all of it!