COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME, 6X12, OIL

Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin' in the breeze

I hear her voice
In the mornin' hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin' down the road I get the feelin'
That I should have been home
Yesterday, yesterday

John Denver


One of my favorite songwriter and recording artists.

I find his music to be so moving.  It evokes images and memories of my childhood.  

His lyrics  are as moving today and they were when he first wrote them.  Don't you miss him?
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150.

MONET'S PASSION, 6X6, OIL,SOLD

" I perhaps owe becoming a painter to flowers"

Claude Monet

A salute to Monet with the colors and subject matter that inspired him.

I perhaps owe becoming a painter to Monet.

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ARTIGIANO

I enjoy browsing through the millions of seller sites on Etsy.   I continue to be amazed at the talented artisans I find there.  Does this unique moth ring strike your fancy?

Or perhaps these silver fish shaped earrings are more your style.

Perhaps this stunning ring?

These are just a few of the many gorgeous items you can find at Artigiano on Etsy.  Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the artful jewelry.  It will jump start your creative juices.

THE FREEDOM TO BE YOURSELF, 6X8, OIL, SOLD

You have the freedom to be yourself,
your true self,
here and now -
and nothing can stand in your way!

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
from a very popular book of the 70's

My second choice for a title is "He said, she said".  Also during the 70's one of the top women's magazines of the day, I think it was McCalls or maybe Redbook, had a monthly article called "Can this marrriage be saved?"
They would write the wife's story under "she said" and the husband's version under "he said" and then a counselor of some kind would write an analysis of what was wrong in the marriage and what the couple needed to do to improve the situation.  So, when I looked at this painting, to me it looks like "he" is saying and maybe "she" is not buying it.

Which title do you like the best?  Hmmmmm, I think I just told you how old I am!

Reference photo by Shelley Smart

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A DAY ON THE MARSH, 6X8, OIL, SOLD

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A marsh in Maine.
Thank you, Donna.


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HOME GROWN TOMATOES, 8X10, OIL

There ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
Than bacon 'n lettuce 'n homegrown tomatoes
Up in the mornin', out in the garden
Get you a ripe one, don't pick a hard 'un
All winter without 'em is a culinary bummer
I forgot all about the sweatin' and the diggin'
Every time I go out and pick me a big 'un

John Denver

John was right! 

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MARSH VIEW, 4X12, OIL, SOLD

“We need the tonic of wildness, to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground.”
Henry David Thoreau

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$109