Dreaming of the sea

I live in the desert but prior to moving to Arizona, I lived in states where I was either on or at least near bodies of water.  Maybe it has something to do with my choosing to stay at home during this pandemic, but I've been dreaming of water, specifically the ocean.  If you know my work, you know that I more often than not paint things with faces - people, animals, flowers etc. but lately I'm feeling a calling to venture out and explore painting other subject. These are all done in watercolor and matted to fit into an 11x14 frame.

Mask Makers

I live in a wonderful, active 55+ community and 9 weeks ago it became apparent that we all needed to stay home, if possible, and try and lessen the spread of Covid19.  Some friends, under the leadership of Gina Ogle, decided to use their sewing skills and make mask covers to hand out free to  the front line medical personnel and first responders in our area.  They knew of a need and responded.  Soon others stepped forward and donated time, skills, money and/or materials.  Yesterday they were finally able to close down their mask making operation since masks are now more available.  In 9 weeks a team of over 200 volunteers made and handed out 24,203 masks, given first to the medical professionals followed by gifts to our community.  As a thank you, I painted just a few of these angelic maskateers. They now have something to remember these 9 weeks. That and the memories of a job well done.

Paint or Blog during Covid

One would think I'd have lots of time to keep up with my blog.  Well, I do but I've been using that time to paint.  Here are just a few of the paintings I've done these last couple of months.