Farmer's market day

Saturday is so awesome in the summer and fall here - we have farmer's markets everywhere. I tend to go to my local one in Fall River - no one speaks English, mostly Portuguese and a bit of Spanish (which I get most of). There is an organic one much farther away in RI so I make that more of a special occasion with gas over $4 a gallon. Anyway, I got a great cabbage which tried to stay fresh but couldn't quite make even an hour in the heat! I am trying to work smaller so I can finish things quicker and move on to another concept......I find that most of the lessons are learned quickly with my initial idea and the daily practice of understanding my materials.

Steamy!!!!!

Despite my sunscreen yesterday, I was burned enough to paint inside today. I am posting the picture I did yesterday (11X14) and a small one that I did while waiting for the phone to ring about my mother (8X16). The garden is in my backyard and the seascape a view of the end of Second Beach in Middletown RI as viewed from the federal preserve.

Home again

I have returned from NY and my mom's memorial service.............I have painted a couple of things in the past week but it is too dark to take photos of them tonight, plus, I am too tired to even search through the older things that I have taken pictures of. I spent the day in Middleton, RI painting at the federal presrve on Sachuest Point. After all of the crying and sadness of the past weeks, I completely lost track of time and was quite late in returning home. So, tomorrow will bring some photos of what I have painted the past week or so. Later.

Today

Another hot and sunny one............had to go shopping (ick) but I needed an outfit for my mom's service on saturday. I am going to do an evening picture from my porch tonight but am adding a portrait for today since it isn't really sunset yet. A group of us get together monday evenings to paint portraits so we pool the cost of the model. this portrait is one of those.

Hot and sunny

Today was a perfect summer day and I felt I had to use the gas to get to the beach. I have been pretty much camping out at home for the past few weeks waiting for phone calls about my mom.....it was nice to get out again since summers seem so short here. I went to a place called Seapowet marsh (one of my favorite free and uncrowded spots). I love a square format in a vertical place, so I used a 12" square canvas. I have my first two zucchini in the garden so I am going to use it for dinner knowing that there will be several (tons) soon to come and I can paint one or several of them.........

That didn't work.......

Now, this picture can be seen. The painting is 10X 20 and oil on canvas.

A sad week

My mother died on July 1 so I have been away for a bit and don't feel much like writing much, but, here are a couple of pictures anyway. I am going to go out early tomorrow morning since painting is the only thing that makes me feel myself.