Yesterday I took several paintings to the beach to put on display. When I got home I left them in the car thinking it was a good idea since I plan to put them on display later this week. So I moved them to the trunk and carefully packed them in there. Late this afternoon I realized this was not a good idea. It's so hot here that the heat will ruin them. So I brought them all in.

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I went to the beach today on the Gulf Coast. I didn't have everything I needed to do a painting today. It was still worth going just to enjoy the beach and water and waves and soak up the view. Next trip I'll be better prepared.

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Stormy Ocean is an oil painting. I was in Maine visiting the Nubble Light House. It was a gray, windy day. Standing there watching the waves crash against the rocks and seeing how high in the air the water went was just spectacular. I just had to do a painting of the event.

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I sold a Limited Edition print of Misty Morn Meadow a few days ago! Hurray! I love hills, and trees, and grass and enjoyed putting them on paper.

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I felt like I was inspired to do the Sunburst painting. It's almost as if I was in outer space and looking at the sun. If you want to get metaphysical about it it could possibly be what the big bang might have looked like. When I finished it I hung it with the longest side vertical. Then I was telling a young lady about how an abstract should be viewed from all positions to find the best way to hang it. She looked at that painting and said she thought it would look better if I turned it (with long side vertical). So we turned it and lo and behold the sense of expansion was made clear.

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My youngest son is very sick today with a terrible cough and stuffy nose. we finally decided he didn't need to go t the doctor yet.

He started taking mucinex dm and it seems to be helping.

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Today I sold a Limited Edition Art Print. It felt good to sell some art. I'm not making prints widely available. I have some in stock and when they are gone I don't plan to make any more. I'd rather sell the original art.

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