Art and Healing Portraiture and Floral Fusion!

 I love to paint portraits, which is a new thing for me. My most recent portrait is of my granddaughter Mariel.

Mariel and Dinosaur

When she was three she became obsessed with this dinosaur exhibit and her mother and I had to take her to see it at the local museum every day. I captured this experience in this portrait of her. I love to do art that captures something about the person. To some people this may look scary! But to her, it was this thing she was loving. The next portrait is of my granddaughter Lyla!

Lyla on Tire Swing

I will bring it back when it is finished! This work is very healing for me. Painting my family has become a wonderful part of my life. I can't wait to begin them and then to reveal them!

Last week I participated in Georgetown Art Museum's Floral Fusion. This was a different venture for me! I chose a painting and created a floral representation of it! I got 3rd in the judging. 

One of the best parts of this was getting to meet the artist Roger Bain and his wife Pat! I lived with his painting for a week as I worked on the floral offering! It was so great to see and participate in so many different artistic works! Another of Roger's paintings won for best painting.

 The back showed something that was hidden from view, just like the ocean hides so many wonderful surprises!

I also participated in painting a birdhouse to benefit the local homeless shelter for Women and Children in Georgetown.

These birdhoused will be auctioned off to raise money and awareness for the shelter. I brought this idea back to our own Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless which I joined. This group is beginning to pull together ideas to help the homeless in Mt. Sterling and Montgomery County. I hope to bring my own work to this endeavor!

I'll bring more as I continue to work with Art and Healing! Blessings!