Monday, August 27, 2018

Unusual Perch

Unusual Perch
8x10 inches, oil

So earlier this summer I painted, as a joke, a cow portrait for a friend of my sister-in-law, up in Door County.  The friend was pleased, and claims "the eyes follow me everywhere."  Right.

Anyway, my sister-in-law, got all droopy and said that she liked cows, too.

This is for her.

Monday, August 13, 2018

You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile



So this is me today.  I got up this morning with silver hair falling like autumn leaves.  The universe let me keep my locks for our anniversary last week, and then the inevitable happened.  Those first loose strands on my pillow, my shoulders, the shower drain, all letting me know my hair was soon to be history.

Last night I felt almost panicky over the idea of being bald once again.  But this morning I was determined,  so I headed over to Cost Cutters as soon as it opened.  Buzzzzzz - hair gone.  I left the shop with a "halo" hairpiece and a hat, and looked very reasonable, I thought.  But you know, it's summer, hot and humid, so at home I decided to just be bald.  A male friend told be recently when I was saying that this day was coming that I "do bald well."  I'm not so sure, but I am trying to be positive here.  At least I still have my eyebrows and eyelashes, though their day is coming too.

Ah chemo, I hope you are as effective on my tumors as you are on my hair follicles.  Session two is coming up this Friday.

Friday, August 10, 2018

Algoma Lighthouse

8x10 inches, oil on Crescent Board

Yesterday was our 43rd wedding anniversary, seems impossible we've been married so many years.  Anyway, we had a nice evening out at a local supper club, and enjoyed ourselves very much.

Earlier in the day I decided to take a stab at painting the very familiar lighthouse in Kewaunee county, where my dear aunt lives.  I've taken dozens of pictures of it over the years, but never tried painting it.  I was sure I had some 8x10 inch canvases in the closet, but no, I did not.  So I used a scrap of Crescent Board, and worked quickly with thinned down oil paint.  

Not so bad.