Oops Woah! I just updated the wrong blog!!!

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Before you do, here is my final update entry! Chalk up my confusion to Afib brain.

Last Saturday I joined my fellow Art Tribe friends to paint plein air at the Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen, Massachusetts, in the cold. I love this ancient tree in front of the  library where I took photos of my grandkids a few years ago. The kindness rock garden at the base caught my eye. Paint a rock - take a rock. 

https://artztourdefrance4.blogspot.com/2026/05/woah-time-for-overdue-update.html

A lot has happened since February!

 Wow! I just realized I was so preoccupied with my “Artz Tour de France” blog that I haven’t posted personal paintings since February!

A quick pictoral update!

In March I exhibited at the Greater Salem Art Association spring show at the  Lake Street Garden Center in Salem, New Hampshire. I am loving being a member of this organization.

In April, along with getting ready for my upcoming art trip to France (visit the blog: https://artztourdefrance4.blogspot.com/?m=1), I painted a little and had the joy of teaching art to my daughter’s 2’nd grade class. 

Then in May, the beginning of the art adventure of facilitating the painting trip to rural France for 17 artists! (Visit the blog: https://artztourdefrance4.blogspot.com/?m=1)

What a surprise to get interviewed by a local paper in Salem, N H before the trip and then again in France by a regional paper!

My travel journal is where most of my painting happened during the trip, but I have painted a few actual pieces inspired by the trip.

More to come in the next update!

Sunrise with Eagles

To catch the Maine harbor sunrise, I was up and outside at 5:30 watching the spectacle unfold waiting to catch a glimpse of the eagles in their nest. I was not disappointed! 

Still enjoying winter on the marsh

 

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Self Portrait

Winter Cattails

Snow Falling

Beaver Lodge

Carefree

Cattails in Winter 2

New Year - New Life - New Inspiration

It has been a whirlwind settling into our new home and new life in New Hampshire that is providing oodles of new inspiration!

I have found my new "art tribe!"  The Greater Salem Arts Association is a perfect fit for me.   At the December juried show, my painting of "Delightful Dahlias" won first place in watercolor and best of show.  What an honor.

In New England style, I participated in a Christmas market at a Evergreen Farm, owned by friends.  People could come and cut down their own tree and shop for gifts in the barn.  I painted watercolor Christmas ornaments on heavy watercolor paper, sealed with encaustic wax.  There is also a fabulous printer here who printed cards for me of my paintings.

Now I'm painting marsh scenes inspired by our backyard.  We only had snow for a few days, but enough to take some great reference photos.  The grandkids have been able to ice skate on the frozen pond right in their backyard!

The marsh will continue to be a wonderful source of inspiration as it changes through the seasons.

Happy New Year!

Evergreen Farms Holiday Market

  In between settling in to our new home, I have been creating holiday ornaments for Evergreen Farms Holiday Market - November 30. Families can cut their own trees and enjoy a holiday experience.

Botanical miniatures and winter bird themes are painted on each ornament with a stamped motif on the reverse side. No two are alike. 

New Home in New Hampshire!

 Moving a household is one thing, moving one that houses an art studio is another! But it happened! From West Lafayette, Indiana to Pelham, New Hampshire, we have been warmly welcomed by our daughter’s family and the wonderful New Hampersherites.

Fall has been stunning.

The view from our kitchen is changing every day. It’s been fun to capture the moments in my journal as the light and season changes starting with a value sketch.   I’m anxious to get fully unpacked and settled to do some serious painting again.