On the wall of the Triton Museum

Small Ballerina

In Spring, 2014, as an experiment with abstracting a figure and a background, I did a pastel of my granddaughter in her ballet costume. When a friend suggested I submit something to the 2014 Salon at the Triton, a 2D Art Competition and Exhibition at the Triton Museum in Santa Clara, I thought why not? To my complete astonishment, it was accepted and will hang with the rest of the finalists at the Triton Museum from Dec. 6 to Feb. 8, 2015.

Summer - 2014

The first three of these little oil paintings are from a summer workshop - experimenting with broad brush color application. Really fun! All are from sketches or photos done on trips.  The last oil is of  a real persimmon.

Tuscany Hilltop

Kasbegi Church at Sunrise

The Guardian

I took a photo of this character at a fruit stand along the road on the way to Kasbegi, Georgia.  He kept a careful eye on everyone who stopped and it was clear he was in charge!

                   And for a friend who loves persimmons . . .