Making Spring - 10 Robin Paintings

Making spring happen.
Ten 10"x10" oil on canvas paintings.

Robins to the Power of 10

Ten 10"x10"
Let's work some sympathetic magic in the studio.
Ten robin paintings to banish this endless winter we're having here in Upstate New York.

A Little Piece of Chicken

Day #1 of a new rooster painting.

Gingko Leaves :: Day #1

Just started some of the dark green under painting.
Look at all that stupid snow out my window.

And So It Begins - - Again

Getting started on some new paintings.
A quince, ginkgo leaves in the grass, a rooster and possibly white peonies.

New Earrings - Nancy Valle Beads

Earrings with hammered sterling silver & ceramic art beads.

I made some things today just for myself.
That almost never happens.

Earrings with hammered sterling silver, ceramic art beads and found shell fragments.

I have a fantastic stash of ceramic art beads by Nancy Valle.
They're hoarded in a special jar. I pawed around in that jar today and made myself some earrings.
Her beads are just so gorgeous and wild, they're like fossils and ancient relics.

I love, love the ones below that she imprinted with little leaves of parsley.

Earrings with hammered sterling silver & ceramic art beads.

 Earrings with hammered bronze, ceramic art beads and gold plated earring wires.