Cheesecake

Literally, not figuratively, a cheesecake picture.  (At one time, a cheesecake picture was one with some prurient appeal, generally a scantily clad female.)  This is from a photo I took as I finished my dessert at Kasia's a couple of weeks ago.  Struggled with the elipse of the plate until it seemed I was making things worse instead of better so I may tinker a bit more with it once it's dry. 

I took another crack at this subject over the weekend and was mostly happy with the result.  For me the handle is always the hardest part of a coffee cup.

Kasia's cappucino

This is a little 5x7 card I made as a thank you for our dear friends with whom we often share dinner on Sunday evenings. 

Aunt Dottie

When I was going through my mothers personal items I came across a 2x2 black and white snapshot of her youngest sister Dottie, now deceased.  I'm guessing it was taken about 1936 or so, probably on the farm where they lived at the time. 

Tybee beach v2

I spent awhile tinkering with this last week and think on the whole it's a little better. 

Tybee beach

This is the first painting I've done in nearly a month, except little things in my sketchbook.  It's from a photo I took on vacation at Tybee Island in Georgia last summer.  I had an odd size frame that I picked up along the way somewhere--12x15 plus/minus--so I cut a piece of gatorboard and glued canvas to it.  Somehow not quite working but can't quite put my finger on what the problem is here. 

Misty landscape

This is a misty landscape I did from a photo a couple of weeks ago.  Apologies for the glare in the photo.  I find myself in a misty uncertain landscape the past few weeks as my 92 year old mother has entered hospice and I have taken a leave from my day job to be with her in her final days.