local sites

This little 8x10 landscape is the Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls.  If you are local to western Massachusetts it is a beautiful place to spend a day.  Down below the falls there are the 'devil's pock marks' which are holes the water wore in the rocks. 

fabulous floating frames

My husband came up with a great way to frame paintings that are painted over the edges.  These floating frames not only show off the painted sides of these paintings but I think they give these very different landscapes a conteporary look.  He keeps coming up with ways to make my art look wonderful!

Another local landscape

This is Paradise Pond at Smith College.  I have never been there and noticed it on the internet while browsing.  It was just after painting the Old Mill waterfall so I suppose that might have been why I was inspired to paint it.  The painting is a 16x20 acrylic on stretched canvas.

Night on the Town

Summer is here an it's time for me to finish up some paintings begun in the winter.  This 3D applied canvas board is 18x24.  While working on 'Nate's Diner' I applied some everyday items to 2 canvases.  This one with the items a woman might use before her big date, and the other has office supplies.

Long before I got the idea for Night on the Town I thought I might like to paint a row of brownstone like buildings, so I placed my couple right out in the street.

If you have any ideas for the office supplies leave me a comment...

THANK YOU!

Thanks to all who visited the Wood Museum at the Quadrangle and voted for The Mechanical Mouser in the Technical Topper, we received first place for the people's choice award.  We nearly skipped the Culture and Cocktails Night at the museums, it was the same night as my student's art exhibit, so I was a bit tired.  There was a great band, good food, and wonderful people.  The Steampunk Springfield exhibit will be there through September - so if your local there is still time to see all the artistic contraptions.