Unfinished! Just beginning with trepidation to attempt a larger canvas (or cardboard in this case) and to apply what I learned-or dared, more like it-from working with @carmeloblandinoart this past fall in Italy. Will be away from my studio for next couple weeks but will carry this with me to consider next steps. Inspiration came from an @rosestoryfarm old calendar image.

Love a 24-carrot day at the Santa Barbara Farmers Market. Aren’t they beautiful?! #iwanttopaintit !
#carrots #santabarbarafarmersmarket

Grateful for a little studio time yesterday and finished this tiny watercolor of a Wyoming “crik” i photographed last month. I tried to make it look like summer hmm #mixedresults, but it is nice to be able to control the weather. Now if I could just get that to work in Southern California!
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#jacksonhole #wyominglandscape #watercolorsketch

So you take last week’s centerpiece, add a few cymbidiums (cymbidia?), a tablecloth, a bird’s nest, and boom. .
#afewfriendsfordinner #entertainingathome #centerpiece #rancholazaca

Horsing around with my buddy @hollyejacobs who has found a four-legged #silverlining in her family’s temporary home during their evacuation from Montecito. #carryingon .
#frollye #frollyepower #frollyeon

Winter nights are for gathering friends around the table by the fire, and for make-do centerpieces from succulents and greens scavenged from around the house because I didnt get around to flowers. Necessity is the mither of improvisation. Looking forward tonight to #afewfriendsfordinner.
#rancholazaca #homebythefire #gatherings #entertaining #centerpiece #improvhostess #oldeavesbury #succulentcenterpiece #homesweethome

Continuing in the #orange scheme, our patch of poker plants just blooms and blooms. #pokerplant #rancholazaca #winterblooms #reflection #santaynez #santaynezvalley #losolivos

Love how the light reflects off this South Texas landscape taken two weeks ago. Thought it might make a nice painting? – looks to be that kind here in Santa Ynez Valley too… .
#southtexas #landscape #cactus #prettylight #iwantopaintit

This morning’s tray with bouquet of camellias and Calla lilies by @billyhurbaugh is a pretty way to start the day. .
#breakfasttray bouquet #camellias #callalily #goodwaytostarttheday #teatime

The finished arrangement – I would call it “Grace Under Pressure”. See info previous post. Flowers by @cultivatedbychristin Photo by @rosestoryfarm

Looking for the next covey… .
#quailhunting #southtexas

This is one of those happy accident photos—I couldn’t have set it up if I’d tried. Great day out #quailhunting in #southtexas #greatlandscape #scrub