Guild Residential Sourcebook

Here are the images from my page in the new Guild book.  

Thoughts after Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving I spent a couple hours at a food kitchen. There was a lot of free food and the walls were a lime green,
which I loved. Since then I have been thinking of the satisfaction and fun I've had volunteering,
and the many generous people who've helped me. With that in mind I compiled 7 of my favorite organizations with links.
They are alphabetically listed and combined with my other links.

Organic Valley Coop, Family Farm Defenders and Sow the Seeds Fund have some useful information about farming and about the food we eat, that anyone can use. Aside from that I included these 3 because there is info and a place to donate money for the farmers in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa who were affected by the flooding in August.


Second Harvest is a food bank to help feed hungry people. Restore is a store connected to Habitat for Humanity. You can donate things from your home: doors, sinks, windows, nails... All of these items are reused when someone buys them and they are kept out of the landfill. Jane Lachapelle McCarty Fund is a fund set up in memorial to my friend Jane who passed away in 2004. The donated money goes to help finance the Virtues Project.

I've included The Appalachian Community Fund, because I don't often hear information from this area. My Mom is from the hills of Kentucky and I have fond memories of the storytelling, food, music and more. There is a lot going on there and wish there was more news about it. A good documentary filmed in Kentucky about a coal mining strike in the 70's is Harlan County, later made into a movie with Holly Hunter, also good.

Guild Sourcebook of Residential Art 6

Today a page with 3 of my barns was published on the new Guild Residential Sourcebook 6. To find my page go to www.guild.com click on Residential Sourcebook then paintings and prints. I'm on the first page right hand side. A hard copy will be printed with tearsheets, early next year. A special thanks to the most excellent and generous Geoffrey Cook and all the work he's done for me, taking pictures layout...


This month I'll start working on a couple of new project, both black and white drawings. One will be another nude or nudes and a yoga pose. This week I'm expecting a new website.

New website and more

My new website should be up and
running in the next week or two.
Technical work is being done,
switching information and servers...
Recently I've moved and will have
to move again in December.
While moving, I injured my back and
ended up in the hospital,
recovering more or less 4 days later
after lots of sleep and
pain medication. For the time being
I have not been able to get to
my paints. In December I will be
more settled and back to painting along
with upcoming projects and
a book coming out in February with some
of my barn paintings.

Backwards City Review Fall 2007, Giant Counting His Money

This is a painting from the Jack in the Beanstock story.
It is on the back of this literary journal.

The 3 Graces

This is the final book cover for a series. The figures are based on mythology. While painting my version I looked at the mural painting of them from Pompeii.

Rouge's Fancy

Here is a new painting for the cover of another erotic book. Publication date is unknown.
The book is called Rouge's Fancy. The last book cover in this series will be posted in the next few days.

Brothers

This is the promotional painting for the movie Brothers. It was filmed in Wisconsin a few miles from my home. The 3 brothers are approached by a developer who wants to buy their farm. They must choose to sell or keep the family farm.

New Haircut

Here I am a few days ago with a new haircut. For years I've had long hair. In August, September and October several new projects will be published and hopefully a new website.

Outlaw's Progress

This is a recent painting I did for the cover of an erotic book called Outlaws Progress.
So far we don't know when it will be published. It is an acrylic painting
in black and white.

How to write on a blog.

Someone pointed out to me she doesn't know how to write on a blog. You click below the image on comments, it's pink or blue. That takes you to where you write a comment. You do not have to be a member, which is how it usually is on the blogs. From what I've seen anyway.

The Devil Inside

He is the critic, filling the head with self-doubt, regrets, fears, and overall destructive thoughts. Good-luck pulling him out.

There's a lot of Fish in the Sea

This was painted while thinking of a book by Dr. Suess. It's also a useful expression

Rising Water in a Sinking Boat

How do you know when to give up on something, and at what cost?

Head to Foot

Or keeping the foot out of the mouth, before it's too late.