Interstitial Cystitis (IC) benifit

These are two 8 by 10 watercolor pencil paintings on canvas.  They were donated to Megan Rose to raise funds for her overwhelming medical costs.  She has a condition called, Interstitial Cystitis (IC),  This condition causes constant pain. This is a random act of kindness.

Art Prize 2015

I am feeling very blessed! " Spring Love" won the Legacy trust contest and now I will be sponsored in the 2015 Art Prize.  My art will be in the Devos Place a very good venue.  This is a collage of watercolor paintings on canvas.They are all pictures of 8" by 10" and 5" by 7".  I am excited to have this opportunity.

Amazing stats from this blog!

Russia	21
Germany	9
United States	7
Lebanon	4
United Kingdom	2
Canada	1
Ukraine	1

It always amazes me who is looking at the pictures on my Blog.  21 people from Russia viewed my blog this week and 9 from Germany.  Isn't the internet wonderful!  Who would think a 60 year old, disabled woman would possible  be able to show her painting around the world.  The following picture  is one from my collage for Legacy Trust and possible Art Prize.  It is an 8" x 10" watercolor pencil painting done on canvas. Enjoy please! It is a painting of a loon and it's baby.

Characters from The Wizard of OZ.

These three paintings are watercolor pencil on Canvas.  They will be entered tin the " Festival of the Arts" which is a large festival that takes place in Grand Rapids, Michigan the first week-end of June.  Most of the people go down town to enjoy a wide variety of food as well as live entertainment.  The art work of  a variety of different artist can be seen at the UICA art building.  I am hoping this

Spring Love Collage 2

These are three watercolor pencil painting that are included in the Spring Love Collage for the Legacy Trust Competition.  These are 3" x 5".  I will post more of the individual paintings as the time passes. 

Spring Love

This is the collage I did for Legacy Prize competition.  It is a competition for individuals with disabilities.  The work has five 8x10 Paintings and six 3x5 watercolor pencil paintings on canvas. I call it Spring Love.  If I win this competition the work will be entered into the Art Prize competition in Grand Rapids Michigan.  I believe it is a picture worth Art Prize I also feel that because of all the politics I will probable not get in.  I will be featuring some of the pictures individually in the next few weeks.

First Mary Freebed paintings.

This is  a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.  The original photo from which the painting came from was one taken by Micki Special a friend of mine from Facebook.  She is a wonderful photographer and was gracious enough to let me paint this cute little guy.  This is one of three paintings that will be entered this year in the Mary Freebed show here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Sadee- Beloved Friend

This is a watercolor pencil painting of Sadee.  She belonged to a friend of mine and recently passed on to another life.  She was a loyal dog who Mike Welsh rescued when Sadee was only days old.  The two were inseparable.  Mike is a good man and I painted this picture for him to have his dog always there for him.

For Cameron

This is a picture of Connor an Cameron two beautiful young people whom I came across through there grandmother who goes to the YMCA with me.  Tragically Connor was killed by another young man while playing on the playground by his home.  Cameron was with him and watched his brother die.  I gave this painting to him so he would always know that his brother was with him.   This is a 16" by 20" watercolor pencil painting on canvas.

This is a watercolor pencil Painting of Jo Swaney and her dog Woody.  She is a wonderful fund raiser for the Humane Society in Detroit.  Woody has not been feeling very well so I decided to paint this picture of the two for her.