The gift that keeps on giving...

Matt bought me a rose bush for our very first christmas at Mauna Lea Manor and I was sure that I killed it because it never did look like more than a thorny stick. But look what greeted me upon walking outside my front door!
A beautiful orange rose- just like the ones we used in our wedding!

Strippers

Matthew calls these my "strippers" because of the way that I paint them.
I will paint a few scenes in strips across one page at the beach and then separate & frame them individually later in the studio.

I'M BACK!!!

I am once again with computer so the cyber musings may continue unhindered-
Oh Happy Day!
...just had to let everybody know!
....I'll try to update soon ;)

Computer-less

Public Service Announcement

I am without computer (I type this from a borrowed source)

My HP laptop croaked --- I know, I know "why didn't I buy a MAC"

So if you need to get a hold of me please try

75-5259 Mamalahoa Hwy #B

Holualoa HI 96725

or

808 329-5765

The email is no longer reliable, since I can't check it often.

I'm published ;D!

If you check out the third article in the July/August issue of Somerset Studio -looks like this:You will find a step-by-step article by yours truly!

It is 4 pages long & entitled "Sisters of the Sea".

You can find this magazine at most Borders Bookstores in the photography/crafts/art section of the periodicals.

This is my absolute favorite magazine! So excited to be a part of it!

The Golden Touch

I've always been of the opinion that stairs ought to be enchanting- make you want to get to the top of em. Imply & introduce & prelude to what you'll find beyond them...

So my studio stairs needed a little dressing up.

So I make a stencil modeled after the edge of a sari my aunt brought me from her trip to India a few years back.

The stencil began to buckle and curl from the spraypaint and the patterns are terribly haphazard and I made a horrible mess ...but fortunately the intial impact still achieved the excitement I was going for (and I doubt anyone is going to closely inspect it & criticize my whimsy). I added little shisha mirrors to compliment the motif on various stairs & they really catch the light impresively as you travel upwards.

The first day I went to the studio after I had done it with the boys, I had half forgotten what I had done and was just as taken aback as they were to see that sparkling colorful stairs...

"Mommy! Look what happened to your stairs!"

I wondered just why they thought my hands had been stained metallic gold for 2 days... from their remarks you would have thought the menehunes were responsible. hehe

Newly non-destruct-able paintings