Lately… The last few days… I’ve been painting in a totally different style. Then I occurred to me I’m doing something more like what I did when I was a kid. In Jr. High, and even as early as elementary school, I used to attract a crowd of kids watching me draw. Someone would call out “draw a horse” or “draw a squirrel” and I would. I remember they would ask me questions like “how do you know where to start?”

So lately I’m filling pages with goofy little cartoon animals and people, drawn with a small brush on paper, then watercolored in. Now I know about design elements like “horror vacui” and artists like Marc Chagall. A friend all but accused me of being trite with these. But I don’t care. They are fun. The images here are from my brand new as of tonight “Dog Vacui.” The painting didn’t fit in the scanner, so you are not seeing the whole image. I haven’t counted the dogs in the picture yet, but there are a couple of details to show you what it looks like up close. I did another one of woodland animals that live in this area (Moose, Deer, Bear, Fish, Fox, Bobcat, Owl, Eagle, Raccoon, Otters, Rabbits, Porcupine, seagull, Loon… you get the idea), and another of mostly fish. Anyway, there are 6 or 7 in this style that will be part of the opening on March 3 and 4 (had to get that in again). I would love to hear what you think. And later, I will post some of my more “serious” paintings. Today is a day for fun. And Puppies. 🙂