Window Theme

by | Aug 10, 2009 | history

A window theme was required for a certain art competition that I entered in Morgan City, LA in 1982. I had this little house in mind for the painting and had my husband cut the mat for it as if it was the window panes over this painting. It took him half a day to get...

Hudson Air, LA

by | Aug 6, 2009 | random stuff

What a privilege to be asked to do an oil painting of an airport. It was near where I lived in Morgan City, LA, and the owner gave me professional photos to work from so I didn’t have to do it plein-air. He liked the work so well he asked me to do another one...

Across the Cane Field

by | Jul 29, 2009 | history

Whenever we would drive west of Morgan City, LA, along the highway was this cane field in Calumet. I noticed that at the back side of the field were a row of little houses, but all I could see were the gables at the roof line because the cane had grown so tall. ...

Louisiana Swamp in Ink

by | Jul 23, 2009 | history, random stuff

Just last week I came across an old print in my portfolio that I hadn’t seen for a long time.  I scanned it into my computer and set it up as a desktop image for the time being. That sure is nice way to  enjoy my work this way. I love to put my own images of...

For the Cows!

by | Jul 18, 2009 | history

Being a native Californian I never heard of a syrup wagon. Our art class from Studio One in LA was invited to one of the student’s home ( her name was Vera), and the view from her property near a bayou and cow pasture had this old shack and syrup wagon and...