It's been over a year since I published anything on my blog (thanks to a fall last summer and subsequent hip surgeries) so I have some paintings to show you.  While I was recovering I had little energy to paint, but over the months was able to complete this one, that I call "Chicory Hill".  I was drawn to all the blue shades in the original photo, with those yellow flowers to pop out.  It's 28 x 24, all acrylic, still in my possession waiting to be juried into the Minto Arts Council Juried Show in May.

This past winter I had the opportunity to visit Portugal for a couple of weeks!  This painting shows Old Town Lagos, with its narrow and winding streets, fascinating old buildings, and cobblestone streets.  Every day included a long adventurous walk (with my cane).  I call this one "Morning Adventure".  It's acrylic, 20 x 16, and hanging now at the Southampton Arts Centre.  

My second Portugal painting is called "Lagos Lookout" (15 x 30) which simplifies one of the many wonderful views from the apartment where I was staying.  I had a lot of fun turning the hills and houses into abstract, whimsical shapes.  I feel that I captured the sense of the cityscape that resembled building blocks to me.  It's also hanging at the Southampton Arts Centre now. There may be more Portugal scenes to be turned into paintings in the near future!