So that’s it. The summer is officially over! This weekend to mark the end of the season (so to speak) D and I spent the weekend at the Raleigh Hotel on Miami Beach. We had an oceanfront room at this historic (and pet friendly) hotel on 18th and Collins. I spent the afternoon on Friday…
Month: August 2009
Cape Florida
Monday I went up to the top of the Cape Florida Lighthouse for the second time. The climb–though nerve wrecking for me– is worth it…though the top is awfully narrow…to me… Regardless it’s a gorgeous view! It got me thinking, perhaps I should paint the Lighthouse. It is so pretty and bright next to the…
Separated at Birth…
Everyone comes into your life for a reason right?Well…some people come in your life and you wonder if genetic tests are needed to verify you weren’t separated at birth. Derek is one of the people I may need to be tested with. Seriously….my brotha from anotha motha! Derek was in town for nearly a week…
Drum rolllll…..and the winnnnnner issss……
NATALIE!!! HOORAH!!!!! another Bank Street friend wins the give-away!! Crazy- but true with 24 entries, D picked Natalie Yoshino Ellis as our second winner. Congratulations Natalie! I’ll work on the mini-queen bee for you and send it to your preferred address. Thank you to everyone for joining and commenting!! When we hit 50 followers we’ll…
Cecilia Dubon, B.A. Art History
When I was 17, I took my first Art History class at Gables High. Ms. Jean Greenaway was our teacher and with one flick of the light switch and the hum of the slide projector history began to be written. It was the first time ever, I got it. The first time I took a…
Round and Round
I just had lunch with a friend who has a keen eye for art galleries, their set ups…and being on a committee for the arts, he also knows what he’s talking about. He was asking me about the show–and asking what was going to come back from my last show. I told him I wasn’t…
Little Puffy Clouds
So…normally I use black marker to draw the outlines on my paintings. Well, not this time. This time I am taking the silver lining literally and experimented a bit. The idea for this came to me when I was on a plane headed to DC. Looking at the clouds, I thought about the light and…
Picture Pages
Last night I did some more work on paintings that I started on Sunday. Two of them were planned (Queen Bee & Los Pollitos Dicen Pio, Pio, Pio) and Nessie, which you may have read about earlier–was a spur of the moment painting…which I adore. After so many of you enjoyed the drawing of the…
Give Away!!!
Ok– so we did it! We reached 40 followers!! YAY!! This means that we are embarking on a free give away!! This week—everyone who starts to follow–2 entries every comment — 1 entry Monday August 17-Sunday August 23rd. Winner will get a mini-queen bee – bound to be one of this fall’s new favorites!
Nessie…I think I love you…
So I have been painting all weekend long (only taking breaks for meals and socializing occasionally). One of the paintings I finished was a spur of the moment topic.Nessie…you know…the Loch Ness Monster. Now…I know that Nessie doesn’t have the spikes traditionally…but to me she does. So here is the progress of Nessie. First I…