From the first moment that I saw this woman I was deeply impressed by her courage and conviction. She walked up to a vehicle of ISIS fighters in Syria on day and told them what she thought of their actions. She expressed both anger and concern and she told the fighters that they needed to …
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The Face of Courage: Update 3
Update 3: Here you can see that I'm working on her clothes and scarf. I like to lay in the highlights so that I can see where the shadows are. I've lightened behind the door but I still don't think it is light enough so I will continue to lighten it. While I was working on her …
The Face of Courage: Update 2
I am still in awe at the courage of this old woman. I wonder if she thought that she was the only one who could say something. She had lived a long life, she didn't have little ones that needed her care and protection and so if she was killed it would be no great …
The Face of Courage Project
The other day I was watching news over my husband, Mr. Man's shoulder and I saw something that impressed me to my core. We watch a video of an old woman who was filmed walking up to some men that belong to ISIS. I watched in awe as she told them that they needed to …
February Snow
We woke up to snow this morning. Not something that usually happens very often here in New Mexico. But when we do have snow it is lovely. I have been working on doing plein air painting whenever I get the chance and I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity. So rather than going …
Two Lovely Girls
Here are two portraits that I just completed. Both are grandkids of a friend of mine and both are just lovely to be around. I have painted a few portraits but this is the first one that I was actually the one to go and take pictures of them. The older girl was wonderful and …
Little Gwen
Gwen got left out in the cold, poor thing. We have ten chickens. Nine hens and one rooster. For the most part we just let them wander around the orchard. They know the boundaries and it makes for great eggs, but we do put them away at night. We even have some heat lamps in their …
Sunflowers
In the heat of summer These shining beauties rein supreme. They seem to dance as they show off their glowing colors. For this painting I used a technique called Al La Prima. You lay in thick strokes of paint as if they were the final strokes of the painting. I can’t wait till the summer …