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2010 MAA member calendar. I have two photos in it this year.

Sunset over the Rocky Mountains

This picture was taken at the end of a Jeep tour at the end of the day at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. My sister and I enjoy our summer trips together.

Grandmother's Silver

This is a picture of the serving pieces of my grandmother's silver that I'm going to share with family members at the reunion this summer. The pattern is called "Vintage"; it was a new pattern in 1904.

Weeding my Herb Garden

It is such a neat experience to weed an herb garden. The sage was taking over my path so I had to trim it back. The aroma was wonderful. I had to pull up the cilantro because it was going to seed and had fallen onto the path. How wonderful to smell it with each handful I pulled. I just stacked it where it had been growing so it could dry, and then I will save the seed later. It will reseed itself as it is drying, and I will have another batch before frost.

CAL Community Exhibits Program

This first week of July, the Columbia Art League Community Exhibits change from one business to another. I will be moving my pictures from the Columbia Tribune to the University of Missouri Hospital second floor. My display will be all new pictures. It will feature my painted water lilies.By using several layers as I work, I paint and sketch these lilies on the computer with the use of an electronic pen (or paintbrush) on a Wacom tablet. On this picture I used several colored pencils to accentuate the curling of the leaves and the many petals of the flowers.

The cat in the window is one of my new pictures that I took to an art show today. It got the most comments of all of my pictures. One woman that bought two note cards with this picture on the front said, "Cat lovers will like this picture."

I took this picture while I was taking a tour through Bollinger Mill in south-east Missouri. This cat is the mouser and lives in the mill year round. She follows the tours from the ground floor to the attic and back again. It is really her mill that we were touring.

Water Lily Art Photography

This spring, I created a series of art photograph pieces of water lilies.

I will be showing them at the Cherry Hill Summer Fest and Art Show, Columbia, MO, on Saturday, June 13, 2009.

"Lions & Tigers & Puppy Mills...Oh My!"

"Lions & Tigers & Puppy Mills...Oh My!"
The Misery In Missouri Art Exhibition 2009
A touring art exhibition raising awareness aboutMissouri Animal Legislation

My winning entry is titled Pampered - Not Punished. Read my comments about this picture on their web site.

Old Glass Coke Bottles

One of my pieces that I hung today was Old Glass Coke Bottles. I hung eight of my Art Photographs at the Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Mo. This is part of the Columbia Art League Community Exhibits Program. Each quarter of the year, I move my pictures to another business. The first quarter of 2009, my pictures were at Columbia Regional Hospital.

Politically Speaking

Politically Speaking is the name of the new show at the Columbia Art League in Columbia, MO. I have two pieces in the show. One is a candle light vigil, Lives Crossing - Light Shinning. The other is Evening at the Capital (the Missouri state capital).