Better Together

"Better Together" 5.5x5.5 inch painting. Click here to buy original.

Another owl painting! I think I am in love with these little critters. Did you ever notice that owls look a lot like babies? Okay, maybe I'm just looking at my baby boy for too long, but today I looked at his big big eyes and round face and thought -- ah-ha-- you are a baby OWL.

There is, of course, the very real possibility that I am hallucinating this resemblence due to sleep deprivation. :)

Pretty Lady

5.5x5.5 inch original mixed media painting on wood. Click here to buy print (original sold).

Continuing along with my owl theme, I finished this new little one yesterday. I must say that she is one of my favorites in the collection. I like her flowery, starry wing.

Here are two of my owls on their perch in my dining room before being shipped off to their new homes. I wish I had been fast enough to photograph "Night Owl, " too, but he is already with his new owner. "Little Dreamer" is being shipped to Dawn in Missouri today.

Little Dreamer

"Little Dreamer" 5.5x5.5 inches -- mixed media on wood. Click here to buy print (original sold).

I finished this little guy today while the moon was rising outside my window. The night sky was such a beautiful blue-gray color against the sillouette of trees and bright white moon...I just couldn't help buy be inspired.

Night Owl

5.5x5.5 inch original mixed media painting on wood. Click here to purchase print (original sold).

I completed this new piece today in honor of my little guy... and well, actually, myself, as I am now painting in the evenings when my two babies are sleeping. Who knows what direction these nocturnal hours will push my creativity? I remember attending an amazing carnivale exhibit at the museum of folk art in Los Angeles several years ago and remarking upon the great talent of one of the painters. In his bio it said that he worked at night while his family was asleep because that was the only time he could concentrate. I remember thinking -- oh, that poor man. I could never do that. Ahhh.... the delusions of youth. :)