NY City

NY City

12"x 12"

acrylic on gessoboard

$375

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This was a challenge for Daily Paintworks. 

I haven't been to New York since I was 11? ... I remember this one thing... my family and I were sitting at this cafe and this homeless man walked up to us and asked us for change. I smiled at him, with my mouth full of braces and he smiled back, removed his teeth, and said, 

"take care of them"! :)

Listening to while I paint:

Audio books:  "Someday, Someday, Maybe", by Lauren Graham read by the author

Podcasts: The Nerdist, by Chris Hardwick

                Social Media Examiner, by Michael Stelzner

                     The Splendid Table by Lynne Rosetto Kasper

                    Artist Helping Artist by Leslie Saeta

Music: my iPod

Almost Spring....

Clouds

6"x 6"

acrylic on gessoboard

$100

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It's almost spring here in Portland, OR., and the clouds are gorgeous! 

Listening to while I paint:

Audiobooks: Harry Potter Book #5, AGAIN! Read by Jim Dale. He is one of my very                                          FAVORITE narrators! This is a Youtube video of him reading .

Podcasts: The Alton Browncast, hosted by Alton Brown 

                     Oh So Pinteresting, hosted by Cynthia Sanchez  

Music: my iPod

Beijing Hutong

Beijing Hutong

8"x 10"

acrylic on gessoboard
SOLD

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My friend and her family moved to China due to a job transfer. Out of the many pictures she took, there was one of a Beijing alley, or hutong, that I wanted to paint.

Wikipedia:

"In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences.^[1] Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods.

Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history."

There are many images available on hutongs through Google. 

Listening to while I paint:

Podcasts: Here's The Thing, hosted by Alec Baldwin
                  The Alton Browncast, hosted by Alton Brown
                  Oh So Pinteresting, hosted by Cynthia Sanchez

Music: my iPod