Giverny Progression

I'm playing catch-up for the next couple of days with my blog.

This one had been languishing in drafts for a while.

I took a photo of the bridge at Giverney last April.

The wisteria vines were NOT in bloom.

But I added them.

I love being an artist.

I started with the darks, then built up the lights

and paint layers.

Et Voila!

"Pleasure Garden"

oil on panel

9  x 12

2014 Calendar

Here is my pen and ink for the 2014 Community First Bank Calendar. 

 I have always been intrigued by the 

Italianate belfry on the Methodist Church in Birmingham, Iowa.  

The bank has a branch office there so I decided to "branch out" beyond Keosauqua this year.

Some people have called the facade "the Alamo" style.