Tagesgrauen und Siegried's Rheinfahrt

This is really Ted's Rheinfahrt that we made while in Germany.  We stayed in an old castle on the Rhine that had been renovated to a hotel, and we took a little afternoon boat up the river to a town where we took a train back to our little town, St. Goar.  You can imagine that especially in the winter when the fogs roll in, the dramatic feeling that must have inspired Wagner.  I've been listening to him and painting a few small canvases, using the watercolors as a reference that I made while we were there.

A Habanero Nude

The Pines of Rome

Oops, this is pretty small.  I don't know why.  This is a watercolor that I did in my moleskin sketchbook while in Rome.  We stayed at the University of Dallas Rome Campus which is up in the hills near Castelgandolfo (the Pope's summer residence).  It was dusk and the trees were silhouettes against the sunset.  You could see the lights of Rome in the distance.  

Jude's Flowers

This is a tiny little bouquet of a common weed here in Texas, I think it's called pennyroyal.  My exquisite grandson, Jude, brought these to me yesterday after I had been gone for two weeks.  So this morning, I had to paint these flowers. Both the flowers and the painting are full of love.