Nature's Paintbrush

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Yesterday we witnessed nature's paintbrush in all it's glory! The Painted Desert and Petrified Forest offer an amazing array of colors to behold. If you ever, ever, ever, get a chance to visit this amazing place.... it will take your breath away.

These images (which hardly do it justice) are from the Blue Mesa Trail, which took us on a walk down into the valley between these amazing blue/green and purple stripe mountains, into the remains of the Petrified Forest. The amazing colors in these mountains was just an opener for the colors offered in the chunks of petrified wood that was scattered around at the base of the mountains.

Road Trip

 Art In Progress

Finish Your Veggies, 15.5x15.5, preliminary sketch and underpainting on panel

I am headed out with my family (husband, 2 kids, 2 dogs) in a 30-foot RV for a trip from here in  Orlando to the Grand Canyon. We are going across Route 66 and estimate we will be gone a little over 2 weeks. I am taking collage supplies, some prepared and some blank panels with me. I hope to document art made on this trip via my blog. Highlights will include work in progress and how to work with a limited amount of supplies. I also hope to come home with some decent work, because I have a show in Melbourne, FL in mid July and the work will need to be finished, framed and ready early in the month.

Remember when I said I was looking for inspiration? Travel and a deadline should just about do it! Stay tuned...