The Peacock should be considered the most beautiful bird on the planet if not the most spectacular. Here is my new friend

  "Cocky the Peacock".

He is magnificent. The challenge is to capture that awesomeness. He possesses some of my favorite colors. He glimmers and sparkles. I can not even come close!

Sandy

Here is my Sandy! He is a fine example of what the Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Foundation does. He lives happily under my house, an old Victorian near downtown Denver. I have been providing for him for almost three years now. Someone had captured him in a trap and lovingly got him neutered and vaccinated and let him go. He is a feral and will not approach me. Let's just say he and I have an understanding. Live and let live.

Chelsea Fox

Here is Chelsea Fox. 

Bewildered and wondering how she ended up here. She loves dogs better than cats. I brought her inside when she came to me as the temperatures plummeted last November. No one has posted any signs that she is missing. I will post some signs to see if anyone is looking for her. She is a spayed female maybe a few years old.

Here are my other two paintings for Stella's coming up February 12. They are both acrylic on 10" x 8". "Arther and The Velvet Stars" and "CAW".

I have relisted my four seasons in birds. I have lowered the price. Ipainted 4 paintings this week. they were all for Stella's Coffee House on South Pearl in Denver. I have two vistas of my Denver. One is a close up view like I see where I live. The other is a little further out at Stapleton where my son and his family live. They are both 30" x 12", oil on wrapped canvas. 

MY MANY WALLS

"Winter, spring , summer, and fall.

All you have to do is call. I'll be there, yes I will, I'll be there."

I look at those 4 birds and I hear James Taylor. The whole time I painted them I could hear James Taylor. 

I feel like double mint gum. She's an impressionist, she's an expressionist, she's a realist, no she's really a surrealist. 

Okay, maybe more like Sybil.

Some one asked me to paint the 4 

seasons in birds. I thought she was communicating with Joan the realist.

Joan the impressionist expressionist

apparently had been vacationing in who gives a s*** about art. 

Busy elves. Making Christmas presents. This is Boo. My sister in law, Beth wanted her dog in a portrait. Let me tell you about Boo. Last summer Boo got spooked by fire crackers. She took off like a bat out of h.... I mean a bat cave. I joined in the campaign to find her, signs, posters, news paper adds, what ever way we could. Boo is part Saluki and she is the fasted thing on wheels. First days, then weeks went by, no Boo. Her people knew to put an ID chip in her shoulder because about six weeks later they got a call that the animal control had picked her up. Don't give up hope, I would tell her. This story had a happy ending!

I found the canvas at Hobby Lobby. Regular frames for an oval were expensive. I looked around the store thinking there might be something that would work instead. Sure enough I found this twig wreath for just a few bucks. I hope that Beth does not look at my blog at least until Christmas!

~ A gift of painting~

~Snowball Pooped Out~

Ah, isn't he the sweetest? After playing with his ribbon, snowball just pooped out! I have placed this painting on ebay, today. I am very happy how it turned out. The two paintings would look wonderful together.

~Snowball~

This is snowball. She wanted to play with the ribbons when we were wrapping presents.

Back to work. It's been a heck of a time. My mother is doing better thanks to a doctor who treated her. He was able to get a handle on pain management. Her prognosis is not good, but they may be able to keep her here for a while longer.

We welcomed a grandchild into the world Nov. 28th. His name is Korben. Perfect and beautiful 8lbs and 2oz.