Happy 90th Birthday, Dad!

90 years!

What a treat and a privilege for me...

to have you hold my hand as I walked by your side

down life's pathways...

for most of them!

Happy, Happy Day, Dad...with love to you from me. :)

"If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking.

Angels whisper to a man

when he

goes for a walk."

~Raymond Inmon

The Long...

 ...and short of it...

Above are a few of the watercolored bookmarks I made

as art favors

for the 18 participants in my

Whimsical Watercolor Botanical Design class

Thursday, June 7th 2012

held in our local art club studio here in Arizona.

Click on any image to enlarge if you like...:)

 We worked on leaves in the morning ...

 ...then we all took a break for lunch and ice cream cones...

 ...and designed whimsical watercolor flowers in the afternoon. :)

My students...new friends...Studio 2...and lots of smiles.

Wheee!

"Every child is an artist.

The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

~Pablo Picasso

"As Promised..."

..the final reveal of my 4 page watery green-blue spread

in Jen's rainbow themed Moly.
Please click on any image for better viewing...:)
In a spark of simultaneous serendipity

 as I posted this today

 (...just a bit after the noon time hour in

blazing hot Arizona...)

Jan is in flight crossing the Great Barrier Reef off the Australian

coast.

Next stop...for both this book and my girlfriend...

is New Zealand.

Both my art and my dear friend are really seeing

the world in all its glory.

Life is...
as it should be...:)

Another Work In Progress...:)

Just a couple of peeks of my 4 page spread in Jen's

rainbow themed Moly.

My color was

green!

This book is part of the international G8 Moleskine exchange

I am in over at Illustrated ATCs.

As of this past Saturday this book is

en route from the burning hot Arizona desert to

art studio of Elaine in New Zealand.

My dear friend Jan was also en route to NZ Saturday...

but due to a delayed flight out of Chicago...

her Qantas connection was missed!

She will try again tonight.

An adventure? or and Inconvenience?

Knowing Jan...it will be a memorable adventure!

I wonder who will arrive first???

Please click on images for detail.

I will post the full reveal of the final pages

tomorrow...I Promise!

For Jan:

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.

An inconvenience

is only an adventure wrongly considered."

G.K. Chesterton