...so much for nearly daily posts...

All season I have been filling you in on travel and activities as they happened. This month there have been some family events with the older generation that needed a great deal of attention. Painting, business, communication has virtually stopped for the past two weeks. Things are on the upswing now. I will be leaving Florida to return home to Raleigh, my husband, my studio, my activities early this week. But right now I am watching the most beautiful sunset over Clearwater bay on the west coast of Florida and can finally feel the juices flowing to start working again. This is a 20 x 16 oil painting still life I did here some time ago. A view of one of my mother's tables with pearls, teacup, and Italian mirror. Elegant. Quiet.

Still life - Nonni's Tea Cup and Pearls

Well, that was an adventure! We managed to travel 1,500 miles in 5 days. Raleigh to the opening at Cape Cod, visits with family on Cape Cod, Boston, and Reston, VA... and now back to work. It took me two days to get back into the swing of things. In going through the studio to do some rearranging, I found this 8 x 10 oil of my grandmother's tea cup and pearls I had done some time earlier. The photo of the full image is a little too glistening with light on the dark colors...the camera and I disagreed on the settings...but I think the close up of the pearls is interesting. Any comments?