this watercolor has taken me forever
not that it was any harder than the others,
but time seems to have been moving so fast the past few weeks

my 5 year old niece was able to model for me
during her visit a few weeks ago
it has been 6 years since my daughter was 5
i almost forgot how much i love the proportions of this age

“displaced expectations”
15″ x 20″ (watercolor)

dogs are my daughter’s world
she’s been obsessed with drawing them since a very young age
just recently she got a new set of art markers
so her little dogs have a spark now

thought they might make you smile
they are about 1 1/2 inches tall in real life

a few weeks have past now without a new painting to post
i have been working on some commissions,
enjoying a long visit from my sister and her family,
and building panels for new oils

we will be leaving thursday evening
for a long cross country trek in the westy
(40 hours in 4 days)
my dad’s funeral is finally here
he was cremated shortly after his death on july 9th
i’m looking forward to having closure and seeing family

below is a glimpse of a small sacred space in my house
you can see a little picture of my dad and me
it is framed and sitting on top of a silver box that contains
sacred dirt from a recent pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo
i’ve always LOVED little altars and religious statues
(even before i became a catholic)
they have such a presence and bring me peace