Katie, sweet Katie

My website is in production, finally and will be up within a few weeks!! I’ll post the link when it’s ready. This blog entry is dedicated to Katie…sweet Katie, our terrier-x pup died a week ago. It has been a time of loss for us…our companion is now bouncing around, happily in dog-heaven.

We Grow Happy Cows

The Riverfront Art Gallery is celebrating its FIRST ANNIVERSERY!!   In our first year, we sold over $65,000 in art work!  It’s been a great year and I hope you’ll join us for our celebration this Saturday at 5 pm!

So here we are, entering the last days of summer…school starts in a few weeks…and my Mondays will once again become consumed with welcoming new nursing students to the wonderful world of caring for our elderly.  I so love seeing their eyes open, and their hearts expand as they learn the art of Nursing.  I am grieving the loss, at least for the time being, of the IHP program at Dominican.  I will have no classes this Fall, once again…at a time when holism is so needed in our world, the loss of the Integrated Health Practices program is not welcome.

Even so, I will use my time to PAINT more.

SO here he is, the King of the Hill.   I spotted this proud Llama looking out over the ocean above Tomales Bay.  Whatever does he see in the far distant ocean?   This is one of my new oil paintings at the Riverfront Art Gallery.  Don’t forget the reception on August 16…live music, great company and yummy food and wine! 

King of the Hill, Oil on Canvas

I’m gearing up to change my exhibit at Riverfront Art Gallery in Petaluma.  This will be my first all OIL grouping…I’m enjoying oils and hope to learn more at a class I’m taking this Saturday.  I hope you enjoy this painting.  It’s called Peace and is the largest I’ve done in oil..24″ x 30″.  Don’t mind Herman, our cat, as he pauses in front of the picture as I photographed it.

The reception for the gallery show will be August 16th… we’ll have live music and the usualy good food.  Hope you’ll join us.

Heman pausing in front of Peace, 24" x 30", oil on canvas

Well, I’m bloggin’ and we’ll see how long I can keep it up.  (It’s an Awesome Dawning Day…below, which hangs at our store in Sebastopol, Hendricksen Naturlich Flooring)   I’m currently working on getting my art work website up.  A few of my old pictures are posted at www.sonomareflections.com.  I’ll post my new paintings here as I move toward getting the new site up and running.  Hope you enjoy them!  Marilee

Awesome Dawning Day