For May

Time to change your desktop calendar! Enjoy! :-)

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Gourd

A few weeks ago while Margie & Arounna were here we visited a tiny market in a nearby town called Villa de Progreso were I found a vendor that had a basket of gourds for sale. The shape of this one really caught my eye. I painted a triangle pattern a la Bookhou with black acrylic ink inspired by this beautifully decorated dwelling from the village of Tiébélé, located in Burkina Faso. Photo by Rita Willaert via Poppytalk.

*The amazing wood chair in the first photo is Manolo's design :-)

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Egg

Yet another wonderful gift by Margie: A big batch of wooden eggs!
I painted one today in blue acrylic inks and rubbed it with spoon oil.
Thank you my dear friend ♥ they will keep me entertained for a long while!

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Tie-Dye Top

I copied the pattern from a really cute cotton top I bought in San Miguel during Margie & Arounna's visit but cut it out of beige linen and tie-dyed it in a warm chocolate brown color. After I finished it this morning I decided to add some stitched details with turquoise and red embroidery floss. Remember this linen tunic I made last year?

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Alegria!

A BIG box with fabric from my Cloud 9 Fabrics Alegria collection arrived yesterday!
 I immediately made new pillowcases for our bed using the Walkabout fabric.
 I over-dyed the fabric to match my old green quilt from CB2.
It was wonderful to translate my watercolor images onto fabric
but what I had most fun with was designing the selvedge info :-)
Working with Michelle on this collection was an honor & real treat!

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It's a party!

New Galison Fall 2012 products featuring my birdies available May 1st!
Photos by Galison

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A Good Egg

Simple little project I painted this morning while waiting for the anesthesia
to wear off my face from the "fun" root canal procedure I had this morning.
Bottom half of the rock is covered in wool felt that I glued on.
I painted the egg with my trusty Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks.

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Alebrije

Found this little guy at a shop in San Miguel de Allende this morning
and had to bring him home. He makes me smile :-)

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Books & Birds

My sweet friend ♥Margie♥ combined two of my favorite gifts:
Books and Birds in the prettiest shades of blues & greens.

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Diptych

Part two of my little cactus garden.
Watercolor & collage on dyed handmade Saint-Armand paper. 4" x 5"

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Plein Air

It was such a beautiful morning that my faithful companion & I grabbed the watercolors and went outside for some plein air painting in the back yard
while listening to Peter Gabriel's 'New Blood'.

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Sweet Revenge

My 15 year old son Israel was stung by a scorpion that was on his pillow this morning.
It stung him in his lower back. Thank God he's doing fine but I was shaken up.
This mornings shenanigans inspired this new painting. I'm calling it Sweet Revenge ;-)
Watercolor & Acrylic ink on hand made Twinrocker paper. 6" x 8".

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Pancho

Frida & Mushrooms are now available as archival quality prints at my Etsy shop.


Meet Pancho, my new very well behaved pet snake :-)
He's from a tiny town called Villa Progreso near Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro.

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Frida

Watercolor & acrylic ink on coffee stained Twinrocker 6" x 8" paper.

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Mexico in a Bag

Congratulations/Felicidades Gabriela!!!
All these Mexican goodies are flying down south to Mendoza, Argentina!
WOW! Thank you so much for participating in this giveaway & the nice comments!!!
Arounna, Margie & I had a wonderful time reading all of them.
We wish we could send all of you a little something!


So, if that quote on my pencil is true, am I a bird?
I'll show you my new Frida bird when I finish watercoloring her.
Happy Saturday!

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Feathers from Friends

They've all flown from far away places to live with me.
Some have been delivered in person & others by post over the years.
Each one a treasured gift. Thank you friends! You know me well.
That gorgeous cobalt blue vintage inkwell is a gift by my sweet friend Margie.
and those orange beauties in the last photo are pomegranate calyxes
from my friend Julia's tree in San Miguel.

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San Miguel

Highlights from our stay in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

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