Happy New Year

 

Just a fun painting I did recently. Snowy Owl on black canvas.  8 X 10. oil painting.  I still have 2 more black canvases that I picked up on sale. Have to decide what to put on them.  I found many photos that are copyright free on Pixabay.com.  I picked this one because I liked the expression.  I feel that the owl is talking to me "Hoo R U?"

Happy new year to all. I hope that 2021 is a better year than 2020. I don't know when the vaccine for the Covid virus will be available to us, but we plan on taking it.  We are still hoping to be able to travel again next year.

Last painting of 2020. Not quite finished. I couldn't figure out how to make the black horse look more like a horse. "Cold day at the ranch", 8 X 10, oil painting. Painted from my photo taken at this place. I went there to paint, but it was too cold. I just did a few sketches, then painted from my photos back in my warm studio.

Winter 2020

 

Little Dell Reservoir, Salt Lake City, Utah

While we haven't been traveling due to Covid (and we are older and in high risk group)., we did take a drive to Salt Lake City to visit my daughter last month. The weather was not pleasant enough for hiking, but we did a drive through the canyons and I thought this scene was beautiful. I painted it later in my studio back in Boise. It is 11 X 14 oil paint on canvas board.  I hope we can see the same view in the spring or summer. I would like to paint it again with those colors too. My website now prints puzzles too and I am tempted to buy this one myself. I think it would be challenging.

Last night was the first night of Chanukah. It is a quiet holiday since we can't get together with family, but we enjoyed our rabbi's Zoom presentation last night.  Learned a few new details about the history of the holiday too.  Lots of songs are available on the internet. This was a new one for me. Parody song by the Maccabeats.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkGuaTAD920

As a special treat (besides latkes), I bought a beef tongue (lengua de res) at a Mexican store and cooked it last night with my mother's sweet and sour recipe. It was delicious. My mom has been gone for over 20 years, but that recipe brought back good memories and I'm glad I still have some of hers.

Happy holiday, happy winter. I saw a few snowflakes today, but they don't seem to be sticking. I'm o.k. with that. I had enough snow after all my years living in New England. Happy with milder winter here in Boise.