Just a Quickie ...

   A friend was over yesterday, showing photos of his recent tour in India. He works as a tour guide all over the world; next week he's off to Greece ... lucky hot-dog! His Indian pictures were fabulous, almost a visual overload; I can't imagine what it would be to experience the country for real. There were some very good shots of the most intriguing-looking people - you could see the strength in their faces, and the pain and joy in their eyes. I was quite taken by the photo at top, and have done a quick sketch. I think I'll try a painting of her as well.

Cats and Dogs

I had a small influx of family today; it was great - two of my sisters dropped in. One of them, Steph, is phenomenal in a lot of ways. Today she did her imitation of a tornado, and swept through my bedroom/studio cleaning, rearranging, and removing stuff I don't use [or fit] anymore. Consequently, my nephew got a flokati rug, and my niece got a beautiful sweater set and a woolen blazer.

  Steph also went under my bed. This is where I stash some of my art paper, and old artwork. This brings us up to date with the title. She found an old watercolor I did about ten years ago. It was for a friend, and was a portrait of his cat. So I thought I would post it, along with some more recent cats and dogs.

Russell

Lucy

Paulina and Lucy

Prince of the Sand Dunes

Ripley

Ralphie

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