Thinking Caps

Today I don't have any art to post, but I will soon, I promise.  I just had a small thought that you might like.  I am encouraging all of you to paint any thing with a hat.

We must put on or thinking caps because the youngsters already have   Let’s see, instead of” “thinking caps”, we can put on a “Striped Violet Chapeaux.” How’s that?  Yes, we have still got it!  Think colorful and elongated.  Think cerebral and cloudy.  Think animated and silly.  Think pastoral and serene.  Think outlines and space.  Think shrouded and mysterious.  Have fun.  Why be ordinary?  I challenge all of us to blow the world away with the art we fashion.

Maybe you would rather make something with stripes or bubbles.  Just so that it is original.  What could you put a hat onto?  How about a squirrel, a worm, a toaster, an orange, a tree stump.  Make it comical, or serious.  It doesn't matter, as long as you decided to do it yourself!

Next post it to my reveille kennedy facebook page and we can all have a vote on the best, the silliest, the most beautiful or the scariest.  Let's see, that is 4 winners.  The winners will have one pick of any 8 x 10 print of my paintings.  The contest will end on Feb. 26, exactly one month from today.

Have fun and have a great day, my creative friends

I will repost all artwork to this blog.

Krystal

15" x 14"  w/c  not for sale

Krystal is one of my beautiful granddaughters, in fact my first grandchild.  Krystal is an actress and a comedian with huge brown sparkling eyes.  I love her funny sense of humor, especially when she gently imitates me or someone else she knows.  She is bright and imaginative and has a hearty laugh. You always feel comfortable around Krystal because she cares about you and you know it.  I love her with all my heart.

Paper Hat

11" x 15"   watercolor    $135.00

Paper hats were the hit of the day at the Pioneers Museum last summer.  Children and adults designed, crumpled, banded and wore their new fabulous creations.  

Gypsy

11" x 15"  watercolor   unframed  $130.00

Under the drifting clouds this shy young girl dreams of dancing.  Her feathery hair and clothing are touched with a hint of copper and she is adorned with flowers and stars and fantasy, and so am I.

Soft Smoke and Persimmon

10.5 x 14.5  watercolor   SOLD

The energy emitted from this lovely Spanish dancer and her flouncy skirts makes for a passionate painting.  

I love the smokey indigo and indian red together.  The painting is earthy and uscious.

Joy To the World

10" x 8"  watercolor on Arches 140# paper    $150.00  matted and framed

Just between you and I.....

Even though I see snow and shadows outside today, I feel silken poppies and blue vapor.  Something in the chilly sun filled atmosphere plays on my senses.  It's cold!  Brrrry even.  But it's bight and cheerful too, announcing joy,  and it makes me feel like singing Christmas carols. 

So I will! 

 Remember in grade school how we learned "Silent Night",  "Joy to the World", and "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"?  Those songs are embedded in my brain and forever give me hope for you and for everyone.  

Breakthrough

10.5" x 14"  watercolor   SOLD

There is so much blue in the sky and so much light in the sunlit clouds that I can never decide where to stop and start.  I love our world and sort of imagine the mysteriousness. 

This was a late evening shot from my back deck. Now it looks like an early evening shot from somewhere else.

I really enjoyed making the clouds and mountains float and disappear against the sky horizon.