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Spring has SPRUNG

Well, FINALLY. It is warm here in central Indiana! Too warm -- it is actually humid already! We had about three days of lovely Spring weather, and then it went right into steamy. Not so great for someone with lung disease, but c'est la vie! I will manage. Hopefully, it will rain soon (April showers bring May flowers!) and the air will then be a nice normal sweet breath of Spring for at least a few weeks!

I am still working on reshooting some of the paintings in my older listings; it is slow going, learning my new camera, but I am making progress. I find that the paintings with a lot of dark paint in them (blues, blacks) photograph really poorly -- I get a lot of shine/reflection in those photos, even in indirect sunlight outdoors (my usual location for photographing paintings). So, please, be patient for updated photos of my Zodiac paintings, my "winter" paintings, and my Military paintings -- I am having trouble with all of those! The Zodiac ones are the most difficult -- the single constellation ones all have at least one gemstone in the star constellations, and they all have a bit of iridescence in the gloss finish, so some shine seems so far unavoidable. But, I am working on it! I will say that so far, the originals look SO MUCH BETTER than my photographic images of them! Sigh. Well, remember, I can custom-make the Zodiac paintings for you -- originals! Just contact me!

In the meantime, I also am painting a large rain barrel for the town of Cicero to auction off in June, during the Nickel Plate Arts Weekends (I will have an art booth that weekend June 8 and 9, Noblesville Square). A fun project so far -- I have titled my rain barrel "April Showers Bring May Flowers"!! Perhaps working on the rain barrel made this terrible early humidity show up! Ha!

Mother's Day is coming up!! Everyone, consider artwork for your mother! A beautiful art print of a landscape or a lovely photo of a gorgeous red rose ~ perfect for Mother's Day!! Browse through my Photographs Gallery -- you might find the PERFECT GIFT!

So, the birds are singing and a light rain is misting down ~ Happy Spring, Everyone!!