New Work: Bird Paintings

"May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~ ...With open studio weekend behind me, things are slowly returning to normal around the art house. Paintings moved here and there, a resettling in to a more comfortable pace. Several new paintings are in progress; both landscapes and the haloed bird series. New sculptures are also in the making: the early stages of unfired clay drying: one project I've got in mind is digging a fire pit in the back yard. I wonder if I have to get a burn permit for THAT??? Spring is slowly making her way to a soft mountain summer, the garden roses have been in full flush, and now the hydrangeas are singing into bloom.