Peg Fowler

This is a small  experimental painting.  I was trying out a strange combination of materials:  dark sanded paper–overlayed with watercolor–covered with layered pastel.

What happens is a dense, highly colored work, that is really easy to over-do and turn into muddy scrum.  I had to be really careful that I “stopped in time.” (I don’t always.)

I called this little thing (7″ x 10″) “A-Frame on the Ridge”

Then I did a larger piece that I didn’t like nearly so well.  So it goes.

Sometimes these things are fun, sometimes work.  This was both.

Dolly’s friend is the “Window Cat,” a large fuzzy devil who sits amid the plants in the front window of his home.  He stares at Dolly as we pass on our walk…and Dolly stares back.  Now she doesn’t like to vary her route.  I think Dolly LIKES the Window Cat.  Either that, or she’s plotting a mugging.

Here’s some kitch for Judy:  “Backyard Deer”

Dolly-the-Studio-Dog may let me do lots of work, but she HATES it when I sit at the computer.  So this will be fast.  Two new paintings, both experimental, sort of.

“Sandhills: Evening at Lake Camp” and “Colorado High-Trail”

Hard to believe, I know…but in a cluttered studio filled with tempting chewables, Dolly is a good girl.  She allows her Mom to get lots of work done, and waits for hours while I fuss and putter with pastels and matting.  A couple of days ago, I realized it was too quiet and turned in time to see my hyper-active puppy gazing out the front window, watching the world go by.