"Johnny Rotten Tomato"

 

Our garden has been producing tomatoes like crazy. We have to pick them early before the squirrels get them. They sit out on the counter to ripen. The other day I noticed one that wasn't faring so well and decided to paint it along with the tase ones. 

"St. Martin's York"

 

As soon as we dropped our bags of at our Air B&B, we headed out to explore one of our favorite cities--York. What a beautiful place. We happened upon this gorgeous little gem of a church. 

"Street Corner Royale"

 

Interesting corner I spotted on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. 

"Travelers"

 

I did a screen grab from a beautiful scene in an excellent show I've been watching. It's from season 3, episode 7. If you haven't seen the show, I highly recommend it. 

"Estate Sale Find"

 

I stopped in at an estate sale down the street this summer. What an interesting house. From the street, it looked rather modest. But inside it was huge. And the backyard went on forever. The owner was some kind of collector. He or she had tons of everything. Dolls. Recored. Toys. You name it. This was one of the bedrooms, filled with Barbie dolls and just regular old dolls. 

"Yorkshire Dales"

 

Further adventures in watercolors. This is a scene out the window of our train on our way to York. It just looked so peaceful. Maybe the next time we visit the UK, we'll do some hiking in the Dales. 

"The Mitre"

 

One of the many beautiful sights on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. 

This time, rendered in watercolor. 

"Edison's Workbench"

 

Spent an afternoon at Greenfield Village recently. While there, we stopped in at Edison's Ft. Meyer's lab. It was transported in tact from there and it was so cool checking out the genius's lab. I got a couple pix that I'll be turning into paintings. This is the first one. 

"St. Giles-Dusk"

 

I loved the way the setting sun made this cathedral glow. I added some people in the foreground, which looked stupid. I've said it meanly times before, I just can't draw people. They look comical, IMO. Either I quit putting them in my paintings, or I learn how to render them. 

"Studebaker Watertower"

 

This is a view from the Ford Piquette, where I have a part-time job giving historic tours in old Ford Model As. I was there on an early morning about two weeks ago and this just grabbed my attention. I had to commit this to canvas! When it was done, I thought it had a Hopper-esque feel to it.