Here is the painting that was a little bit shy yesterday. It is a bit of an experiment, using the purple (Sorry, Lisa!) violet/blue background. I’m still not sure which way should be up, so it isn’t yet signed. (besides, it is too wet and I might mess up!)
Then it was just too hot to paint, so I moved into the studio and worked on this piece. Remember this? I wrote about it and showed it in the June 6 posting, titled “Commissions”. Here is another small portion of the piece:
Working on the snow portion helped me not hot-to-death. (This is not proper English, in case my Chinese friends are wondering!) I was a little worked up because the A/C in our house croaked and no one was calling back to repair it. This caused snow to have a strong appeal.
And, I’m sure you’ll be pleased to know that Juan from Lindsay answered his phone, showed up on time, gave a fair estimate, got the new unit and by 8:00 p.m. it was installed and keeping us all cool! Thank you, Juan!!! (possibly my new best friend)
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Nice job on these lemon paintings. Keep up the good work. The almost complementary colors (yellow and blue-violet) really set each other off well. Blessings, Diana
Yep, it’s yours! And I am definitely a heat-wimp – South Louisiana in the summer holds no appeal for me.
Is this part of my piece? I hope, I hope! From this slice, I can’t really imagine how it’s all going to go together, but I love the detail you put in your drawings, and these snippets look so beautiful… I’m glad that thinking about the snow, got you through a hot day with no AC 🙂 You know how I prepare for a visit to South Louisiana in the summertime? I think “sauna” or “steam bath” right before I step off the airplane, and that does the trick every time. My body re-acclimates itself back to that hot humid weather. I don’t care if the temperature here reaches 150 degrees. It’s never as humid as South Louisiana, where 86 degrees Fahrenheit with 96% relative humidity is all too often our daytime reading, and the nights are just about the same… To think cool thoughts, I think about lemonade and cold spiced apple cider, a dip in the pool or river, guacamole and fresh salsa, and sometimes I think about sipping a mint julip from Pat O’Brien’s courtyard. I love summertime :-))
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