LITTLE MADONNA
This is Nupastels and Rembrandts on Strathmore paper. I'm unhappy with it except for the rocks, which I went to great length on to get right, and I think I did a good job on that. The background is fallen and dead leaves and dirt, and I think I got it too dark for the rest of the picture. In working on that, I kept getting dust on the white robe of the statue, and dulling the whiteness, so I had to keep freshening it. I think that messed it up some. Anyway, I got tired of working on it, but I will be going back to freshen it up and lighten the background some.

This is the little Madonna statue that stands in front of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Raymond, Mississippi. It is a favorite place of mine.

PAINTERLY PEARS
Another giant fruit trio in pastel on Canson paper. Yum-yum!!!!!!!

TETHYS - WORK IN PROGRESS
I'm almost finished! This is the first sculpture from my beginning class that I really like! It is the first figure we have done. Up to now it's been body parts, skulls and generic heads. This is a reclining figure! Wooooooo! It is terra cotta and is about five inches tall and about 12 inches long.

The theme is Tethys, Greek goddess of seas and mother of rivers, grandmother of Poseidon. She is resting peacefully on a gentle wave. Just a few minor touches and she's ready to be fired.

FEELING FRUITY
Here are some 12 X 16 pastel paintings I did in pastel class. The goofy names are what my teacher called them, so I will call them that too, since I am also goofy. Though I am somewhat frustrated in the class, I do believe that I'm learning something from it, and I like the medium more than I did before.

Monumental Pomegranates


Lovely Lemons