"The Volunteer" --- SOLD

I'm a couple of paintings ahead with the small ones, so I actually did this a few days ago. It was the end of my plum run - tomorrow, tomatoes. Today I painted the larger one below (another poor photo, taken inside). The striped fabric I made. I am really stoked about the stripes because I have been wanting to put them in these larger still lives for a while. The flowers are from my garden. I planted cosmos this spring specifically for painting. I was so excited when the pink ones came out! The are really stunning against all the green in my garden. Hmmm...

"Circles on Circles" --- SOLD

This is the first of the stamped fabric I made last week. At first I thought it wouldn't go with plums about the same size and shape, but I really like the color contrast. I also made some striped fabric and after a couple of tries I learned the best way to get straight lines is with tape.

"Plum Stripes" --- SOLD

Tonight I am going to an art opening for a good friend of mine & fabulous artist, Laurel Daniel, at the Davis Gallery here in Austin.

"Plum Dots" --- SOLD

I love dots. They make me happy. : ) Today I FINALLY got my batik materials in the mail and will be trying them out as soon as I get some white fabric to experiment with. About the time I mentioned batik I got an email from Melody Johnson who suggested I try stamping fabric with acrylic paint instead, and so I've been experimenting with that as well. I'll use my new patterns soon!