"The Proposal"

Here's the second painting of my fabulous bowl with a couple of tomatillos. The bride to be is inside the bowl in her lacy dress and the groom, dressed down as usual, is down on one knee. I think she said,  "Yes". 

I've also included a few shots of each of the last two paintings in progress. This week I have two little boys visiting me which is keeping me from my easel, but we're having lots of fun. 

Colin and Ryan helping Uncle Don wash his car

Malachite Bowl

I was a volunteer 'Booth Sitter' at the Naples National Art Festival on Saturday. It's a juried show with a great mix of quality work from 286 artists. It was such a blast meeting the artists while covering their booths so they could take a break. I probably had more fun than anyone there, and along the way I almost lost this little stoneware dipping bowl due to my own indecision, as to whether to buy it in the first place. While I was admiring it a lady picked it up along with another and held them both while she sifted through the basket of bowls. I stood there silently repeating to myself, 'don't take that blue/green one'. She didn't and as soon as she put it back in the basket I dove in, knocking other customers on their butts (just KIDDING) to grab it. I've already started a second painting of it.

I will be adding a PayPal button in the future instead of listing on eBay. In the meantime, just email me if you want to buy this for $100 plus a small shipping fee.