I used to do a lot of oil painting. I got so I was painting too fast. I painted this picture of a Newfoundland dog in about an hour. I switched to watercolor painting which is a rather unforgiving medium and requires me to think a bit. I will go back to oils eventually. I like painting because the better I get at it the more challenges it presents. It is never boring

Dear Renee - Glad you figured out how to post the pictures. Isn't this fun? You have more talent than you think. It just depends on if a person is interested or not. I bet you do other crafts. Lory

You have to wonder what they are thinking about. Katie, the old mom on the left is probably discussing the rules of our household. This was the day that Faith, the blond one, came to live with us. Taffy is gone now, but Katie is 14 and getting hard of hearing and does not see too well. She and Faith are fast friends. Faith always goes outside with Katie so Katie won't be afraid of getting lost in the yard. The kindness the animals show reminds me to be kind to other people.

This is a watercolor I painted last summer. I caught a sunfish one day and thought it was so beautiful that I had to paint a picture. They are amazing. So, I have been painting lots of sunfish.

Found this post today on the NY times about 10 ways to get the most out of technology.

This painter is one of my favorites. She was one of the few women painters of her day who was acclaimed in her own time.

I am very familiar with Mary Cassatt. She is usually the only woman painter included in articles about Impressionist painters. I think her work is wonderful! Thomas Kinkade is a very successful artist. Isn't it great to be able to look up paintings on line? The only bad thing is that sometimes the photos don't catch the color as well as the genuine article. I am hoping I will able to go to Chicago sometime this year to visit the Chicago Art Institute. They have one of the largest collections of Impressionist art in the world. The first time I went there I almost cried. I was so startled by the actual beauty of some of the paintings that I had seen many times in pictures. I also really like Renoir and Monet. I think the more paintings I see, the more artists I like.

Isn't it amazing that DNA can now clear people who were convicted of crimes years ago?