Lucky to be the first car in line as the Ballard Bridge went up...my camera captured a stunning spectacle and an iconic image for a painting.  Just started this big piece:  48"x36".  

Front Window featuring my work all of March...this was Wine Walk last night at the gallery.

Great crowd and great fun sipping wine and chatting with friends & neighbors!

Patrice & Tara...my roommates last October at EDGE in Port Townsend and table buddies on Saturday night at the Auction!

The whole scene right before the Live Auction began....

"The Green Gate of the Unknown", oil on canvas, 18"x24", $900

Accepted into the auction!  The event is Saturday evening, February 27, at Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center.  Tickets still available:  http://www.artisttrustauction.org/

Age-old question for painters, right?  See if you can find at least five differences between the two versions of this painting.  And, it's still not finished.  

Half-way to done....

Getting closer to done....table top looking warped now, though.  Argh.

When is a painting done?  Sometimes never.  Once a painting is sold through a gallery, I might never see it again.  But, some I do see, in the homes of friends who've purchased one or more. I'm secretly looking to assess what I might do differently or at how I've improved.  Or, just basking in a job well done!  I do keep a few paintings in my studio that were once "done", and find after a year or two that I start adding paint to bring them alive once more.