Ashes to Art Book Published!

 Last September, I painted two painting for the "Ashes to Art" project. A fundraiser to raise funds for the Poudre Canyon Volunteer Fire Dept. Last summer this department fought in FOUR of the major wildland fires in Colorado. We artists received charcoal pieces of ash and our job was to incorporate the charcoal in the picture. All the blackened trees, rocks and ground in both of my pictures incorporated the ash mixed with clear medium. It was a wonderful challenge.

The pictures were all published in a coffee table book. It was amazing the see the creativity of the fifty some artists who contributed. Just before Christmas, I received my copy of the book. It sells for twenty-five dollars with all proceeds going to the fire department. More information is available at: Ashes to Art Project, P.O. Box 1802, Ft. Collins CO 80522-1802.

My prayer is that they don't have another summer like that.

Life's Interruptions…

The Greatest of All is Love!

I started listing some of my new paintings on display at the Carriage Factory Gallery in November when life's interruptions again interrupted. The last week of that month started with our range oven dying. Before I had a chance to call our service man, our house was broken into. We spent several days getting better acquainted with our sheriff patrol as they investigated. We had significant loss from jewelry to a computer, and a broken door.

We then had to concentrate on getting a new stove once the service man told us ours was totally dead. We went with gas instead of electric which meant some plumbing and stove conversion. Another span of time was gone. We finally got to cooking on the new stove on Christmas eve! Our whole clan of at least twenty came over on Christmas. We had a fantastic and blessed time with all.

I eventually started painting last week and finished yesterday. It is in the theme of the upcoming Valentine celebration.

I will start posting some of the other paintings later this week.


The Greatest of All is Love! Is acrylic paint on a foundation of double primed canvas on hand stretched, hand built stretcher bars. It is protected with two coats of UV resistant varnish. It is gallery wrapped and needs no frame. The edges are painted black and the picture is wired and ready to hang on your wall. Size: 10"w x 12"h x 3/4"