To attempt to paint a portrait of Mr. Leo Whicker, born September 3, 1927, is like trying to harness (with paint and paper) the wisdom of years and experience, coupled with an effortless joy that is surely hard-won through life's ups and downs. I have had the privilege of getting to know Mr. Whicker through … Continue reading Portrait #16: The Gentleman Farmer
Category: Story behind the art
Fè: Portrait #13
Persons of mature age seem to embody a single-pointed purpose. I often wonder if I will be that way in 30 years. My life now seems so fractured into a zillion purposes: parenting my three kids, nurturing a good marriage, teaching and working, caring for my Type 1 daughter, being available to family and friends, … Continue reading Fè: Portrait #13
Goofy Guy
Here's my guy being goofy! What's that you say? Randy being Goofy? Yep. His inner middle-school-child loves to joke around with unsuspecting people! So here's the story: We have a restaurant here in Kernersville (K'Vegas to locals) called Terri's Deli. Randy loves this restaurant and eats there frequently, lingering with his laptop to "work". In … Continue reading Goofy Guy
My Momma’s Birds
In my momma's house, there are many birds. Not live ones, but all kinds of ceramic, papier mache, feathered, carved, and painted birds adorning table tops, the dining room table, and various other spots. I think mom has only purchased one or two of them, the rest have been given to her. I don't know … Continue reading My Momma’s Birds
Orientation
A few thoughts to go with this sketch from a very full day at Wingate University with my oldest daughter, Catherine, for freshman orientation: *It was as much orientation for me (a parent) as it was for her. *Information overload hit me about noon. Day wasn't over until 6 pm. Whew! *Overall impression: Amazed at … Continue reading Orientation
My Makeover by Mia
With her palette of blushes, eye and lip colors, my 5 year old neice looked searchingly at my face and said, "Now let's see..."She commenced to giving me about 5 different layers of lip color and liner, two shades of blue and green blush which she carefully blended, and a trio of bright blue, purple … Continue reading My Makeover by Mia
Man and His Cake
The Man might once have been a Boy... But you can't take the Boy out of the Man. Nor his cake! *drawings made from photos my oldest daughter took on the occasion of my husband's birthday!
Combo Awards!
A couple of weeks ago, Cathy, of the crazy-good-drawing blog Ziggyshortcrust, awarded me the Sunshine Award! I am so tickled to be granted this blog award and it got me to thinkin'... Somebody gave me an award back in December, for which I remember being equally tickled to receive, but had neglected to acknowledge and … Continue reading Combo Awards!
Petal Showers
"Hey mom! It's snowing or hailing outside! Did you know this?" my freshman-in-high-school son hollers to me from the living room. Dashing to the window, we all said in response to him, "That's not snow! Those are petals!" It was raining petals from all the pear and plum trees in our neighborhood. It looked something … Continue reading Petal Showers
Going Through My Closet
This may come as a surprise to many of you who visit my blog regularly: I struggle greatly with what might be termed Creative ADD, to put it lightheartedly. On second thought, many of you may actually have diagnosed me with that malady on numerous occasions as I flit back and forth from drawing to … Continue reading Going Through My Closet