More from Colorado!!

The Gallery

Going cross-country was a new, exciting experience for me...and seeing the Rockies was amazing!! My family and I took a day trip into Breckenridge...although it was July and certainly not skiing weather the scenery was still beautiful!!  We walked along the main streets and took in the shops and some yummy food.  As we walked I snapped some great photos and have used them to paint from... the following picture is an oil that I did of a small art gallery right on the main street.  The bright colors caught my eye and this painting actually won an award at the Monson Art Council Show!!  Hope you like it!!

Starting with the past!!

Sprague Lake

I am starting with a post about a beautiful trip to Colorado (made in 2005) with my husband and son.  We drove cross-country which I loved, as I had not done that since I was 2 years old.  We saw the most amazing country.  I was proud to be an American.  The sights were very different from our rolling hills and small mountains here in New England.  I was amazed by how flat the center of our country is.  We kept looking for the Rockies as we got closer to our destination...it seemed we would never see them, everything was still so flat...as we pulled into Longmont, CO (to visit with family) it was kind of hazy...then...the haze lifted and there THEY were...the most majestic mountains I had ever seen!!!

While we were in Colorado we got to visit the Rockie Mountain National Park ...the picture I will be posting was painted from a photo I took of Sprague Lake....I hope you enjoy!!!

Is this "my next life"???

I guess I'm having a sort of identity crisis...what do I want to be when I grow up??  Well, since I should already know and don't, I believe this blog may help me figure it out!!

I'm certainly not a writer ..as you will soon see...but I want to do so many things that I do not know which way to turn.  I work full time in sales and also do interior design..I  think I'm pretty good at the design end...not so strong in the sales department...I love to paint (in oils) but I'm not driven enough to make myself go to the studio...I like to organize for others but can't make myself finish anything at home!!!  I was hoping to start a business in organizing and design but have not put enough effort into it!!

My favorite expression is "in my next life"!!  I have decided that at almost 60 I need to make NOW my "next life".  In 2009 I got to meet my sister-in-law in France to join her for a month long trip (that she organized) to see the countryside and to paint together.  It was the trip of a lifetime and has started a desire in me to travel more and paint what I have seen.  We snapped plenty of shots to work from and I have started a series of paintings to remind me of the amazing sights I got to enjoy.

This will be a place where I will begin to take the art I create ( and maybe some photos) and start to keep my travels documented...even if they are not in the correct time order!!  Since I didn't start painting in order it would be too hard to keep the travels in order!!

I hope to also begin to work for myself and hope this pushes me to start (and complete) some jobs and get my name out there!!

I will be posting the first painting I completed with a description of where I was soon...please keep watching!!!