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"Koi Traffic Jam" 24x24

Hello to All and Happy May,

As you know, I have been very busy for months working on my surreal donut paintings for my solo show at MRG Fine Art Gallery that just ended. I thought I would like to try something a little different so I painted, "Koi Traffic Jam", 24"x24", oil. I have had it in my mind to paint Koi fish for some time. I love the movement and patterns in the water they make as they gracefully avoid swimming into each other.

"Yummy Pastel Donuts" 30x30

Here is another new painting, "Yummy Pastel Donuts", 30"x30" oil, So fresh, it is still wet. I adore the soft colors of the icing on the repeated pattern of round donuts. It is a traditional donut painting that would fit anywhere in your home. It is also not as much of a departure as my Koi painting but still different than donuts in a surreal environment. As you see, there are no martians or floating clouds. ;-D

Sprinkles on Top 30x24

uI am still participating in a group show at the Women's City Club/Historic Blinn House. I have four paintings in the "This & That" Show. "Sprinkles On Top" 30"x24", oil, is one of them. The address for the exhibit is 160 N. Oakland, Pasadena. The show will be up until October. Call for hours, 626-796-0560. If you have never visited the Historic Blinn House you have missed a beautiful cultural landmark. It was built in 1906 in the Midwestern Prairie School style. The interior of the house uses harmonious, natural materials with rich, warm tones of mahogany and oak and embellished with repetitive patterns of trailing wisteria vines.

May has been a busy travel month for me. I traveled to New Orleans and will be traveling to the Sonoma/Napa area. Getting lots of ideas for new paintings! At the end of this month I will go to a painting workshop taught by a master painter I have admired for many years. His name is Duane Keiser. He is an East Coast artist so I was thrilled to find him teaching a class on the West Coast. It will be held on Whidbey Island which is off of Seattle. I will post my work and the highlights of the workshop next month.

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All my best,

Terry

"I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint." ~ Frida Kahlo