Sunshine In A Vase, 6x6 Inch Oil Painting by Kelley MacDonald - Gerbera Flowers

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Although in real life, the green is more aqua blue, these flowers, a gift from my friend Mary Sheehan Winn, are just exuberant!  At first they were all orange... then the very tiniest tips became yellow, now they're about 1/2 and 1/2 yellow/orange - delightful!

I have a friend who drove down from Boston Saturday afternoon so we could figure out how to make prints.. and this, though exhausting, was exciting.  I'm such a literalist.    I am working my way towards a little bit of abstraction, but I'm not there yet!  So here, below, is my first try that I'm happy with. 

 Dancing Pugs:

Mine, 6x6 Inch Oil Painting by Kelley MacDonald

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There are few things as fun to paint as whiskey and ice.  There.  I've said it!  Glass, ok, that too.  Now... I want to reassure everyone that I have NOT quit my blog.  I simply have had an avalanche of things to do for my painting career.  I'm teaching 2 classes... getting things in my gallery, the Art Stable Gallery in Westport, MA, entering and picking up paintings from shows and Festivals... yeow... not to mention family things and pet things and house things and.... and...  well... recently I DID take another day off (I think one a month is allowed, no?) and had my friend Mary Sheehan Winn (check out her blog!) over to my new studio in Warren!  Below you can see how enchanted she was with this big cow on our walk from the parking space to the delectable lunch at the Providence Art Club. (the meter maid saw us park her car, and we timed it perfectly for the 1-hour zone - 57 minutes!)

I've missed this girl!  She's back from a warmer clime, and came all the way to Warren to visit me.  We later had pizza on my porch, with a poor excuse for a sunset, but she was a good sport anyway.  

Also....

I'm going to be doing a "Painting Safari", where we have a plein air class once a week in the East Bay RI once a week, with a demo, and a critique (if wanted)... details coming soon.  I will also travel for a one-day plein air lesson - within an hour's drive of Providence, just email me.  It's almost summer, we might as well!!!!

Sparkle Donut, 6x6 Inches, Oil Painting

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 It's Monday!  Thank means there's probably 'incoming' doughy delectables coming in from CA from Susan Roden's blog!  I've got this great big chocolate frosted incredibly sprinkled donut as my shield!  Seriously, I could have gobbled this up - but I didn't!

This was a very 'family' weekend.  Sons came and hung out and ate... nice, nice, nice!

On Friday Tim and I went to visit Mary Sheehan Winn at her spot on the Ptown Pier~!

Here's Mary deftly taking a credit card from my hubby.... (I couldn't resist - I bought one of her beautiful paintings!)

Mary's wry sense of humor (the next shack had art from China).  Her set up was on the right side of the room.

It was a hot and steamy day.  Broke records.  We couldn't find a cool restaurant to eat dinner!  We ended up in Wellfleet, and it was HOTTER inside than outside - and the hostess argued with anyone who complained!  She kept insisting that the air conditioners were working.  We mentioned it to our waitress (in between sopping our faces) and her response was "Well, it's 125 degrees in the kitchen."  Um... yeah, I wasn't planning on eating in the kitchen, and I felt bad for them, but.... next time, we'll head to an awful fast food place, because they ALWAYS have air conditioning.  Bad food, yeah, but at least you won't melt while you eat!

LIVE from Parrsboro, Nova Scotia!

 Painting trip to Nova Scotia - (hardly know where I am these days!) with Mary Sheehan Winn who's husband's family is from the Parrsboro area.  She's kindly hosting a little trip - Joan Brancale is here also.  We came up in the Grand Marquis, after all of us promising to 'pack light', and, well, I guess none of us really are able to do that. :)  The scenery is amazing, the cottage is right on the water, and it is truly inspirational.  If you don't like dead quiet this is not the place for you!  The tides are famous for their extreme levels (I would have though "Tsunami!" if Mary hadn't told me.)  I feel the BUTTER should be famous, too...(why IS it so different?).  

Today we explored in the morning, when there was NO wind and it was warm.  Then as the wind kicked up we took out our paints, and I did this - it's the direct view from where we're staying.  The sand is a deep pink, leaving transparent rose colors when the tide comes in at the waters' edge.  I'll try again tomorrow, but for not having done a plein air piece in a long long time, I'm not too unhappy with it!  There is a shadow on the upper and lower right that I didn't see back at the cottage.  We have to come into town to post - no