So Many New Obsessions

Merry Christmas to Everyone in cyber space. I haven't been here for a very long time so there probably isn't anyone listening. In fact it's been so long that I now have two new obsessions. Making furniture (not from Ikea) and painting. I guess I should let the pictures speak for themselves.
I totally ripped her off and can't give credit to the originator as I don't know who it is. I did another one in secondary colors and a slightly different woman but it didn't turnout quite as good. But I like my naked ladies and they are hanging in our Florida house. By the way, don't be fooled by Michael's 50% off framing sales. You can go to a nice frame shop, get a nicer and likely better quality frame and probably pay less than at Michael's. Their sale prices are outrageous!

My next painting project got very THEMEY. I did a series of these. Some star fish and some palm fronds. They sort of look like something you might buy at Pier 1. Oh well, they're original at least and will cover some empty wall space in the Florida house. There are a lot of empty walls in that house so I'm going to be painting for a while.

I think my latest painting is pretty cool. I got a request for a painting of poppies from Marg. So after much procrastination and aimless searching for something to rip off, I finally found a picture I thought I might be able to recreate. I'm going to show you the original and my version.

Here's the original. -------------------------------------------------------Here's mine. I know. It's not going to be mistaken for the original, but I like it. I eliminated the peak of blue sky cuz I just couldn't go there. Skies are HARD!