"Small Manhattan"

Oh, we haven't seen this subject in a while! This is an itty bitty 3"x3" oil on canvas.

She wasn't in today but I could hear leigh's voice in my head "stop!" it's an itty bitty! Didn't want to overwork it, well, I didn't. From this photo I can see I could have added a tiny reflection to the martini glass stem, but alas, it is now in the record books. Maybe tomorrow I will add it.... maybe... speaking of adding things... I did add a little something to Apple #52 as I said I would... here it is:

Added the "52" on the right side, I think it helped balance out the painting... this painting is 6"x6" mixed media on paper... remember?

Thought for the day, know when to STOP!

Have a great day!

-jM

"A Double Please"

O-kay! This is number ten of the itty bitty martini series.
Wow, I finished a series, that may be a first for me.

Wonders never cease.

I've done series before, but never really set a definite number, oh, I take that back, the apples... what am I up to... oh yes, 21 with "Wild Apple"  out of how many?! One hundred! Am I crazy?

Have a great day!

-jM

"Closed Again"

Closed again. This morning at 9:30 I took a look at this little flower and it had not opened. I was sad. I thought, oh she's not going to open back up, she didn't like being moved from her home.

I started distracting myself with the other parts of my day. Just before lunchtime, about 11:30, there she is, 3/4's of the way open! Yea!
Well, she's being her beautiful self all day and her I go along working on other things. About 5:30PM there she goes! She's closing up again! I panic and just start painting her before she closes shop all of the way. Oh, what a day. I'm not going to see her tomorrow or Sunday, I hope she sticks around for Monday.

Maybe I should paint a rock, it should stay put until I get 'round to it!

Have a great weekend!
I really did have fun on Friday, I hope you did too!

-jM

"Wood Wind Iris" itty bitty

Today, I got the chance to play golf. I really enjoy golf, but today I was distracted by the flowers, oops.

I plucked this one from between hole 12 and 13 at the Wood Wind Golf Course. I called it a wild iris (I really had no clue).  Carolyn said she thinks it's a Siberian Iris, I think she is correct!

I clipped another flower from the course, that is really cool looking. Maybe someone will know what it is tomorrow.  I was going to do a painting of it today, but about 5 PM it started closing up like an umbrella.
I'm hoping in the morning it will open back up. Here's hoping!

-jM

"UpSideDown Apple" -Sold

Ah ha! This is apple number 20! It's up-side down! Can you tell? This is also another one of those "itty bitty" paintings.

Make me want to have up-side down cake... is there an up-side down apple cake?

-jM