Picasso Still Life With Pitcher and Fruit

The top picture is the Picasso still life that he painted around the 1920's that is hanging in the St. Louis Art Museum. I took this postcard, scanned it, and projected the scan onto a canvas. I then was able to trace the image, and re-create this for my dining room. (Using this technique reminds me of color-by-number!) What is odd about this postcard is that some of the pastel colors are not the same as the colors on the original painting in the museum... I discovered this after painting my own - but if it really bothers me enough I can always go back and paint over the colors in question.
The bottom picture is the finished project hanging in our living room/dining room.

Maintaining Chaos

Years ago, I bought some Post-It notes with this little troublemaker printed across the top. Today I find it even more appropriate since both of our little boy kitties are orange, and of course, maintain the chaos in our home. I created this image in Paint and sometimes use it as my desktop wallpaper. By the way, freehand drawing with a mouse isn't the most easy task in the world. I've attempted to draw with my laptop mousepad...but that is nearly impossible for me and my patience level.

Getting Started

I feel that I should have a blog in today's world of technology. I have thought about several ideas for this, and one that I am passionate about is my love of art. Hence, this blog. So I will try to update you with any projects I am working on, have finished, am editing, etc. Above is one that I created using the Paint program on my computer, and I have used this as my wallpaper from time to time. I love it when my laptop is open on my desk displaying this message!