Red and orange cheer

A sunny disposition

A cure for winter.

Art Prescription:  Tulips very loose…wet on wet…

Grass-fed happy cows

Home-made local ice-cream treat

Front porch with rockers.

Art Prescription:  Mapleview Ice-Cream has become a visitor’s center. An iconic view of the farm, cows, and silos, awaits any ice-cream-loving person to lick on a scoop in a home-made waffle cone. Sigh…..

8 x 8 acrylic on paper

A bold fleeting show

Of tulip blooms on a tree

Grandest dame of spring.

Art Prescription:  Blink and you may miss some grand color.

8 x 8 acrylic on paper:

Personal story

Layers of depth, distinction

Makes beautiful you.

Art Prescription:  We are all an accumulation of our stories. Honor your trials and tribulations…for they make you beautiful.

Index card with layers of collage:

Surprise by the trail

Grows among the violets

Jack in the pulpit.

Art Prescription:  Mason Farm.

Index card with colored pencil and pen and ink:

In a sea of green

Blooming trees sprinkle landscape

Red-buds steal the show!

Art Prescription: If you tried to match all the hues of green right-now, you would be at your easel for a while. So many brilliant shades. And nature shows off with dogwoods and red-buds just bursting at the seam.

Index card with colored pencil and pen and ink

Her hair sways in breeze

Shoulder to shoulder, hands held

A romantic stroll.

Art Prescription:  So old-fashion and lovely to see young couples walking hand-in-hand.

Watercolor sketch on index card 5 x 7

Perfume on a stalk

My grandmother’s favorite

Fragrant Hyacinth.

Art Prescription:  I always think of my grandmother when I see Hyacinths emerge from the ground.

Watercolor 8 x 8

Waves of regret grow

Secrets sail to never-land

Where is your anchor?

Art Prescription:  As I observe nature bursting forth, I’m constantly reminded of how we reap what we sow. Our minds are a sea of turbulence. We must learn to anchor in calm.

Pen and Ink Sketch:

Parrot tulips bow

At feet of Forsythia

Stunning centerpiece.

Art Prescription:  We went on an art field trip today to the Umstead Hotel where we took in furniture made especially for the hotel and an array of art.

The flower arrangements divine, and the cheese plate and ginger vinegar spritzer felt decadent for a Monday.

Watercolor 8 x 8 and pen and ink: