Thick gray fog settles

Over cat-tails and briars

A day ago, ice.

Art Prescription: Fickle weather. Our pond has been ice, someone actually ice-skated! Today a big thaw and fog rolled in to kiss the pond.

Watercolor sketch:

Like a butterfly

Light comes and goes from window

Short, grey, winter days.

Art Prescription: The cold temperatures don’t keep me indoors, but I am more aware of the amount of light that streams through my window.

Here I’ve used a cut-out from a previous small work, and created a new small index card piece.

Simple and expressed my mood:

Little opossum

Your appetite betrayed you

Go free sweet fella.

Art Prescription: So, I caught a possum in my cat trap last night. Poor thing hissed at me. I opened the trap and he stayed for around an hour. I took the trap to the woods and he found his way free. His ears were so pretty and delicate with a pink glow. Guess I’ve never seen a possum this close. Nature… a steady gift.

Blackie, the male I caught yesterday, is doing well after being neutered.

Trust me dear kitty

I mean well to capture you

I know you are wild.

Art Prescription: For those of you who have been following my feral cat story, today I caught the big fluffy male cat. He had been our resident stray who disappears for some time, and comes back beat up. I took him to Independent Animal Rescue, omg these folks are angels. He will get care and neutered and I will go get him tomorrow.

Watercolor sketch:

Cut paper flowers

Like paper dolls from childhood

Paper, scissors, glue.

Art Prescription: so during the panthers and saints game which I’m totally not watching, I played with some cut outs and collage. Reminded me of paper dolls from my childhood.

Individual

Not one is like the other

The power of we.

Art Prescription: Stand up for your beliefs. You are not alone, there is power in WE.

Summer dream, snow day

Nature wears her best white frock

To the winter ball.

Art Prescription: watercolor on photo paper.

UNC mascot

Lives at a farm with cute goats

Comes out for football.

Art Prescription: Probably my most requested commission. Ramses. He is the mascot for the University of North Carolina, and he’s pretty personable. His horns get painted Carolina Blue and his fans adore him.

Work in Progress on this cold winters eve: