Monday, September 27, 2010

Mom's Watercolors Part One

As Mom grew older she stopped painting with acrylics because it was too messy and time-consuming; thus she started doing watercolor paintings. She also started doing portraits in watercolors, producing, among others, revealing paintings of her parents, Henry and Johanna Ahrens.



HENRY AHRENS

JOHANNA AHRENS

SITTING IN THE MORNING SUN

ALMOST HEAVEN

SKY POWER

Watercolors Part Two

ESCAPE ROUTE TO TRANQUILITY

STILL LIFE LULLABY

PINK FLOWER BURST

ENDLESS WAVES

LAKEVIEW LIVING

Saturday, September 25, 2010

More Photos and a Drawing 9/25

It took some time to learn the new image downloading format here on Blogger today. Note that the first five of todays new photos and drawings are posted in the sixth or seventh post in this blog. I editted the written material of the written material in this blog, replacing it with the new images. Bobby Meade 9/25
PINKER SHADE OF PALE

LET SLEEPING LOGS LIE

SNAPPING SNAPDRAGONS

WILLOW BY THE WATERSIDE - DRAWING PENCIL

WHITE OAK LEAVES - SKETCH

Monday, September 20, 2010

Special Edition of Mom's Flower Photographs 9/21

She could cook. She could sew. She could make the flowers grow.

PURPLISH PINK PHLOX
YELLOW LILY BEE INSPECTION

AZALEA BLOOMS IN A DRY YEAR

PENDULOUS LILIES

A ROSE FOR THE AGES

Mom's Flower Special Part 2

PEACH BLOSSOMS
PURPLE LILIES - OPEN FOR BUSINESS

PURPLE ASTER CONGREGATION

DEEP PURPLE ORCHID

Red Maple Deja Vu

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL RED MAPLE IMAGE. I BELIEVE THAT THE SCANNED IMAGE WAS NOT VERTICAL. BELOW ARE LEFT AND RIGHT-HANDED VERTICAL IMAGES.
RED MAPLE


RED MAPLE 

Giant Daisies and Editted Versions

GIANT DAISIES - THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FROM WHICH THE EDITTED PHOTOS BELOW WERE PRODUCED. I WAS EXPERIMENTING TO SEE IF THIS PICTURE WOULD LOOK BETTER IF THERE WAS A MORE PRONOUNCED CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE IMAGE.
GIANT DAISIES - CROPPED

GIANT DAISIES - CROPPED

GIANT DAISY - CENTERED

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Boulder Skies to Alpine Cuisine - Colorado '82

BOULDER SKIES
FIREWEED MAROON LAKE

ASPEN GROVE MAROON LAKE

CATHEDRAL PEAKS FROM MAROON LAKE

ALPINE CUISINE - LOGE PEAK 11,800 Ft. '82

Independence Pass to Newark Valley Railroad

INDEPENDENCE PASS '82
STORM CLOUDS OVER SNOWMASS '82 CO

PASTEL FALL COLORS '84

LILY OF THE VALLEY

NEWARK VALLEY RAILROAD - TIOGA COUNTY NY


Saturday, September 11, 2010

Mom's Photos and a Drawing 9/25

AMBER SUNSET

MAROON BELLS FROM MAROON LAKE PENCIL DRAWING 6/90

GRID WALK

NEW ENGLAND COASTAL VILLAGE

COILED FLOWERS

Maroon Bells to Perkins Place

MAROON BELLS - ASPEN VIEW
GRASSY BEACH DUNES - CAPE COD
RED MAPLE
BINGHAMTON SKYLINE - SUNSET
BEHIND THE BARN - PERKINS PLACE