Poppy Field

Poppies are so delicate and I haven't painted a field of them before.

I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! that within its heart Doth keep "a drop serene" for human need, A drowsy balm for every bitter smart. For happy hours the Rose will idly blow-- The Poppy hath a charm for pain and woe. Mary A. Barr Quotes

And would it not be proud romance Falling in some obscure advance, To rise, a poppy field of France?  William Alexander Percy Quotes 

And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.

Bayard Taylor

Oil on Mat Board  7x11

Beyond Repair

Another old barn biting the dust ... sad to see all these relics of past ages returning to the earth. Maybe I can capture some of them in paintings before they go... and before I go  :-)

We spend the first half of our lives trying to grow up and the other half trying to figure out how we got so old!

You don't stop having fun when you get old, you get old when you stop having fun.

I made all these great musicals with Judy Garland. It was all about me going into a barn and saying: 'Let's put on a show.' That's what me and Judy did. Mickey Rooney

Oil on mat board  8x10

My Days are Gone

Barns like people get old and sometimes useless  :-) ... but not always. anyway, I gave this a try with my knife ... do you like it?

t is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning, you're not old.

If you don't do anything stupid when you're young, you won't remember something funny when you're old...

Oil on mat board  8x10

The old red barn

I did not go out and paint this on the farm... too bad... yesterday was a very nice day.

This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?  Spencer Tracy

The moon is brighter since the barn burned.  Matsuo Basho

Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.  Loretta Lynn

Oil on mat board  8x10

Sunset on the Oregon Coast

We saw some incredible sunsets on the Oregon coast... this is hardly representational but it will have to do for now.

Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There's nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.

Rachel Boston

There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.

Carlos Santana

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.

Amy Grant

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Oil on mat board  6x8