Water Conservation

These are my new dishes (paper) for the summer and beyond. California is suffering from a drought and we have some very strict water usage  numbers per household with costly penalties. Five minute showers are a given (some sanity sacrificed) but now I've cut back even more by not using my dishwasher. Hoping with this cutback, I'll have enough reserves to keep watering my potted plants and a few favorite trees! I used colorful cloth napkins here only to punch up the photo as I'm not going to be washing linens throughout this drought.

Finding "Blue"

ABOVE: 16"x16", "Delivery I" collage, acrylic, oil pastel on a grid.  COMPASS SERIES


LEFT: 16"x16", "Hope Deferred", acrylic, collage
SACRED VESSEL SERIES

BELOW: 18"x18", "Hope Realized" acrylic, collage
SACRED VESSEL SERIES

BOTTOM: 18"x18", "Uranus Sideways", silver leaf, oil pastel, acrylic
SPACE MYTHS SERIES

So easy to find examples of blue ... it's a go to color for me, one I never get tired of mixing. Mostly use Phthalo and Ultramarine blue. All of these images are found in my catalog M.Lehrer-Plansky 2008-2012. For more examples of "Blue" go to Jennifer Coyne Qudeen and Julie Booth and enjoy the search for Roy G Biv Day!!

Altered Wilderness Lantern

The original "Wilderness Lantern" is first followed by this altered view. I've used the pixlr program to punch up the color, texture and edges and I rather like the result. I've considered taking these altered views to a printer and having them printed in 'real size'. I need to find out about paper, sheen etc...

movie recommendation: 'Philomenia'....loved 'Nebraska' too!
next movie on my list 'Fading Gigolo'
Having fun with PBS series 'Miss Fisher Mystery Series' set in Australia and 'Murder in Paradise' set in the Caribbean.