On the drive to the memorial service I wrote about below, we stopped in St. Clairsville, Ohio for the first night. I did this painting for my November journal with no preliminary pencil lines. This was the view from outside the Hampton Inn which was up on a bluff.
I have always participated in the visual arts including watercolors, drawing and sketching, pen and ink, and photography. Since retiring from teaching I have devoted much of my time to watercolors, sometimes combining them with pen and ink or collage.
Watercolor is the perfect medium to capture the beauty that surrounds us. I love to travel, and sketch and paint wherever I go. Painting, especially on location, captures the spirit and life of the subject. I hope to continue doing that for a long time to come.