Poodle

Sometimes I like my fast sketches the best.  This is a little 5 inch by 5 inch oil painting of our nephew's poodle.

Stems Plein Air 2011

Wow the weather this year for the two week paint out at the Overland Park Stems Plein Air contest was wild!  The first week it was 50 degrees and raining.  The next week was 90 degrees and steamy.  But, I did submit this little 5x7 rose painting.

Alpaca meets Sheep

Here is the result of the Suri alpaca (yellow and blue) plied with the range ewe from Wyoming (Rambouillet/Columbia).  It is so fun!  Will make a lovely and big and warm scarf. 

Projects

Here are two of my latest projects.  A wonderful batt of white cormo wool and purple silk!  Ooooo, soft! 

And, I painted some animals from the Kansas City Zoo.

Wonderful Visit!

Last week I drove to Hoyt, Kansas to visit Marcia and Joel and their furry friends at Alpacas at Orchard Hill Farm.  They own the beautiful Mona Lisa (whose fantastic fleece was mentioned in one of my earlier blogs).  I was able to meet their great alpacas and feel some wonderful fleece, even before shearing!  I fell in love with several really nice fleeces and am hoping that one will join me in Kansas City.  I am also hoping that their Easter shearing went really well.  Here are two of their sweet boys!  I love those faces!

Spring is Finally Here!

At last, Spring!  Here is a photo of my dogwood in bloom!

And, with Spring, comes the shearing of the flocks/herds/groups of fiber bearing animals.  This is a lovely alpaca fleece from Dante, who lives in Pennsylvania.  It is really soft!

Bunnies and Chicks

I couldn't resist firing up a load of glass pins and earrings for Easter.  Here is a peak inside my kiln after the glass is fired!