I saw lots of wonderful art at the Getty Villa and LACMA on my trip to LA. My six month old grand daughter Celia seems to prefer blue.

Michael, my teacher, softening the white band I've made.A misty veil creates the illusion of the bell covering the bright inner part. It was great fun watching him apply paint completely differently than I do.

The completed version looks very Louis XIV to me, the Sun King in his radiance.

Still trying to figure how to transfer this lovely from a digital photo into an image I can use for painting ...

Not much happening on the studio as weekly art classes have been suspended for a month- this one started Jan. 30 looks almost finished...

According to the Chinese Almanac, it brings luck for the rest of the year to see the first Full Moon of the year. I passed the information on to Dan Pearson in the parking lot after his talk.

Last night I attended a lecture sponsored by the Garden Conservancy and the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show- in the photo : Kay Estey, Garden Show producer talking to the presenter Dan Pearson, a noted British garden designer.( I was excited to get in as the website announced SOLD OUT.) I was thoroughly inspired by his vision in the public spaces he's created, one being Maggie's, a beautiful cancer care center in urban London and the other, a 400 hectare property, the Tokachi Millenium Forest in Hokkaido, Japan.