This is a painting of lantana flowers that I did for a church auction, plus the photo taken by me that I worked from. Click on pictures to see larger.


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Wowee, just got back from a stupendous Maxfield Parrish exhibit. It included prints and paintings, illustration work, photographs, and huge murals. All beautiful, beautiful work. He was a very romantic artist. I liked the murals best; the figures were almost life size, and the paintings took up the entire museum wall. Here is a look at one of ( Read more... )

I'm sure some of you wonder why I chose the name Carla Fabritius. It is a tribute to a Dutch artist named Carel Fabritius, who was a pupil of Rembrandt, and who lived in Delft and may have known Vermeer. Very little of his work survives, but there remains a lovely painting of a goldfinch ans some self portraits. Apparently he was famous in his ( Read more... )