Sassy Sandal 1

This sandal was a design of Cheri Holder, u.s.a. and which I painted in her class in San Francisco last October.      I painted the two shoes underneath as samples for the class I taught this last weekend in Tauranga, the city I live in.    It was the New Zealand Porcelain Artists Association's AGM, and the President arranged three different workshops over 2 days for the people who attended the meeting.
It was a lovely time with painters from all over the country  . . . . . .   unfortunately I forgot to take a photograph of the shoes painted by the girls in my class!

Sassy Sandal 2

Sassy Sandal 3

Violets on Bone

Mmmmmm  . . . . .    I finished this 7" bone plate yesterday, and although the colours haven't photographed quite as bright as they are in reality, I still love it!  
Traditional, the "old world" look is still my first love.     I like using modern techniques but I love painting traditional pieces more.      Does that make me an old fashioned girl?    
Maybe I am in part, although I love glitz and glam with jewellery, nail polish, and some of the clothes I wear.   

The month of May already!

The last month has whizzed by, with no painting done at all.     Jim (my husband of 55 years) and I went to Sydney to celebrate our wedding anniversary, to spend a little time with one of our Grand Sons who is studying at the New South Wales university, and to holiday a few days with our oldest son and his wife as together we hired a campervan and did a short trip to the Hunter Valley.   

All this gives you the excuse for no painting, and no posting on my blog!