Our 16-year-old granddaughter Lila painted this for my birthday last week, basing it on a photo she took of our puppy Sammie. It makes me laugh out loud — the expression on Sammie’s face is part comedic, part demonic. Lila loves not just art but also math, science and dance.
Sammie loves to be outdoors, but she’s not fond of the 95 degree days we’ve already been having. But we are cool and happy inside, as our new solar panels have slashed 75% off our energy bills, and have nearly paid for themselves already with the 26% federal tax credit and $15,000 expected increase in home resale price. One phone call will get you a free consult from your local solar company.
It was fun to create the illusion that you are looking into layers on a flowering tree.
Art to fight voter suppression this November: 75% of everything I make from my art in the next five months will go to fight voter suppression in Georgia, North Carolina and Arizona. Rural voters in these states often find their polling places are surrounded by big pickup trucks with visible gun racks and Confederate flags, and they may have been purged from the voting rolls without their knowledge. The money will go to “safety tents,” where voters can get emergency legal assistance if their vote is rejected, and Covid masks, water, snacks and chairs for those who must wait for 2-3 hours to vote. Information about commissioning a house portrait here, a pet portrait here, and other paintings here.
This was so quick and mesmerizing to paint! I hope you will watch it happen in this two-minute video (click here) which I have posted on my YouTube channel.
