Magdalena Mountain Pastel

My cousin, Helen, is turning 92 on Sunday.  Gene and I decided to send her a Magdalena painting.  I painted this little pastel on Tuesday and Gene framed it in a rustic frame and we sent it off.  I hope she gets it by Sunday.  We used express mail, but from one small town in Texas to another small town in Montana you never know how "express" it will be.  Maybe pony express!!

Helen reminds us of my mom and it is fun to see her.  We hope a trip to Montana will be the answer this summer when we return from Alaska.

"Looking South" is the Magdalena Mountain and Magdalena from the cemetery hill.  It is pastel on Pastelbord and framed in a rustic frame with rope looking carvings.  I hope she likes it.

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There is an interesting workshop taking place in Wyoming this summer.  It is the kind that Sue Modrak, my Michigan painting buddy, and I met at way back in '95.  We went to a workshop with Jack Hines and Jessica Zemsky.  A week of 8 to 8 painting, workshops, life drawing and camaraderie.  Our husbands went along and we had so much fun and learned so much.  This one is just not quite the right timing.  We will be back in New Mexico by that time and don't think we want to drive back to Wyoming.  Maybe next year.  Check  out the 11th Annual SKB Workshop and Art Conference in Dubois, Wyoming, September 16 - 21, 2012.