Archive for the ‘Arty’ Category

first snow!

Posted on October 6th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

I know it’s been for-ev-ah since I’ve posted, and I’m so very sorry for the absence. <3 Our days here have been full of lots of good things, and I’ll try to give a little glimpse of them in this post. We help with a food bank on Lookout Mountain now on Tuesdays, and it’s […]



made by zia

Posted on September 14th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

I know my posts have been few and far between, but life is rolling along just as steadily as ever. David is in Lexington for a few days building out a network, and the kids and I are holding down the fort at home. It’s been cool and rainy, and currently there are piles of […]



zia’s fox

Posted on August 29th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  8 Comments »

Zia and I took an art class this summer with this year’s artists in residence at the library. She learned to work with pastels, and made this red fox on velvet paper. Nice, right? I used the class time to do an oil painting of a Dall sheep, which I’ll post when it’s finished.



ice cream sign

Posted on August 12th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

Here’s Mama–she stopped at this ice cream shop while driving through the Adirondacks the other day. I painted that top sign when I was a teenager, probably about 25 years ago! My brother Seth helped me–I think he at least prepared the wood and did the base coat. I vividly remember figuring out the tones […]



finishing may

Posted on May 27th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

Our May has been a beauty and a beast. The weather has gone from snow to practically summer (70 degrees for a couple of days!) and back to snow, sleet, and rain. And cold–brrr. Today we have a fire in the stove to offset the lovely white flakes that came floating down this morning. I […]