Here's display of new works in the frames my hubby has been building for me. I'm glad he's re-discovered his woodworking tools in the basement.

Working in Studio

As you can see, the still life is of my silk poppies. It's almost finished. The stuff behind the fireman pastel (which is posted below) make up my "inspiration wall". It's a collage of images from magazines , my own photos, and quotes. This fills most the wall space to the right of my easel and table. Below is the post of "The Volunteer" ....the fireman pastel painting that's here on my traveling easel.

The Volunteer

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19" x 13" pastel on 100% cotton paper

I had a GREAT opportunity to get some firemen photos last summer while they were holding training exercises at our local fire dept. (handy for me....the Pulaski fire dept. is directly across the street from where we live.)

"Thinking of Spring"

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This is a still life I put together for a pastel workshop for the Villages Folk School in VanBuren County Iowa. We held it yesterday at the Township Hall in Cantril. I used

this paper that had been marked on by students........example to show how well pastel can cover up.....be forgiving so to speak, if you want to change a picture. I sort of like this just as it is, but decided to go ahead and put more detail in the piece. Scroll down to see the finished work.

almost finished......

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15 1/2" x 11 1/2" Pastel on 100% cotton paper

Here's the finished painting. Thinking of Spring planting. ...deciding what seeds to buy; what I'll be planting in our garden this year. There's a lot of work to do once the temp. gets warmer outdoors. If interested in this painting, just send me an email. ginlammert@yahoo.com

Ah! Grandpa with Alora

This is a 3x5 snap shot of my husband with our first grandchild. She's 6 years old now. Soon to be 7(next month) My how time fly's. So, I used this image to create the pastel painting below.