NO WONDER NOBODY IS OUT LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE!!!! THEY ARE AFRAID IF THEY BUY SOMETHING IT WILL BURN DOWN BEFORE SUMMER IS OVER!!
Have to keep the doors and windows shut as well as the swamp coolers off as the smell of smoke gets sucked in and (you guessed it) THAT SUCKS!!
So I decided to do a winter picture as the air is nice and clean and crisp in winter - I don't like winter at all - however the thought of clean crisp air has made the smell of smoke bearable. Did you know that most retired people are allergic to snow - oh yes - trust me - I know I have a very bad allergy - mostly it pisses me off - it is that type of allergy, along with being cold all the time! what can I say --- I'm a princess :>)
I did not take any progress photos as there really was no progress - at this point I need to slip in a quick story - YES I know I'm digressing!!!
My camera stopped loading pictures into my computer the other day. So after a process of hit and miss, I determined the USB cable was faulty. So we bought a new USB cable - NOT CHEAP (I am -- but it wasn't) anyways - it worked just fine --- however today it would not load photos in from my camera! I now believe the USB connection at the camera is loose as the thingie does not insert all the way! So I loaded in the memory card from the camera into my computer by using our printer. WOW - never have done this before and it took about twice as long to figure it out as it did to do the damn painting!!!
This painting was done in 15 minutes with a palette knife and Blobs and Globs of juicy paint - applied wet into wet very, very ( one more VERY ) quickly on an 8x8 canvas panel. This is a very loose expressionistic style done with gusto, rusticity and spontaneity of form and color.
"THE CRUST OF WINTER"
UPDATE
The city of Los Alomos has been evacuated!! All 18,000 families have been sent out of the confines of the city as it is very possible that the wild fire will reach the city.
