Color

I love to paint, to dip a brush, sponge, or finger into a pot of paint and smoosh it with another color to see what happens. I do not think ahead (cannot tolerate paint mixing charts). I prefer to make do and try to "fix" the appearance as I go. Sometimes I even start by making it as ugly (e.g. muddy or garish) as possible. It gives me a place to start. 

The image to the left is one of my paintings on magnetic sheets, which I use to create my Fraglets Art. I placed a few very lovely leaves that I picked up from the sidewalk on my way to work.  I love leaves.  You'll find out more about what I do with them if you visit my tumblr blog.

The gallery of images below are either the colors in nature that inspire me (mostly leaves), or the sheets of paintings I do in preparation for 

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