NATIVE GARDEN BY THE BAY

I completed this mural of a native California flower garden with a view of San Francisco and the Bay on July 11, 2007, the day Lady Bird Johnson died at 94. She and Helen Hayes founded the National Wildflower Research Center, dedicated to preserving and reintroducing native plants in planned landscapes. There is a yellow bird in the center of the mural- and in Ladybird's official White House portrait she is wearing a yellow gown! How is that for synchronicity? The mural is located at the corner of Solano Avenue and Talbot Street in Albany,California. Now, I can get back to posting the small paintings of the 'painting a day' project!

'BUTTERFLY WORLD'

These are pictures of a mural I finished last summer in the interior courtyard of the Albany YMCA, in Albany California. I call it Butterfly World, because all of the many butterflies in the mural are from every continent on earth. I am about to start another large outside mural and I'm preparing for Pro Arts Open Studios, the first two Sundays in June, so I will be taking a hiatus from the dailies until mid-June.