Greetings! Wow, September already, I just can't believe how fast this year is going by especially since I left the corporate world in April...I didn't think I could get any busier, but alas, I am! Splashing around in the studio is great fun and a sure-fire way to figure out where my weaknesses are and water continues to be one of them...making ripples look like ripples and not just a line across the paper. I seem to be gravitating more toward watercolors than oil, but maybe that will change in the winter when I'm not so distracted by my garden! :-) I'm so excited I finally have some eggplant and a couple of figs too!
I love the grace of the Blue Heron -- they look gangly and long limbed, but they are amazingly graceful, and to watch them hunt is impressive. This is a watercolor with a different perspective - this heron had just gobbled a small fish and was presumably scanning the water for the next place to hunt.
This little Harbor Seal was sunning on an outcrop of rocks in Rich Passage. I was suprised to see it since I'm generally not lucky enough to see them out of the water - I see them more often poking their heads out of the water like little periscopes...
Thank you for your comments on the paintings! If you have ideas for future pieces, let me know, Ihave so many photographs that it's sometimes hard to pick what I want to work on next! Don't forget to check-out my website at www.michelleamicucci.com as it was recently updated. Have a great month and don't forget to stop by in October to see what's new! Michelle
