Misty Mondriaan, watercolor, 10x14"
Maneki Neko, (Beckoning Cat, considered lucky in Japan) watercolor, 3x5"
I participated in the Say Si, small scale auction again this year. These two Maneki Cats were painted for the auction to help raise funds for Say Si's tuition free programs for young creatives in San Antonio. I have an icon in the auction as well. I forgot to take a picture of it, but you can find it on the site. smallscale.givesmart.com
The final bidding day is June 17th 2021 with the bidding ending at 8 pm. (There is an event afterwards for the pieces that did not sell at the Auction.)
The Lucky Cat, the Torii Gate and Fuji, watercolor, 3x5"
This mini Mondriaan cat was painted this year as a fun experiment
The Grey Mondriaan Cat, watercolor, 3x5"
I painted this anniversary portrait for a couple in San Antonio, it was going to be a Calaveras portrait (see the small studies on my website www.verasart.com). But we decided along the way that a real portrait was where the painting was headed. It was a difficult painting for me (I am not used to doing portraits in watercolor for once and there were 2 different photos to work from) but I learned a lot from it as always.
This is my art news.
We have had an unusually wet year and our garden is certainly a jungle. To our surprise all the trees we had lost during the snow and freeze early in the year, have come back, last of all our citrus trees, as small saplings in their case. It will be a long time before we have oranges and tangerines again... The fig trees have fruit and we are looking forward to a lot of picking, sharing, dehydrating and jelly making in a month or two.
