The cat on the blue sofa

I have not been keeping up on my blog and so now I am ready to get busy. Just finished this commission and loved the cat who is no longer with us. It is no surprise to people how much an animal becomes so important to you and your family and so hard to give up.

9x12 oil on gesso board.

Horse Heaven Cook Shack

Years ago in Horse Heaven in Kennewick, Wa. when they harvested the wheat, they put a Cook Shack out next to the fields and the men working were given 3 meals a day. Many times young unmarried women did the cooking and of course they were very popular with the young men. Almost all of the wheat farms provided meals for the workers as the men went from field to field as the wheat ripened. The harvest was done with horses pulling the combines so there was a lot of work to do and it made for long long days.

11x14 oil on gesso board. $300 and postage prepaid, framed.