ONE OF THE LAST POSTS, IF NOT THE LAST

I DECIDED THAT IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE HERE ON THE PAGES OF THIS PUBLICATION. I HAD SOME GOOD TIMES HERE POSTING MY PHOTOGRAPHS, PICTURES OF MY DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, COLLAGES, PHOTOS OF MY FAMILY, PETS, MY GARDEN, AND OTHER THINGS AND EVENTS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO ME. I THINK THAT MY BLOG IS NOT WORTH CONTINUING... I REALLY OUGHT TO BE DOING OTHER THINGS, LIKE MAKING MONEY, GETTING A FULL TIME JOB, PRODUCING MORE ARTWORK THAT SALES. ART FOR THE SAKE OF SOME IMAGINARY CONCEPT DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFULL TIME, WHILE IT LASTED!

GARDEN ROSES IN MARCH

Garden Roses in March 2012

I am posting this  photograph in its original uncropped and otherwise unchanged form, and I am doing this in tribute to Henri Cartier-Bresson.

GARDEN ROSES IN SEPIA TONES COLLECTION

"Sisters"

GARDEN ROSES COLLECTION MARCH 2012

I will call this cropped photograph "Sisters"

DRAWING FROM THE GARDEN ROSES COLLECTON

"Blue Rose", 2012 (detail);  original drawing on paper

16 x 25 cm (6.25 x 10 in) 

I like to draw roses this winter. We have unusually beautiful specimens this year! Print is available for sale at  http://www.etsy.com/shop/Maybeblue  

ROSEBUD LIKE NO OTHER

Pink Rosebud - Single Petal:  From the Roses in the Shades of Gray Collection, 2012. 

From the "Roses in the Shades of Gray" collection

"Rose"