Dia de los Muertos

"Vigilence" by Marcia Molnar



"Day of the (Dead) Drunk" 6"x6" oil by Jelaine Faunce

"Skullz" 13"x17" watercolor by Pablo

My favorite time of year also includes one of my favorite holidays. . . Dia de los Muertos. I'm so honored to have the UBER talented Marcia Molnar and UBER talented Jelaine Faunce (I think uber is French for mega creative and fabulous) join me in the celebration!

I feel like Marcia has exemplified the spirituality and heart of the celebration and Jelaine the humor and irony, I've sprinkled mine with symbolizm and whimsy. Please make sure to visit Marcia and Jelaine's blogs and enjoy their mega talent!

Marcia Molnar

Jelaine Faunce

Halloween Challenge!

"Trick or Peep!" 8"x10" watercolor by Pablo



"The Usual Suspects" 8"x8" watercolor by Chris Beck

It's Challenge time! The wonderful Chris Beck and I just couldn't pass up a good challenge especially when it deals with whimsy, candy, wonderful artists, candy, a good theme, candy, painting some of our favorite trinkets, candy.. . .

This time there are several artists involved so please take time to visit everyone's blogs and let them/us know what you think of our Halloween Tricks! Chris has a great slide show of all the work. We are joined by :

Janet Belich

Debbie Cannatella

R. Garriott

Jeanette Jobson

Ron Morrison

Diahn Ott

Suzy Pal Powell

Terry Rafferty

Kay Smith

Deb Ward

Brenda York

Witch Peep?

It's my favorite time of year and I've recruited some help from a little mummy to introduce my newest painting "Witch Peep?"

Totally unscripted and original Eric idea for this video. I love it! Hope you enjoy it as well.

If you'd like to purchase "Witch Peep?" Please email me at: pvlara@sbcglobal.net

"Witch Peep?" 7"x5" watercolor

Hills

Hills II 10" x 8" oil painting

Yup, another oily painting :0) These are the hills around our area

Watercolor Portrait Workshop

This week I had the honor and absolute pleasure of working with the wonderful ladies of Watercolor Connection. I am so grateful to be able to share my creative energies with them all. I had a blast and so pleased everyone got something positive out of my instruction.