It's my birthday?

Frijoles! ! ! I completely forgot until one of the kids in my daughter's kindergarten class wished me a happy one this morning! Didn't I just have one a year ago?

I was watching Actors Studio a while ago and thought the ending questions interesting. So here's my answers:

What's your favorite color? Blue Green

What's your favorite sound? My family's laughter

Whats your least favorite sound? Screeching tires just before an accident

What's your favorite word? Alma (spirit)

What's your least favorite word? Stupid

What's your favorite swear word? Shit, dam it all to hell in a handbag!

What profession would you choose if you weren't an artist? Vulcanologist, paleontologist, archaeologist.. .any of the ologists that deals with mother earth or cultural history

If there's a heaven, what do you think God will say when you reach the pearly gates?
You again? or OK, What's on your mind child?

Belated Happy Birthday!

Alex: 10 years old!

You are by far our greatest creation! More so than any painting I could paint, any clay I could mold, any bead work I could loose my eyesight working with, more than anything else I could get my hands on to create with.

Happy tenth anniversary on mother earth!

Xochitl

This one took a long time, longer than I expected and intended but I love the end results. I don't often paint with that much blue but it happens to be my favorite color so it was a real treat! The embroidery was tedious and fun and reminded me of my grandma sitting at the table with white cloth and turning it into beautiful flowers with her magic needle. I think I'll call this one Xochitl, the Nahuatl name for Queen of the Flowers, or Field of Flowers.

The Gift

This is a birthday present to my mother in law, we haven't given it to her yet so I'm counting on the fact that she looks at the computer only once in a while if at all. This was finished about a month ago and we've been so busy that there hasn't been enough time to get together to surprise her. It was very pleasing to paint this one because I love painting gifts and also remembering the stories and special times we had with this special lady full of history and pride.

Sneak Peek

Been very busy lately both with family and several creative projects and paintings. Here's a peek at one of them, almost finished and can't wait to show it off!