March 29th-31st, 2016
Puffer’s Sunset
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in

I was supposed to go painting on Tuesday but the wind was way too strong so I decided to stay in and try to work out a sunset. So because I found one of the photos I took this summer of one of the incredible sunsets on Lake of the Woods and tried to make it come to life. As I was finishing it up this morning, I got a solemn phone call from my brother in law and two nephews alerting me that my Cockatiel Puffer, who they had taken in in May when I had to leave my Uncle’s, had passed away. I know that his last years of life were his happiest, and am so grateful for the loving attention and care they lavished upon him and Bird (his bereaved cage mate.) He was a wonderful guy. RIP.