Articles tagged ‘Art’

Play Day

Susi, Sue, Terry and I took a day off to see some sights around Ocean Springs. Continue reading ‘Play Day’…

Speaking of Alligators…

Wolf River near the Biker Bar A friendly stranger told me that the structure near my easel was the remains of the wild biker bar.  He also encouraged me to be very careful, because there were lots of alligators in the area. “How many and how big?” I asked.  He said “lots of  ‘em – he saw a 12 footer a few days ago.” Continue reading ‘Speaking of Alligators…’…

A Beautiful Day for Painting

Barb and Marilyn pose for our first plein air outing Barbara Brown's watercolor of Joe's Bayou Last week, Ken stopped to chat while I was painting a bayou across from the Bay St. Louis yacht club (Locals always say BSL for their city name.) He told me it was called Alligator Bayou, in honor of the one alligator that Katrina blew in from somewhere.  Another young man stopped to tell me he had even seen the alligator when he was wading. Continue reading ‘A Beautiful Day for Painting’…

Memorial to the Trees

Hurricane Victim #2 All that remains of a once thriving middle class neighborhood in Bay St. Louis Yesterday, I met artist Zita Waller, who lives in Bay St. Louis. I was thrilled to find a fellow oil painter and asked if she would be interested in painting with me one day. “I’m sorry”, Zita said, “but I don’t paint outside since Katrina. Continue reading ‘Memorial to the Trees’…