'Simplicity'

Simplicity / 8x10 / mixed media on canvas

Yesterday I completed this small 8"x10" painting for my annual donation to support Ronald McDonald House.  I had a lot of fun with this one, texturing the canvas with plaster (the same technique I used in the last issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine), allowing some of the canvas to remain exposed while at the same time creating marks using my palette knife.  I think it works really well with the landscape adding interest to the sand and the water.  I've also recently starting incorporating white frames on some of my work, and with this canoe I think it really works well.  We've had such warm days lately so I want to keep things light and fresh to mimic this summer.  Yesterday, in spite of the heat, I decided to make banana bread which was the best recipe I've ever made, compliments of Red Hot Pottery:

Killer Banana Bread
(it really is)

2 1/2 c flour
1 1/4 c sugar
3/4 t salt
1 1/2 t baking soda
3/4 c chopped walnuts
4 mashed bananas
3 eggs
1 t vanilla
1/2 c canola or olive oil

Mix together, place in two oiled baking pans (I line the bottom with waxed paper). 
Bake at 350F for 1 hour.