A little move forward in painting at my studio with palette knife on a larger canvas than I took for my plein air paintings at Big Bend National Park in Texas in October. It was a perfect trip with eight other women to paint at Big Bend and the Ft. Davis for more than a week--a 10 hour drive from Rockport through barren country right near the border of Mexico.

Evelyn's Pond in early December after much autumn rain---I wish this was a painting rather than a photo but I've been working on other projects and didn't want to miss the opportunity to at least record the natural mystery of this place near Aransas Bay. A jigsawpuzzle of this image with some enhancement of the color would be a challange!