Double-gate Baby Onesie

One of the gates featured in my book "Gates of Savannah" (History Press).
I enjoyed the way the scooped out wooden gate frames and echoes the back archway gate.
The property at 112 was built for Wallace Cummings in 1871.
Visitors and residents of Savannah will note that the background has been altered. There is a hint of a building, and then, it just appears to be hazy clouds. In reality, there is a monstrously ugly sky-rise behind that reflects the surroundings in alternating strips of glass between
strips of concrete…ew! Please excuse the judicial use of my artistic license! Let’s just say it
was a really hazy Savannah summer day...one that draws a gauzy curtain within a block of
view.

I am just an old grandmother soul that has been creating since I first got a chubby baby fist on a crayon. For decades, I have worked in a variety of media, in many sizes, and in several themes. Some may reoccur and occasionally mingle with others. My artwork sprawls from impressionist over to, but never reaching, absolute realism. It reflects my life, mental state and interests. I adore dramatic color and very often lean towards a blue/orange dynamic. Skies are rarely calm, buildings should look old and lived in, and people should make you wish you could meet them. I don't exactly have a 'chosen art form'. I began with hand-built figures, added watercolors, then acrylics. Along the way, I have tried marble, bronze-casting... I...