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The overwintering monarch butterflies in Santa Cruz in December 2009 and the birth of beautiful Madison Rose to friends in January 2010 provided the inspiration for the music.

A Pensive Moment
A.M. Otwell, 2009
14 x 11 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
Prints available at RedBubble.

This time I managed to get a digital image large enough to make a small poster available along with the other options (matted print, laminated print, greeting card, framed print, etc.). If there’s a lot of interest in this format, I’ll certainly try to go back and get suitable images of older paintings. If you are interested in a poster of a particular image, please let me know!

(A 5-year-old plays basketball, punctuated by his older sister’s bobblehead dog creation. Techno music. 3:10)

Waiting
Angela Micheli Otwell, 2009
14 x 11 inches
Prints available here; original not for sale.

Percy’s Paws
A.M. Otwell, 2008
12 x 36 inches
Acrylic on Canvas

Here’s a little bit of goofiness from the old web site design that won’t quite fit into my new plans for a “gallery.”

We first became aware of Mamacat when she had kittens under our deck a little over a year and a half ago. The vet found homes for three kittens, and we kept two and started taking care of Mamacat, but although she was intermittently quite affectionate, she never quite trusted us after her trip to the vet to get neutered.

She had been dividing her time between our house and a neighbor’s for quite some time, so we weren’t worried when we didn’t see her for a while. Today, the neighbor came by to tell us he buried her this morning. We’re not quite sure what happened. Goodbye, Mamacat.

I was starting to think it would never snow in Greensboro. Since we’ve been here, Greensboro has generally been at least a degree or two warmer than metro Atlanta, so even when there has been winter weather there, there hasn’t been any here.

I took this picture of Percy in the back yard right after it started snowing. It got too dark for pictures, but we got a light dusting that turned everything white. It’ll likely be gone by morning.

(By the way, those lights in the background are from our local library. Others might disagree, but I think we’ve got one of the best locations in town!)

‘Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
They were asleep on the couch!

Rosemary and Percy
(Jefferson Otwell, 2007)