So this is my first blog post that I want to try to explain as to why I am attracted to certain subject matter.  Of course, as a  painter I want to be selective in my choices, but that is not always in my controll.  For instance, this little painting was done in the winter of 2014  at a convervation area in southern Mo.  I went to a native plant talk with my husband and decided to take my paints, and to my surprise they were woods, and lots of them. Not a bad thing if  you can just look in the woods 
and paint woods.  It can be challenging to capture a good composition, which I am always still trying to figure that out.
I was pleased with how it turn out.