Apples and Cup Studies

I caught a bad cold the start of last week and am still feeling very congested. I did go on the annual Duluth trip with Mom, Grandma and the girls for four days. We decided to go down to the canal Friday evening and found that there was a gallery crawl that evening, how lucky was that? We spent four hours visiting several galleries located on the canal and up on superior street. Saturday we spent about two and half hours at the Tweed Museum located on the UMD campus. This museum had a wonderful mix of art forms in traditional, modern and contemporary art styles. We all agreed that this was a stop that we would have to put on the agenda for next year. I returned Sunday evening feeling very tired and sore. Today I decided to spend some time with the pastels. I was surprised that my apples are still holding up. After playing with several arrangements I decided to add my coffee cup and finally I felt inspired.

An Apple A Day III, Pastel, 11X13