SEASONAL NOTES SPRING 2026

Sunrise From the Studio (photo)

Spring is slowly making an appearance here at the lake.

I’ve finally finished my painting of our dear cat, Kelsey, whom we lost to illness a few months ago; way too young! In his honor, I created this half sheet painting.

I was tempted to make it this simple, but after consideration went ahead and added the rest of his body.

I started with just this much because I knew I needed to get his eyes right, or it wouldn’t work.

This is a half sheet of Strathmore heavyweight, plate, smooth illustration board, which normally lets me move and lift paint with ease. Turned out, it had a sizing problem, which sometimes happens, so had to be inventive with paint handling.

NEWS

Wishing you all a happy Spring and a wonderful Year!

I no longer teach workshops. There is still painting information under the workshops link in the header on my website. I do have 4 digital books, a hard cover book and 2 videos on this site for those who want to see information about how I paint, my materials and more. There is also painting information in the archived issues of the Seasonal Notes from other seasons and in several articles and interviews posted under the Articles heading in the top Bar of the Home page.

You can view a variety of my paintings on the gallery pages. Many of these are still available for sale. Contact me at ann@annpember.com if you are interested in information about a particular painting.

You can visit my pages on FACEBOOK at Ann Pember, AWS

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