A new gallery is born and a new painting inspires many titles

At our newly opened BlueStone Studio in Milford, PA, we celebrated a Grand Opening event that was so wonderfully attended and enjoyed by all, we were thrilled with the response from our generous community!!!
It was a joyous and fun occassion to officially introduce our art gallery and pottery studio into it's new home.
One of my challenges that I offered to our guests was to suggest a title for my new painting.  I wish to thank everyone who participated.  It revealed to me that we have many creative minds in our midst, as well as many playful ideas.

Here are the titles suggested:

I think I'm a queen, but he calls me a clown.

Nana Goose

The Mamaraja of Ovararium

Click, click, clack, clack (who dunnit?)

And now my nest is empty

Queen Jubilee

Egg Fu Yong

Queen chick waiting for her Rooster to mate

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Egg Fong U

La Reine D'Oeuf  (The egg Queen)

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Great Eggspectations!

Fong Wong Cluck, the Venerable Eggcester

A future life unfolds in her hands

Most eggcellent arrival!

Three month sonogram and all is well

The Future Heir!

It's a Boy!

Yes, she is in

Her Royal Redness

What should I do?

Geisha Hen

Don't Count Your Chicks Before They Hatch

Herin the future lies

We think he takes after his Uncle Uly (or Kai Xeng)

The wise and patient one

Mother Wisdom hatching a thought

Which came first, the Chicken or the egg?

Queen for all days

Little Bluestone, come out, come out!

Her "egg"cellency

Queen Mother Hen

Poperie

The Empress

I am the Egg Clan

The King who laid the Glowing Egg

The Royal Highness of Chicks

General Tso Chicken

He was such a perfect one and one day he flew away.

My tears remain but I really wanted to raise this one Special One

We are both first!


Which one is your favorite?

Biscuit & Smudge

I'd like to introduce Biscuit and Smudge, the real life grownup cats who inspired the new children's book titled "Biscuit, Smudge and the Fisherman".

This is a delightful story about how two kittens who as tiny creatures and brothers were taken too early from their mother. They are left abandoned to face a threatening environment. The kittens encounter many challenges before the story ends happily.

Kevin Maloney, the talented writer who created this tale, asked me if I would be willing to illustrate his story.

Not only was I delighted with reading the kittens' saga, but I was inspired by Kevin, who himself has overcome many obstacles in his life, like Biscuit and Smudge. Since he was a child Kevin was diagnosed with an expressive language delay disability and dyslexia. Despite having developmental disabilities, Kevin has persevered, and with gratitude for those who have helped along the way, pursued his passion for creating stories.

Maloney not only wrote the story, but drew 25 pencil sketch thumbnails for the story which I will interpret with gouache and ink to create images for the text.