Thanks to all of you who left messages of concern, I appreciate your kindness. I'm feeling some better this week & even went out of the house after 9 days inside. Needed some stuff from the grocery store.

It seems that no matter how awful I feel, I can nearly always paint. My latest project was a postcard for an elementary school class who are collecting one from each of the 50 states. Since I couldn't get to a museum or other touristy place that sells postcards, I decided to make one. Dunkleosteous, a prehistorc shark that swam in Lake Erie in the Devonian Era seemed like the perfect ambassador from Cleveland, as fossils were found in the shale cliffs in the area and a model of the predator resides in a local nature center. I'd made many sketches of the model over the years, so had good reference material. You can't see all of the details in this photo, but I was pleased at the ferocious expression. I made  special trip to the post office to ensure the postcard got safely on it's way & the class ought to receive it by Thursday. Even after millions of years, 'Dunk' is still swimming.