Magical May, I love you!

I've been painting more flowers. It is spring, after all!

"Earth laughs in flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?" - Helen Hunt Jackson

"I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, 

and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen." - Anne Lamott

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful

than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin

"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older." - Tom Stoppard

"You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming." - Pablo Neruda

Have a great week! 

xo, A

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:: Happy Monday ::

Here are some new paintings to start your day off right.

I loved painting these little abstractions with animals!

This piece, above, is a few years old. I've decided I like it again.

It's funny how you can tire of something, then look at it again in a new light.

I think because I want to maintain a painterly feel in my work, it's appeals to me.

However, I love lines, too. and animals in frames ;)

I revised this one a little. It's also a few years old. Bailey bear overindulged 

at an Italian eatery and bun would like to taste those left overs!

See more work by me at AllynHoward.com - 

illustration, custom paintings, murals, product designs and process pics.

Hope you have a splendid week ahead.

xo, A

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*PS - Kristine Lombardi's 1st picture book, Lovey Bunny, debuts this week! 

Perhaps I can score an interview with her this month :D

She'll be reading and signing books at Books of Wonder this Sunday

March 8th from 2-4pm

I'll be there. Maybe I'll see you!