The temperatures have been brutally hot. My studio is cool with it’s own air conditioner. There is a north window so lots of light without turning on overheads. So today in the studio it seemed that working with the cool color of blue was a good plan.

I had an old clock case that was begging to become. I backed it with an antique ceiling tile. After a blue tinted white wash on the wood I started to build the composition. I included the spine from an antique book, a tiny metal birdhouse and stars, a hand carved bird on a stump, a real bird nest with a wooden egg in it. I painted brass flowers in shades of blue. the finished piece is 14 1/2 inches tall and 9 inches wide.