Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 263 (Santa Rosa)

The first collage I did last summer after returning to Santa Rosa from my studio-sitting stay in Benicia in June and July. It's a fairly large piece, for me, at more than 12 x 16 inches. This is Untitled Collage No. 263 (Santa Rosa). Acrilic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image size: 32.1 x 41.4cm (12.6 x 16.3in). Matted to 20 x 24 inches. Signed on the mat. Signed and dated on the reverse. 

Click on the image for a larger view. For more of my abstract monotype collages, see my website at http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site/.

Rain: Mostly over for this season?

It looks like we're finally going to get some warmer, drier weather. While everyone here is grateful for the rain we've had, most people I are looking forward to some sunshine, warmer temperatures, spring flowers, and lower heating bills. Since last reporting, we've had another 1.8 inches of new rain. While it looks like there is some chance of showers again at the end of this week, the forecast is now for temperatures fairly consistently in the 60s in Santa Rosa and even up into the 70s finally. In most years, we're already nearing the peak or even the end of the spring explosion of flowers at this time of year. It's been too cold for that so far, but things are beginning to wake up, slowly. The most recent rain brings our total for the current rain year to 43.55 inches--above the historical average of about 36 inches and well above what's been normal the last few years (often below thirty inches).