Barb's Garden, 1993 Claude Coats (Halloween House)

(Halloween House)

Portraits of Cities

80 miles north of metropolitan Sacramento

You will see their contrasts

Monterey Reflections

Barb's Garden, 1993 Claude Coats (Halloween House)Barb's Garden, 1993, an original watercolor painting by Carolyn Lord. I knew Barb because she attended our sons home birth and she invited me to paint her garden. I brought my art supplies, my 3 month old son, and a neighborhood friend who cared for my him. I could paint and be available to nursing him. The eye catching dahlias dominate the scene and I enjoyed including other details of Barbs backyard: green plastic hose; well fed cat, orange tree;