Shells, Portland Collects, and Paula's show

It was rainy outside and since I couldn't go to the Bahamas for more shells, I bought some at a neighborhood terrarium shop, Artemesia Garden and Gallery.

I didn't know there was such variety in snail shells.

I did a little sketching at the Portland Art Museum's show, Portland Collects.

Buddha

A friend, Paula, has a display of her paintings at a local hair salon.

Here are a few small sketches from another trip to Rejuvenation Hardware.  There were some unusual clown decorations on a wall.

The Book of Grids and Some Very Small Objects

I have a square, Stonehenge sketchbook that I am devoting to grids and small objects. This is the title page. Hmm, a Sara Midda influence, perhaps.

The button idea came directly from looking at Andrea Joseph's Sketchbook blog. http://andreajoseph24.blogspot.com/

These double snowdrops were our first sign of spring.