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Hey, will you look at that! A real 'Jackson Pollock' on a restaurant table. It wasn't very appetizing where you had to eat, I can tell you.

Well, we've had some lovely sun-filled days here in Fribourg, Switzerland. Tempting even the trees out of their hibernation. Have you come out of yours yet? Not your tree, your hibernation? Maybe just a few more weeks then.

There was a massive crow on our hedge today. Standing there, looking down and making the loudest crowing noises I've ever heard. In face, if a crow can shout, this surely was crow-shouting. So, deciding it wasn't an insane crow and had to have a reason for its noise, I followed the turn of its beak. Only two branches down, was a cat curled up in the branch of a tree. Waiting for a tasty sparrow snack, I'll bet. Initially, the cat ignored its ferocious crowing, until eventually, when even the neighbours were stirred into looking from their windows, it reluctantly jumped down from the tree and ran away. It was just the sheer volumn of noise that did it, and the cat realized it just wasn't going to stop.

Talking of sparrows, I had to throw a manderin orange at a cat today. Well, I happened to have it in my hand, in the garden. I don't usually go round throwing small oranges at wildlife. Don't worry, as close as it was in our hedge, I still missed. But I shocked it, I'm sure it had an expression on its face that said : where did that bloody orange come from? A sparrow and a cat scattered in unison. So I think the cat was just about to get his snack. He prowls through our hedge, where all the birdies like to shelter in the winter. I hate the way it does that. It's very canny.

Yes, I did finish that outline of a painting you saw on my last blog. It's soooo cute, too. Did you guess it was a Yorkshire Terrier on its side? Of course you did.

It was based on our dog, when I returned home from a few days in England. He went into a big sulk, because of my abscence, which was very funny. He wouldn't look me in the eyes and certainly wouldn't accept a treat from me. So this little watercolor is called 'Just One More Sulk'. I really tried to capture that watery affronted look in the eyes. Did I achieve it???

Yorkshire Terrier original watercolor painting.

Available at boundlessgallery and originalartonline Or just ask me a questions anytime at questions@moorethanart.com commissions accepted.

Here's a few of my abstracts, too. I love trying all sorts of paintings. To try  to challenge myself. Though, I'll admit doing an abstract does make me feel a little insane!

Riches red, abstract painting

Ribbons And Rubharb And Custard, abstract.

Yum yum tasty! Don't you remember those rubharb and custard sweets??