Responding to Apples. A Guest Blog

Ruth, your recent blog featuring apples made me think of my friend Mary Ann – a wonderful watercolor artist here in Florida.  She is headed to Washington DC in April to accept an award from the National League of American Pen Women, Inc, for her art submission representing the topic of “Apples”.

Founded in 1897, the National League of American Pen Women, Inc. (NLAPW) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports and promotes professional women in arts, letters, music, and allied professions. For more information go to National League of American Pen Women, Inc. – NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN, INC. — Linking creative women since 1897  

Mary Ann Miller is active in the local (Jacksonville) league and created quite an original take on the topic.  She painted “Joie des Pommes” (Joy of Apples) –four scenes influenced by 4 famous artists (Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, and Cezanne).  An apple hides somewhere in each scene …. pretty clever take on the subject. The scenes are created in 3D and framed in a shadowbox … lots of beautiful little details.

2025 Vinnie Ream Medal Winners – National League of American Pen Women, Inc.

Gift from a Friend 

Thanks J.  I’m home again. 

I received your parcel. Lovely!

I love the gift of the blue glass vase and the accompanying book of sketches, watercolors  and recipes from Provence. 

So cool that you met the author/ artist Mary Ann Miller, too. Travels with a Blue Vase  website shows her other books and it would be hard to chose between Paris or the third one of Britain and Ireland. Guess I’ll have to get them both. 

 
I look forward to putting fresh flowers in the blue vase and photographing them.

Are you going to take a trip with the sketchers? Or a class in a local cafe? 

Thanks again,

Ruth