Paintings from travels,an unusual quilted piece

Step one, photos and journal sketches with pen and wash, step two, studio paintings (usually in oil). Step three will be the quilts. Here are two oil paintings I did from photos and sketches, hoping to be quilts when they grow up. Pretty self explanatory. Zion National Park is a painter's dream, with its natural complementary color scheme of rock and sky. Oil and painting knife. Riverwalk is quintessential San Antonio Texas, running beneath the city, a miles long oasis of adobe buildings from alamo days to restaurants, shops, gardens, and homes.
The quilt today is "blighted by the line." (for a full explanation, check out the Textile Abstractions blog). Not the graffiti, but the homelessness of course. yes, they are almost invisible. Lots of travel, not much studio time lately (of course that means I have plenty of inspiration for painted and quilted portraits and landscapes for next year..). New year's resolution: Try out some new things, materials, techniques, subjects, get off the Internet, get together with other artists, and play. Happy new year's resolutions to all of you, be sure to find time to play.