Artist Renee Mak

Celebrating  my daughter...  Monet . For today's Paint Party Friday post I'm privileged to share a fabulous work in progress by my oldest daughter Monet and a little but about her!   Monet is a self taught painter and is currently a student of life...  studying fashion design at FIDM in L.A. She surprised us all by flying in for my son's graduation after telling us she couldn't make it! She's one of my top three favorite people in the world and never ceases to amaze me with her talents and ability to make the world  break into a colorful song and dance everywhere she goes! Although her visit was too short, we did as many of  our favorite things as we could. One of which is always finding a new place to eat lunch and try new foods.    We also discovered the cutest little boutique in downtown Des Moines owned by a former FIDM student... which Monet knew from L.A!  It's called Mint L.A. Bo...

Today, as I was working on my photos... trying to get used to Picasa, my daughter called. She's 18... and living in L.A. She's my muse... So to keep working and talking at the same time, I asked her... "what saying goes with the work "Beauty". I think she's so funny and this was the first thing out of her mouth... " Beauty is a rose on a stick ". Haha... I laughed so hard! And she kept them coming! "Beauty is smelling the flowers... even if they're dead." "Beauty is the way chocolate crumbles in your mouth when it's dry." SERIOUSLY funny to me... And so I laughed and created these special images... in celebration of my Muse! I feel a trip to L.A. coming on!