Barb's Garden, 1993 Claude Coats Claremont and the Otis Art

Claremont and the Otis Art Institute

Portraits of Cities

(Halloween House)

80 miles north of metropolitan Sacramento

Stevan Dohanos

Barb's Garden, 1993 Claude Coats Claremont and the Otis ArtBarb's Garden, 1993, an original watercolor painting by Carolyn Lord. I knew Barb because she attended our sons home birth and she invited me to paint her garden. I brought my art supplies, my 3 month old son, and a neighborhood friend who cared for my him. I could paint and be available to nursing him. The eye catching dahlias dominate the scene and I enjoyed including other details of Barbs backyard: green plastic hose; well fed cat, orange tree;