"Tranquility" is 48x60", acrylic on canvas, and it came out of nowhere.  I was not expecting it.  I was under-painting a canvas in green to do a forest scene.  I thought it might be interesting to experiment with texture so I used a tool typically used to do faux-wood imagery (like a comb).  I applied the base coat thickly and pulled the comb through.  In places the paint had dried enough to kind of pill up, resulting in a surface that looks almost like linen.  This effect was so appealing to me that I followed the painting in a completely different direction, minimal, textural, and for me, very tranquil.  I get pleasantly lost in this and it brings me peace.  

"Nostalgia I-IV" is a small pastel on sanded paper series, 13x9.5" each.  The other project I'm working on is new territory, mentally engaging and tiring.  I wanted to come up with a simple and fun fidelity exercise to let my brain rest for a bit, a basic eye-to-hand assignment.  When I researched imagery, I was drawn to these classic archetypal marbles.  Several times while working on the series, my coworkers would reminisce with me about playing with these marbles as kids... hence the title.  One colleague noted it was interesting to see me apply my approach to reflections to a subject other than water.  Okay, I do paint a lot of water.  :)