Valley Silence

I never seem to have enough time to create art just for fun or to experiment with different techniques or tools - something all artists need to do.  Teaching takes up plenty of time which leaves me little energy to sit down at the end of the day to create new pieces.  It usually takes a commission to spur me on to create at night.  But.....here is a new piece which was inspired by the weekly art site, 'Illustration Friday.'  I used to post to this cool site created for anyone to submit their artwork based upon weekly topics. But it has been years since I have created one. Perhaps I will make it a new goal to create more each week.