Your images 1 and 2 look very much like painting on silk. I've worked with that for about four years and found the way the dyes were absorbed in the silk to be incredibly sensual and exciting. Regarding the empty nest: go on as though nothing has changed, one step at a time. He is not far away. He is in your heart. Maridee ck. me out at Maridee Hays.com I have a partial web site up and running. It's taken me years to get this far. M.