Well wishers have lots of advice about my chronic illness. “If You Just…” Duh! Don’t you think I’ve tried all of those things? Chronic may mean that it never goes away. So I deal with my fears and frustrations in this painting.
Bad advice
Jungle Folly
We redid the floor in our bathroom. The garden tub was never used, so I’m making it into a Jungle Folly. Lots of LED lights. If this winter is as dark and wet as summer and spring, we’re going to need a little jungle time.
For the real American heroes
Memorial Day isn’t theoretical or hypothetical. It is about the real people who have served this country with honor. My father served in WWll and was wounded. There are so many more that are in my small sphere. The flags on the lawn are real. The painting, called Trumped Up Flag, is my disgust with the ……leader.
Birth
Forty years ago I was pregnant. Then I was a mother. Thru ups and downs we’re both still here.
New stairs to gym
The Fines Creek Gym is more than eighty years old. This summer the old broken concrete stairs were removed. Photo from inside the gym. Now they are replaced, thanks to sponsors. The first step was sponsored by Donna Livengood, Gregg’s mom, in memory of his dad, Gale.
Disruption
Everyone has disruption in life. After hearing Dr. Blasey Ford testify to her sexual assault, I realized I’d had something similar happen to me. I had repressed it, and always thought that the bad behavior of some men was my fault.
Alonso Davis
In a summer session at the San Antonio Art Institute(now gone) Alonso Davis challenged me. Do you want to think of yourself as an artist, or a housewife? Made me mad, so I painted Dogs of Hell. After he set us up to paint a mural (on a barber shop wall) I designed, helped paint, and finished the 10’x20′ mural, that stayed there for ten years. I chose artist. Thanks, Alonso Davis, west coast muralist.
When artists get snowed in…
they become elves!
Gregg’s sculpture
Lots of wind from Irma. This nasty lady caught a leaf in her crown.
Exciting weekend at Fines Creek
Fri & Sat. is the Haywood Artists Studio Tour. I will be showing my new work, which shares the theme of our environment under siege fro 10-5 each day.
On Sat. the newly RENOVATED Auditorium will be host to the Halloween Carnival from 5 to 10 p.m. I’m in the gym, the carnival is in the brick school building, and supper is in the cafeteria. Come see the exciting new things at the Fines Creek Community Center!