I finished writing a grant to do more work on the Modern Muses. Asking someone for money to make an art piece makes me get very focused. What is a muse? Do they have less power now, as most women do? What are their working conditions and job descriptions? It came to me that the modern Calliope, would be the muse of communication. And what better emblem than an antenna. This is a maquette, (mock up) of an idea. 
My boys are friends.
Here’s the painting I did a long time ago. Yesterday someone posted the original photo.
NoHa is over
I just got back into my blog. Something had hijacked it, but Forrest fixed it. I picked up my work from Gallery 86 Sunday. I wish I’d sold something, but it was a creative body of work. I used a lot more collage than ever before. I was let down, but I will go back to the Muses. I threw in a self portrait.
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I must be nuts.
Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam is Aug. 24 &25. Then I’m part of a group show, NoHa, that we start installing Aug. 27. Opening is Sept. 7. It is exciting being an artist. No 9-5 or regular paycheck!
Quilt Trail Installation
Saturday was scary and exciting. This quilt square, painted board, was installed on the gym wall where my studio is. It represents the Dead Man in theCreek, or how Fines Creek got it’s name. Gregg is supervising Bill Shalosky and Rodney Durbin installing. Thanks to Ricky Jones for the incredible finesse of lifting the very heavy square up to 19 ft.! We are three miles from I-40, off the Fines Creek exit, #15. Come by and see it! Check out our quilt trail at www.haywoodarts.org.
Color addict
I’ve been doing a different kind of work with the Modern Muses. They are more assemblage. I needed a color fix!.
Muses for me
Muse’s have an important job. They help the creative person get their act together.
Quilt Square
The Dead Man in the Creek quilt square was delivered by Kay Miller on Fri. July 15. This is the second work of public art in Fines Creek. The first is the War Memorial. All communities benefit from public art.
Spammers suck!
I’ve been inundated by spammers. We also had vandals break windows in the center where my studio is. These people need to tap into their creativity, not the dark side.
Three years in this studio
Charlotte recommended that to be a serious artist, I needed a serious studio space. This is an old classroom, 20’x30′ with hardwood floors and four windows that are eight feet high. In the winter, my Tai Chi class meet in my studio. The advice was incredible! Here’s my left leg, and class.