This rock sticks out of my garden. The blue LED lights don’t mind the snow. The mermaid fountain to the left is filled w/ snow. We’re being snowed in for the third time this year. 
Painting
We’ve been mostly snowed in since Christmas. I’ve been doing some painting, mostly on older pieces that have percolated long enuf, thank you very much. I started work on Crash again. I’m so thankful that it was the car that was killed, and not Gregg and Callie!
River
I got a magnet with the comment “Life is not a destination, it’s a journey.” Since I haven’t gotten any official notice that I’m an Artist, I just try to work everyday, and when I get to the end, there will be like the riverbank, a sign, but the river has run past. Oh, and when I get the notification of Artist, I’ll let you know!
hemmed in
The economy or lack there of, and the weather have me hemmed in. I don’t like the feeling, but maybe I’m being forced to move in a direction. It is sooo much easier for me to solve other peoples problems, but the ones on my plate need my attention.
Hystero, means womb.
We ignore our wombs, until something is happening in them. Then they become the center of our universe.
detail
This is the eye of “Marsha Broke Her Ankle”. I love drawing big (large?).
Enthusiasm
I love the blue agave as a starting place. There is a quote in the Nov. Art Calendar by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) “We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” Timely advice as I struggle financially.
Marsha
No, she doesn’t look like this. She broke her ankle. Surgery, 9 pins, a plate, and six weeks off of that foot is going to be a trial. Trying to work and pay for the hospital is going to be …more than a trial. She has no insurance thanks to a preexisting condition. This drawing is my take on the situation. Also, it’s the first time I’ve drawn on vellum. I really like it. This is 3’x2′. The roll is 36″ wide. Gregg’s going to make me a drawing board from a sheet of plywood, so I can draw as large as 8’x3′. I like drawing big, but then how to display it is a big problem. I’m supposed to cover it w/ acrylic sheet, but it’s very expensive. My approach is to pin it to the wall, but then it isn’t suitable for “collectors”. I want to enter a drawing show at UNCA, but not spend a fortune, which I don’t have, anyway, on framing two large drawings. Oh, well, my problems are nothing compared to Marsha’s.
Xeris
As I added more paint, I dropped some letters. I live in a rain forest, so it might seem strange to do a series on Xeriscape. I strongly believe that people need to pay attention to the plants that thrive in their region without insane irrigation.
These are for…
Kim showed pottery & Nick showed paintings, but they couldn’t attend. These will give them an idea of their display.
